Hormone-treated transsexuals report less social distress, anxiety and depression

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 662-670

  Gómez Gil, Esther ^a   Zubiaurre Elorza, Leire ^b   Esteva, Isabel ^c   Guillamon, Antonio ^d   Godás, Teresa ^a   Cruz Almaraz, M ^c   Halperin, Irene ^a   Salamero, Manel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Hormonal sex reassignment therapy; Social anxiety; Social phobia; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRADIOL VALERATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSSEXUAL; GENDER IDENTITY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ANXIETY AND DISTRESS SCALE; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSSEXUALISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858441712     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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