Clinical profiles and care of transgender children and adolescents who receive specialized consultations: do individuals who are assigned female at birth differ?
Age at referral should be considered when exploring gender incongruence. During adolescence, we found that gender incongruence has substantial social and psychological effects, particularly on AFAB youths, possibly explaining their higher referral rates to specialized centers, as in other specialized clinics around the world.
Authors
- Laëtitia Martinerie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5113-6344)
- Grégor Mamou
- Julie Brunelle
- Niloufar Forno
- Agnès Condat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2394-6993)
- C. Lagrange
- Hugues Pellerin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4974-9917)
- Fanny Poirier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9475-7626)
- Nicolas Mendes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3838-4623)
- David Cohen
- Nina Verger
Institutions
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (FR)
- Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
- Published
- 2024-11-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-024-00809-w
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.29