The Year in Review: Children and Adolescents

Transgender health care in children and adolescents is an area in evolution with many debates in different countries. Particularly the concept of gender incongruence in children is often discussed. Clinical management... [ view full abstract ]

Transgender health care in children and adolescents is an area in evolution with many debates in different countries. Particularly the concept of gender incongruence in children is often discussed. Clinical management considerations and common treatment interventions across disciplines are necessary to review and to explore regularly.

The aim of this presentation is to illustrate the content of mental health care in transgender children and adolescents since the last EPATH meeting in 2015. [ view full abstract ]

The aim of this presentation is to illustrate the content of mental health care in transgender children and adolescents since the last EPATH meeting in 2015.

An electronic search of literature was conducted using the following search engines: ScienceDirect, Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed from May 2015 till February 2017. Within each search engine, the following search terms... [ view full abstract ]

An electronic search of literature was conducted using the following search engines: ScienceDirect, Web of Science, Scopus, and PubMed from May 2015 till February 2017. Within each search engine, the following search terms were entered: gender dysphoria, gender identity disorder, trans, trans individual, transgender. These terms were combined with terms relating to child, adolescent, youth, mental health, diagnosis, using the AND operator.

A total of 49 studies were identified. Review articles were not included. The overall content of the original studies concentrated on three levels. 1/ The need for a better definition and the determination of diagnostic... [ view full abstract ]

A total of 49 studies were identified. Review articles were not included. The overall content of the original studies concentrated on three levels. 1/ The need for a better definition and the determination of diagnostic criteria of gender incongruence of childhood were discussed in a revised International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10); 2/ Studies reflecting the real health care needs for transgender adolescents/children and their families and 3/ The evaluation of treatment protocols on different mental health vulnerabilities in transgender youth.

Since the studied area is so variable, important insights and conclusions will be drawn and illustrated during the presentation. [ view full abstract ]

Since the studied area is so variable, important insights and conclusions will be drawn and illustrated during the presentation.