In the current noise about gender identity there is a missing voice from the “gender community”. Well, not totally missing. Afterall Caitlyn Jenner has publicly voiced her feelings about gender identity being pushed on children under the age of eighteen. But … that’s it. Otherwise, the o...
CAMH to 'wind down' gender identity clinic--TORONTO - The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health...Ubelacker, Sheryl
2. Gender identity Gender dysphoria (GD) has been defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5), as a characteristic of the individuals presenting with incongruence between their natal sex (sex at birth) and their experienced gender [9]. The diag...
and in my clinical experience with young people presenting with gender identity issues, the majority had complex and unresolved mental health problems that they believed would be resolved by transitioning. The argument to support this has no solid evidence base at all," he points...
). Using language associated with gender affirmation to describe trans* care opens up space for genderqueer people who do not want to endeavor on a binary transition but instead prefer to find affirmation for their gender identity, which may be on a spectrum or in multiple places within (or ...
(2013). Patient satisfaction with gender identity clinic services in the United Kingdom. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 28(4), 400-418.Davies A, Bouman WP, Richards C, Barrett J, Ahmad A, Baker K, Lenihan P, Lorimer S, Mepham N, Murjan S, Robbins-Cherry S, Seal L, Stradins L....
London — The only gender identity clinic in Scotland has paused prescribing puberty blockers to new patients under 18 years old, mirroring action taken by England's health authorities after a landmark review found young people had been let down by "remarkably weak" evidence backing medical ...
Young people aged 17 or older may be seen in an adult gender identity clinic but following the review NHS England said it would now pause first appointments at adult clinics for teens under 18, as well as bringing forward its review of adult gender services....
our clinical sample is probably not representative of the possibly diverse non-binary population. Since the study was conducted in the same clinic, in which the adolescents also were receiving support/treatment, they may have hesitated to disclose their (non-binary) gender identity or to participate...
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted at a university-based gender identity clinic in the United States, I demonstrate that while some institutions adopt dominant cultural frameworks, others critically assess these. To understand the intricacies of the clinic's psychotherapeutic practices, I analyze...