Quote from: Andy8715 on March 05, 2011, 12:06:22 AM
Can you tell me what they are?
This is what it was in the pre-op packet.
Gender Therapist or Primary Care Physician Letter, one letter is required for breast surgery and must state "Chest Surgery is the next step in the Transition Process". The Mental Health Professional or Primary Care Physician Documentation Letter for Surgery Should Succinctly Specify:
1. The patient's general identifying characteristics;
2. The initial and evolving gender, sexual, and other psychiatric diagnoses;
3. The duration of their professional relationship including the type of psychotherapy or evaluation that the patient underwent;
4. The eligibility criteria that have been met and the mental health professional's rationale for surgery;
5. The degree to which the patient has followed the Standards of Care to date and the likelihood of future compliance;
6. Whether the author of the report is part of a gender team;
7. That the sender welcomes a phone call to verify the fact that the mental health professional actually wrote the letter as described in this document.
The organization and completeness of these letters provide the surgeon an important degree of assurance that mental health professional or primary care physician is knowledgeable and competent concerning gender identity disorders.
On his website he also says to include the words "surgery is the next step in their treatment for Gender Identity Disorder or Breast Hypertrophy" and "they are psychologically ready for this next step in their therapy." If you need ideas for what to say, Ethan Daniel's (ftmtransition.com) T letter is pretty close.
http://ftmtransition.com/transition/testosterone/ttletter.html
