Quote from: Tink on April 12, 2007, 04:19:58 AM
It took me about four months of therapy. I understand that the HBSOC requires a minimum of six months of psychotherapy now.
tink 
It's still three months under the most recent version.
From the SoC:
Eligibility Criteria The administration of hormones is not to be lightly undertaken because of
their medical and social dangers. Three criteria exist.
1. age 18 years
2. demonstrable knowledge of what hormones medically can and cannot do and their social
benefits and risks;
3. Either a documented real life experience should be undertaken for at least three months prior
to the administration of hormones Or
4. A period of psychotherapy of a duration specified by the mental health professional after the
initial evaluation (usually a minimum of three months) should be undertaken
5. Under no circumstances should a person be provided hormones who has neither fulfilled
criteria #3 or #4.
Readiness Criteria. Three criteria exist:
1. the patient has had further consolidation of gender identity during the real-life experience
or psychotherapy;
2. the patient has made some progress in mastering other identified problems leading to
improving or continuing stable mental health (this implies an absence of problems such as
sociopathy, substance abuse, psychosis, suicidality, for instance);
3. hormones are likely to be taken in a responsible manner.
Page 22 - 23. Standards of Care
