Is Social Gender Transition Associated with Mental Health Status in Children and Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria?

ABSTRACT: Social gender transition is an increasingly accepted intervention for gender variant children and adolescents. To date, there is scant literature comparing the mental health of children and adolescents diagnosed with gender dysphoria who have socially transitioned versus those who are still living in their birth-assigned gender. We examined the mental health of children and adolescents referred to the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), a specialist clinic in London, UK, who had socially transitioned (i.e., were living in their affirmed gender and/or had changed their name) versus those who had not socially transitioned. Referrals to the GIDS were aged 4-17 years. We assessed mental health correlates of living in one's affirmed gender among 288 children and adolescents (208 birth-a

SUBMITTER: Morandini JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10101898 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature