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ey0016.6-18 | Transgender Reviews | ESPEYB16

6.18. Research Review: Gender identity in youth: treatment paradigms and controversies

JL Turban , D Ehrensaft

J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2018 Dec;59(12):1228–1243.doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12833. PubMed ID: 29071722This comprehensive review summarizes the current knowledge on epidemiology, concomitant psychiatric diagnoses, behavioral characteristics and developmental trajectories of gender identity issues. It also reviews determinants of gender identity and expression, and the opt...

ey0020.4-11 | Psychological Effects of Hormone Treatments | ESPEYB20

4.11. Psychosocial functioning in transgender youth after 2 years of hormones

D Chen , J Berona , YM Chan , D Ehrensaft , R Garofalo , MA Hidalgo , SM Rosenthal , AC Tishelman , J Olson-Kennedy

Brief summary: A four centre prospective longitudinal study of 315 transgender and non-binary adolescents in the USA showed improvement in gender congruence and appearance and some reduction of depression and anxiety (but not in birth-registered males) after 2 years of gender affirming hormone (GAH) treatment.The race is on to provide clear evidence to support hormonal intervention for transgender adolescents. This longitudinal study employed a number of...

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...