Hormonal sex reassignment of transsexuals aims to reduce the hormonally induced secondary sex characteristics of the original sex and to induce the secondary sex characteristics of the new sex. In male-to-female transsexuals a complete reduction of androgen action favours feminizing effects of ...
Gender dysphoria (GD), also known as gender identity disorder (GID), formal diagnosis given by mental health professionals to people who experience distress because of a significant incongruence between the gender with which they personally identify and
The medical interventions that help relieve many people of their gender dysphoria are often violently stigmatized. Being transgender can impact one's access to jobs, healthcare, interpersonal relationships, and other sectors of one's life. There is an especially strong stigma against transgender and ...
Patients with gender dysphoria are best treated by a multidisciplinary team. Such a team consists of a nucleus of specialists who sees the patient frequently and a peripheral group that sees patients incidentally. The tasks of each team member are described, and the value of the multidisciplinary ...
Male to female, or MTF, and female to male, or FTM, transgender people with gender dysphoria require hormone therapy to transition. For FTMs, this involves usingtestosterone. The hormone comes in injections, topical creams or gels, implants or oral medications. ...
We would recommend taking these data into account, as well as variables that may be associated with different sexual health indexes, when designing interventions for transgender people. Keywords: Masturbation partner sexual behavior sexual health indexes transgender Acknowledgments We would like to thank...
Conclusions Failure to make prompt initial treatment contact is a pervasive aspect of unmet need for mental health care in the United States. Interventions to speed initial treatment contact are likely to reduce the burdens and hazards of untreated mental disorder. Research consistently shows that a ...
Different drug therapies may be used to support these interventions:33 Testosterone replacement therapy (TRT): Given by injection, patches, pellets, or gels to improve libido and sexual functioning in males Hormone replacement therapy (ERT): Given by pills, patches, gels, or creams to deliver est...
The letter noted that medical treatments are among several "supportive interventions" promoted for transgender minors. This is not the first time Florida officials have opposed such treatments. Similar steps have already been taken by the administration of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has embrace...
While the term "body dysmorphia" may sound similar to "gender dysphoria," the two are different. Gender dysphoria refers to the psychological distress a person may have if the gender they identify with doesn't align with the sex they were assigned at birth. If you have gender dysphoria, you...