Ten Things Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Youth Want Their Doctors to Know

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 275-277

  Turban, Jack ^a   Ferraiolo, Tony ^b   Martin, Andrés ^a   Olezeski, Christy ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Director of several support groups for transgender and gender nonconforming youth in Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER NONCONFORMING YOUTH; HARASSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSGENDER; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUP; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SUICIDE; SUPPORT GROUP; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSGENDER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR TRANSGENDER PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85015995231     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2016.12.015     Document Type: Editorial

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