TY - JOUR
T1 - Transsexualism in the Adolescent Girl
AU - Dulcan, Mina K.
AU - Lee, Peter Allen
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1984
Y1 - 1984
N2 - This paper describes the evaluation and subsequent treatment of a biologic female who presented at age 15 requesting gender reassignment. Multimodality treatment, which continues at the time of writing, has included psychotherapeutic, educational, psychophar-macologic, and endocrinologic interventions. The literature on transsexualism is reviewed, with particular emphasis on the evaluation and treatment of the adolescent girl, and current etiologic theories are discussed. The unique features of adolescence which complicate the diagnosis and treatment of this disorder are examined.
AB - This paper describes the evaluation and subsequent treatment of a biologic female who presented at age 15 requesting gender reassignment. Multimodality treatment, which continues at the time of writing, has included psychotherapeutic, educational, psychophar-macologic, and endocrinologic interventions. The literature on transsexualism is reviewed, with particular emphasis on the evaluation and treatment of the adolescent girl, and current etiologic theories are discussed. The unique features of adolescence which complicate the diagnosis and treatment of this disorder are examined.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0002-7138(09)60517-3
DO - 10.1016/S0002-7138(09)60517-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 6736502
AN - SCOPUS:0021241807
SN - 0890-8567
VL - 23
SP - 354
EP - 361
JO - Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry
JF - Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry
IS - 3
ER -
