Two years of gender identity service for minors: Overrepresentation of natal girls with severe problems in adolescent development

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kaltiala Heino, Riittakerttu ^a,b   Sumia, Maria ^b   Työläjärvi, Marja ^b   Lindberg, Nina ^c,d  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescent development; Gender dysphoria; Sex reassignment; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILDHOOD; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTENT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHORIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER DYSPHORIA; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MINOR (PERSON); PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX REASSIGNMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 84927562251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17532000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13034-015-0042-y     Document Type: Article

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