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ey0017.6-16 | Transgender Medicine: Reviews and Position Statements | ESPEYB17

6.16. European society for sexual medicine position statement [ldquo]assessment and hormonal management in adolescent and adult trans people, with attention for sexual function and satisfaction[rdquo]

G T’Sjoen , J Arcelus , ALC De Vries , AD Fisher , TO Nieder , M Ozer , J Motmans

To read the full abstract: J Sex Med. 2020, Apr; 17: 570–84. doi: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32111534This position statement provides an update for health-care professionals on recommended basic principles for care of transgender people, including male, female and nonbinary. It uses a developmental approach to describe the best care for prepubescent, pubescent and adolescen...

ey0016.6-16 | New Working Hypotheses in Transgender | ESPEYB16

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 ...

ey0017.6-14 | Differences/Disorders of Sex Development: Psychology and Mental Health | ESPEYB17

6.14. Mental health of a large group of adults with disorders of sex development in six European countries

ALC De Vries , R Roehle , L Marshall , L Frisen , TC van de Grift , BPC Kreukels , C Bouvattier , B Kohler , U Thyen , A Nordenstrom , M Rapp , PT Cohen-Kettenis , Group dsd-LIFE

To read the full abstract: Psychosom Med. 2019, Sep; 81: 629–40. doi: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31232913The cross-sectional European dsd-LIFE questionnaire study assessed self-reported health outcomes, including psychiatric diagnoses and symptoms, sexuality (1) and body image (2) in 1040 adolescents and adults with DSD from six European countries. It compared mental health...

ey0015.6-4 | Important for clinical practice | ESPEYB15

6.4 The Amsterdam Cohort of Gender Dysphoria Study (1972-2015): Trends in Prevalence, Treatment, and Regrets

CM Wiepjes , NM Nota , CJM de Blok , M Klaver , ALC de Vries , SA Wensing-Kruger , RT de Jongh , MB Bouman , TD Steensma , P Cohen-Kettenis , LJG Gooren , BPC Kreukels , M den Heijer

To read the full abstract: J Sex Med. 2018 15(4)This is an important paper with a follow-up covering more than 11,000 GD patients from a single clinic in the Netherlands, looking after most (>95%) of the GD patients of the country. Long-term follow-up to adulthood of children and adolescents with GD is still lacking as the recent rapid increase of these groups has not yet resulted in sub...

ey0020.4-10 | Gender Incongruence (GI): New Guidance | ESPEYB20

4.10. Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8

E Coleman , AE Radix , WP Bouman , GR Brown , ALC de Vries , MB Deutsch , R Ettner , L Fraser , M Goodman , J Green , AB Hancock , TW Johnson , DH Karasic , GA Knudson , SF Leibowitz , HFL Meyer-Bahlburg , SJ Monstrey , J Motmans , L Nahata , TO Nieder , SL Reisner , C Richards , LS Schechter , V Tangpricha , AC Tishelman , MAA Van Trotsenburg , S Winter , K Ducheny , NJ Adams , TM Adrian , LR Allen , D Azul , H Bagga , K Başar , DS Bathory , JJ Belinky , DR Berg , JU Berli , RO Bluebond-Langner , MB Bouman , ML Bowers , PJ Brassard , J Byrne , L Capitan , CJ Cargill , JM Carswell , SC Chang , G Chelvakumar , T Corneil , KB Dalke , G De Cuypere , E de Vries , M Den Heijer , AH Devor , C Dhejne , A D'Marco , EK Edmiston , L Edwards-Leeper , R Ehrbar , D Ehrensaft , J Eisfeld , E Elaut , L Erickson-Schroth , JL Feldman , AD Fisher , MM Garcia , L Gijs , SE Green , BP Hall , TLD Hardy , MS Irwig , LA Jacobs , AC Janssen , K Johnson , DT Klink , BPC Kreukels , LE Kuper , EJ Kvach , MA Malouf , R Massey , T Mazur , C McLachlan , SD Morrison , SW Mosser , PM Neira , U Nygren , JM Oates , J Obedin-Maliver , G Pagkalos , J Patton , N Phanuphak , K Rachlin , T Reed , GN Rider , J Ristori , S Robbins-Cherry , SA Roberts , KA Rodriguez-Wallberg , SM Rosenthal , K Sabir , JD Safer , AI Scheim , LJ Seal , TJ Sehoole , K Spencer , C St Amand , TD Steensma , JF Strang , GB Taylor , K Tilleman , GG T'Sjoen , LN Vala , NM Van Mello , JF Veale , JA Vencill , B Vincent , LM Wesp , MA West , J Arcelus

Brief summary: The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) has issued an updated Standards of Care version 8 which contains important guidelines on how the assessment of gender variant children and adolescents should be considered, and by whom, and provides guidance around the consideration of young people for hormonal intervention.This long and detailed document has had considerable input from many experts involved in transgender c...