Testosterone treatment and MMPI-2 improvement in transgender men: A prospective controlled study

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 143-156

  Keo Meier, Colton L ^a,b   Herman, Levi I ^a   Reisner, Sari L ^c   Pardo, Seth T ^d   Sharp, Carla ^a   Babcock, Julia C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female to male; Hormonal sex reassignment therapy; Psychopathology; Testosterone; Transgender

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE CIPIONATE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSGENDER; FEMININITY; FOLLOW UP; GENDER IDENTITY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; HYSTERIA; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASCULINITY; MENTAL DISEASE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARANOIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSGENDER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MMPI; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925848594     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0037599     Document Type: Article

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