A5004076703- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Hemispheric Asymmetry in Neuroscience
- Sex and Gender in Healthcare
- Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Sexual function and dysfunction studies
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
Amsterdam University Medical Centers
2020-2025
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
2020-2025
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
1990-2023
Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2011-2020
Amsterdam Public Health
2015-2019
Amsterdam Neuroscience
2009-2017
University of Amsterdam
1988-2012
University of Minnesota Medical Center
2012
Natural Selection (United States)
2012
University Medical Center
2007-2008
ABSTRACT The Standards of Care (SOC) for the Health Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People is a publication World Professional Association Transgender (WPATH). overall goal SOC to provide clinical guidance health professionals assist transsexual, transgender, gender nonconforming people with safe effective pathways achieving lasting personal comfort their gendered selves, in order maximize health, psychological well-being, self-fulfillment. This assistance may include...
To update the "Endocrine Treatment of Transsexual Persons: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline," published by in 2009.The participants include an Society-appointed task force nine experts, a methodologist, and medical writer.This evidence-based guideline was developed using Grading Recommendations, Assessment, Development, Evaluation approach to describe strength recommendations quality evidence. The commissioned two systematic reviews used best available evidence from other...
Objective: The aim was to formulate practice guidelines for endocrine treatment oftranssexual persons.
In recent years, puberty suppression by means of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs has become accepted in clinical management adolescents who have gender dysphoria (GD). The current study is the first longer-term longitudinal evaluation effectiveness this approach.A total 55 young transgender adults (22 transwomen and 33 transmen) had received during adolescence were assessed 3 times: before start (mean age, 13.6 years), when cross-sex hormones introduced 16.7 at least 1 year after...
The aim of this qualitative study was to obtain a better understanding the developmental trajectories persistence and desistence childhood gender dysphoria psychosexual outcome dysphoric children. Twenty five adolescents (M age 15.88, range 14–18), diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder (DSM-IV or DSM-IV-TR) in childhood, participated study. Data were collected by means biographical interviews. Adolescents persisting (persisters) those whom remitted (desisters) indicated that they...
In the World Health Organization's forthcoming eleventh revision of International Classification Diseases and Related Problems (ICD-11), substantial changes have been proposed to ICD-10 classification mental behavioural disorders related sexuality gender identity. These concern following disorder groupings: F52 Sexual dysfunctions, not caused by organic or disease; F64 Gender identity disorders; F65 Disorders sexual preference; F66 Psychological associated with development orientation....
The World Health Organization (WHO) is in the process of revising International Statistical Classification Diseases and Related Problems (ICD) ICD-11 has an anticipated publication date 2015. Working Group on Sexual Disorders (WGSDSH) charged with evaluating clinical research data to inform revision diagnostic categories related sexuality gender identity that are currently included mental behavioural disorders chapter ICD-10, making initial recommendations regarding whether how these should...
This study examined psychiatric comorbidity in adolescents with a gender identity disorder (GID). We focused on its relation to gender, type of GID diagnosis and eligibility for medical interventions (puberty suppression cross-sex hormones).To ascertain DSM-IV diagnoses, the Diagnostic Interview Schedule Children (DISC) was administered parents 105 dysphoric adolescents.67.6% had no concurrent disorder. Anxiety disorders occurred 21%, mood 12.4% disruptive 11.4% adolescents. Compared natal...
Background Research into the relationship between gender identity disorder and psychiatric problems has shown contradictory results. Aims To investigate in adults fulfilling DSM-IVTR criteria for a diagnosis of disorder. Method Data were collected within European Network Investigation Gender Incongruence using Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview – Plus Structured Clinical DSM-IV Axis II Disorders ( n = 305). Results In 38% individuals with current DSM-IV-TR I was found, mainly...
We assessed the outcomes of gender-affirming surgery (GAS, or sex-reassignment surgery) 4 to 6 years after first clinical contact, and associations between postoperative (dis)satisfaction quality life (QoL). Our multicenter, cross-sectional follow-up study involved persons diagnosed with gender dysphoria (DSM-IV-TR) who applied for medical interventions from 2007 until 2009. Of 546 eligible persons, 201 (37%) responded, whom 136 had undergone GAS (genital, chest, facial, vocal cord and/or...
Twenty years ago, the Dutch Protocol-consisting of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) to halt puberty and subsequent gender-affirming hormones (GAHs)-was implemented treat adolescents with gender dysphoria.To study trends in trajectories children who were referred for evaluation dysphoria and/or treated following Protocol.The current is based on retrospective cohort 1766 Amsterdam Cohort Gender Dysphoria.Outcomes included number intakes, ratio assigned sex at birth, age intake,...
Background. We prospectively studied outcomes of sex reassignment, potential differences between subgroups transsexuals, and predictors treatment course outcome.Method. Altogether 325 consecutive adolescent adult applicants for reassignment participated: 222 started hormone treatment, 103 did not; 188 completed 34 dropped out treatment. Only data the 162 adults were used to evaluate Results compared determine post-operative differences. Adults adolescents included study outcome....