Gender dysphoria: Treatment and outcomes

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-16

  Wylie, Kevan ^a,b   Eden, Kate ^c   Watson, Emily ^d  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; GENDER DYSPHORIA; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; READING; REVIEW; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH THERAPY; SURGERY; TRANSSEXUALISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855531472     PISSN: 13555146     EISSN: 14721481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.bp.110.008557     Document Type: Review

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