Early Physical Intervention for Young People with Atypical Gender Identity Development
@article{Wren2000EarlyPI, title={Early Physical Intervention for Young People with Atypical Gender Identity Development}, author={Bernadette Wren}, journal={Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry}, year={2000}, volume={5}, pages={220 - 231} }
This article describes the misery and frustration of young people for whom the external reality of the body is at odds with their gender identity. As hormonal and surgical treatments to alter the sexual body increase in sophistication, clinicians may be under pressure to provide this treatment to the under-18s – if only for the postponement of puberty. This pressure is especially powerful in the absence of evidence for the effectiveness of psychological treatment in reconciling cross- gendered…
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