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Psychological and Medical Care of Gender Nonconforming Youth
Psychological and Medical Care of Gender Nonconforming Youth
- Source :
- Pediatrics. 134:1184-1192
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), 2014.
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Abstract
- Gender nonconforming (GN) children and adolescents, collectively referred to as GN youth, may seek care to understand their internal gender identities, socially transition to their affirmed genders, and/or physically transition to their affirmed genders. Because general pediatricians are often the first point of contact with the health care system for GN youth, familiarity with the psychological and medical approaches to providing care for this population is crucial. The objective of this review is to provide an overview of existing clinical practice guidelines for GN youth. Such guidelines emphasize a multidisciplinary approach with collaboration of medical, mental health, and social services/advocacy providers. Appropriate training needs to be provided to promote comprehensive, culturally competent care to GN youth, a population that has traditionally been underserved and at risk for negative psychosocial outcomes.
- Subjects :
- Male
Gender dysphoria
Adolescent
Population
Poison control
Health Services for Transgender Persons
Transgender Persons
Nursing
Transgender
Health care
Sex Reassignment Surgery
medicine
Humans
Cooperative Behavior
Child
Gonadal Steroid Hormones
Physician's Role
education
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Puberty
Gender Identity
medicine.disease
Mental health
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Female
Interdisciplinary Communication
Culturally Competent Care
business
Psychosocial
Transsexualism
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 10984275 and 00314005
- Volume :
- 134
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pediatrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....94f8df4ce6422bf20aefc2f711b431fd
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2014-0772