ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

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Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2023

4. Differences of Sexual Development (DSD) and Gender Incongruence (GI)

Psychological Effects of Hormone Treatments

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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...
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