Transgender and gender nonconforming adolescent care: Psychosocial and medical considerations

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 421-426

  Guss, Carly ^a   Shumer, Daniel ^a   Katz Wise, Sabra L ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

gender identity; gender nonconforming; Keywords adolescent; transgender

Indexed keywords

BULLYING; CHILD CARE; FAMILY COUNSELING; GENDER AFFIRMING SURGERY; GENDER DYSPHORIA; GENDER IDENTITY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GESTURE; HOME; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SCHOOL; SEX REASSIGNMENT; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SUBSTANCE USE; TRANSGENDER; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DEPRESSION; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

SEX HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; DEPRESSION; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR TRANSGENDER PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SEX REASSIGNMENT SURGERY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 84959514169     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: 1531698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000240     Document Type: Review

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