Transgender Youth: The Building Evidence Base for Early Social Transition

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 101-102

  Turban, Jack L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ANXIETY; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRANSGENDER; ADOLESCENT; MENTAL HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; TRANSGENDER PERSONS;

EID: 85009986458     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2016.11.008     Document Type: Editorial

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