Practice parameter on gay, lesbian, or bisexual sexual orientation, gender nonconformity, and gender discordance in children and adolescents

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 957-974

  Medicus, Jennifer ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

bisexuality; gender discordant; gender identity disorder; homosexuality; sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; BULLYING; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL VALUE; ETHICS; FAMILY; GENDER IDENTITY; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROANATOMY; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUAL MINORITY; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STIGMA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BISEXUALITY; BULLYING; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOSEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK FACTORS; SEXISM; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84865269715     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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