Overview
- A comprehensive guide to supporting transgender and gender-diverse youth clinicians, educators, researchers, and families
- Covers a range of topics including gender-affirming medical and surgical care, mental health supports, legal topics, and the latest relevant neuroscience
- Written by international experts in the field of pediatric gender identity
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About this book
This book serves as a guide to key topics regarding pediatric gender identity to help clinicians better care for transgender and gender diverse youth. Written by experts in the field, it covers critical considerations for child health providers from a variety of disciplines in a range of clinical settings. Patients, families and other community agencies can also find useful information about current practices and recommendations for care and support. The text begins by overviewing terminology, epidemiology, gender identity development, and relevant neurobiology. Next, the text focuses on the emergence of affirmative treatment paradigms using a patient-centered, consent based framework. Topics include psychotherapeutic support, gender-affirming medical and surgical care, management of co-existing psychiatric conditions, sexual health and fertility, legal considerations, international considerations, and more.
Pediatric Gender Identity can be used as aframework to address core clinical issues and offers practical considerations for gender-affirming care. Using the growing science and understanding of gender development, this book is an excellent resource for all professionals working with gender diverse youth, including child and adolescent psychiatrists, pediatricians, pediatric surgeons, psychologists, therapists, researchers, school and educational leaders, and students.Similar content being viewed by others
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Brown University
Providence, RI
USA
Jack L. Turban
Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
USA
Gerrit Van Schalkwyk
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Brown University
Providence, RI
USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pediatric Gender Identity
Book Subtitle: Gender-affirming Care for Transgender & Gender Diverse Youth
Editors: Michelle Forcier, Gerrit Van Schalkwyk, Jack L. Turban
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38909-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-38908-6Published: 28 March 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-38909-3Published: 27 March 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 283
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology, Pediatrics, Neurology, Pediatric Surgery