ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0018.6-7 | Patient Related Outcomes | ESPEYB18

6.7. Young voices: sexual health and transition care needs in adolescents with intersex/differences of sex development-A pilot study

N Callens , BPC Kreukels , TC van de Grift

J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2021 Apr;34(2):176–189.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2020.11.001 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33181339This study explores the well-being and sexual health needs of contemporary youth with a DSD. It is a small scale, mixed methods study by specialized DSD psychologists-sexologists in a sample of w...

ey0018.6-9 | Patient Related Outcomes | ESPEYB18

6.9. Early Genital Surgery in Disorders/Differences of Sex Development: Patients' Perspectives

E Bennecke , S Bernstein , P Lee , TC van de Grift , A Nordenskjold , M Rapp , M Simmonds , JC Streuli , U Thyen , C Wiesemann

Arch Sex Behav. 2021 Apr;50(3):913–923. doi: 10.1007/s10508-021-01953-6. PMID: 33712989This paper describes a patient cohort study of 459 individuals with various DSD diagnoses, as part of the dsd-LIFE study. Patients were included at 14 different sites in 6 European countries.Genital surgery has been increasingly questioned in the past decade. Both the timin...

ey0017.6-14 | Differences/Disorders of Sex Development: Psychology and Mental Health | ESPEYB17

6.14. Mental health of a large group of adults with disorders of sex development in six European countries

ALC De Vries , R Roehle , L Marshall , L Frisen , TC van de Grift , BPC Kreukels , C Bouvattier , B Kohler , U Thyen , A Nordenstrom , M Rapp , PT Cohen-Kettenis , Group dsd-LIFE

To read the full abstract: Psychosom Med. 2019, Sep; 81: 629–40. doi: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31232913The cross-sectional European dsd-LIFE questionnaire study assessed self-reported health outcomes, including psychiatric diagnoses and symptoms, sexuality (1) and body image (2) in 1040 adolescents and adults with DSD from six European countries. It compared mental health...