Journal of Psychopathology 2015;21:152-158 Summary In the Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria at the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam, a structured assessment and treatment protocol for adolescents with atypical gender identities is used. This multidimensional approach includes specific phases: psychological assessment, medical evaluation, possible psychotherapy, gonadotropin-relea...

OBJECTIVE To establish the psychosexual outcome of gender-dysphoric children at 16 years or older and to examine childhood characteristics related to psychosexual outcome. METHOD We studied 77 children who had been referred in childhood to our clinic because of gender dysphoria (59 boys, 18 girls; mean age 8.4 years, age range 5-12 years). In childhood, we measured the children's cross-gender...

This study reports follow-up data on the largest sample to date of boys clinic-referred for gender dysphoria ( n = 139) with regard identity and sexual orientation. In childhood, were assessed at a mean age 7.49 years (range, 3.33–12.99) year 1989 followed-up 20.58 13.07–39.15) 2002. 88 (63.3%) met DSM-III, III-R, or IV criteria disorder; remaining 51 (36.7%) subthreshold criteria. At follow-up...

This article outlines the progression of topics used to highlight gender in a clinical medical anthropology class. As the class moves through themes such as the use of high-technology medicine and doctor-patient communication, issues of the socially constructed nature of gender are brought to the fore. Included in this article are students' reflections on how they try to make sense of diverse n...

BACKGROUND One of the principal theories regarding the biological basis of major depressive disorder (MDD) implicates a dysregulation of emotion-processing circuitry. Gender differences in how emotions are processed and relative experience with emotion processing might help to explain some of the disparities in the prevalence of MDD between women and men. This study sought to explore how gender...