Gender Dysphoria in Adults

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2016, Pages 217-247

  Zucker, Kenneth J ^a   Lawrence, Anne A ^b   Kreukels, Baudewijntje P C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Causal mechanisms; Gender dysphoria; Gender identity disorder; Transsexualism; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CYPROTERONE ACETATE; GONADORELIN AGONIST; SEX HORMONE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING THE ENTIRE ORGANISM; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTOME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-5; FEMALE TO MALE TRANSGENDER; GENDER DYSPHORIA; GENETICS; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; ICD-11; INCIDENCE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSGENDER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; NOMENCLATURE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEX REASSIGNMENT; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSSEXUALISM; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENDER DYSPHORIA; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84962204129     PISSN: 15485943     EISSN: 15485951     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-021815-093034     Document Type: Article

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