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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...

ey0016.15-8 | (1) | ESPEYB16

15.8. Variation in the heritability of child body mass index by obesogenic home environment

S Schrempft , CHM van Jaarsveld , A Fisher , M Herle , AD Smith , A Fildes , CH Llewellyn

To read the full abstract: JAMA Pediatr 2018;172:1153–1160.This paper describes a gene-environment interaction twin study in 925 UK families (1850 twins). The heritability of childhood BMI was calculated by comparing the concordance in BMI at mean age 4.1 years between monozygous and dizygous twins; heritability was much higher among more obesogenic households (h2=8...

ey0019.8-11 | New Concerns | ESPEYB19

8.11. Cortisol and development of depression in adolescence and young adulthood - a systematic review and meta-analysis

Z Zajkowska , N Gullett , A Walsh , V Zonca , GA Pedersen , L Souza , C Kieling , HL Fisher , BA Kohrt , V Mondelli

Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2022; 136: 105625. PMID: 34920399https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34920399/Brief Summary: This is a systematic review and meta-analysis examined the relationship between cortisol and major depressive disorder in global youth (10–24 years old).Impaired regulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis has been implicated in the de...

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...