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Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2019

6. DSD and Gender Dysphoria

New Working Hypotheses in Transgender

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6.16. Prevalence of the wish to be of the opposite gender in adolescents and adults with autism spectrum disorder

Miesen AIR van der , H Hurley , AM Bal , ALC de Vries

Arch Sex Behav. 2018 Nov;47(8):2307–2317.doi: 10.1007/s10508-018-1218-3. PubMed ID: 29736809An increased incidence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) among adolescents and adults with gender dysphoria has been reported in many studies. This paper describes one of the rare studies taking an opposite approach, by investigating the self-reported wish to be of the ...

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6.17. Gender identities in adolescent population: methodological issues and prevalence across age groups

R Kaltiala-Heino , N Lindberg

Eur Psychiatry. 2019 Jan;55:61–66.doi: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2018.09.003. PubMed ID: 30390473Is the prevalence of gender dysphoria today truly increasing, or do the increasing numbers result because today’s world is more open so that these individuals and families no longer hide in the closet? Or are methodological factors playing a role? Fact is that in Eu...