Suicidal attempts and non-suicidal self-injury during gender affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) – a case report [PDF]
European Psychiatry, 2022 Introduction Transsexual adolescents frequently present psychiatric comorbidities and psychopathology among which self-injurious behaviours are prominent (Modrego Pardo et al., 2021).
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Kiel Gender Dysphoria Questionnaire (KGDQ): development and validation of a questionnaire for change-sensitive assessment of gender dysphoria [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyWe developed and evaluated the Kiel Gender Dysphoria Questionnaire (KGDQ), a tool designed to assess distress due to gender incongruence in individuals aged 18 and above with sensitivity to change. The 31 items of the questionnaire were generated through
Antonia Möck +3 more
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Editorial: Transgender health: exploring diversity in the endocrine field [PDF]
Frontiers in EndocrinologyAdriana De Sousa Lages +1 more
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A Comprehensive Primer on Transgender Health in India
National Board of Examinations Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023 Background: Transgender health care deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of physical and mental health conditions along with sex reassignment surgeries and hormonal therapies pertaining to transgender population.
Kattamreddy Ananth Rupesh +7 more
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Lipid status in transgender patients receiving cross-sex gonadal hormone therapy for 6 months [PDF]
Medicinski Podmladak, 2023 Introduction: The term "transgender" refers to a person whose sex assigned at birth does not match their gender identity. Transsexualism can be diagnosed in all ages, although the first signs can be seen in early childhood. This condition is treated with
Jovanović Nina, Vujović Svetlana
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Transsexualism in hindu mythology
Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2020 In spite of India showing progress in various medical, economic and social fronts, the care of the transgender individual is still encumbered by the various biases and taboos that people hold. But, this was not true in the antiquity.
Shiva Prakash Srinivasan +1 more
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Gender Identity Disorders: Current Medical and Social Paradigm and the ICD-11 Innovations [PDF]
Consortium Psychiatricum, 2021 Introduction. This article presents a review of current concepts of gender identity under normal and pathological conditions. Aim. To analyse the impact of the medical and social paradigm shift for clinical practice. Results and discussion.
Anton V. Dyachenko +3 more
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Legislation regarding transexuality in Spain: advances, weaknesses and paradoxes
Feminismo/s, 2012 Transsexualism regulation has pointed the need to rethink the concepts of sex and gender. This is even more true for transsexualism regulation in non-specific legal instruments where gender is a key element.
Katrina Belsué Guillorme
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TRANSSEXUALISM – AN INVESTIGATION
Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 2004 Transsexualism (also referred to as transsexuality) is a phenomenon that is not always well understood in society. From the time that this term was first used it has often been confused with sexual deviations such as homosexuality, bisexuality ...
C.J. Kotzé, C.W. Labuschagné
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Male-to-Female Gender-Affirming Surgery: 20-Year Review of Technique and Surgical Results
Frontiers in Surgery, 2021 Purpose: Gender dysphoria (GD) is an incompatibility between biological sex and personal gender identity; individuals harbor an unalterable conviction that they were born in the wrong body, which causes personal suffering.
Gabriel Veber Moisés da Silva +9 more
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