Do children with gender dysphoria have intense/obsessional interests?

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 213-219

  VanderLaan, Doug P ^a   Postema, Lori ^a   Wood, Hayley ^a   Singh, Devita ^a   Fantus, Sophia ^a   Hyun, Jessica ^a   Leef, Jonathan ^a   Bradley, Susan J ^a   Zucker, Kenneth J ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENDER DYSPHORIA; HUMAN; MALE; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GENDER DYSPHORIA; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84921829126     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2013.860073     Document Type: Article

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