Addressing the Needs of Transgender Youth in Primary Care

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Addressing the Needs of Transgender Youth in Primary Care
By Laurie Barclay, MD
14 February, 2011


http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/737325


February 14, 2011 — To minimize negative health outcomes and maximize positive futures for transgender adolescents, timely medical intervention to achieve gender/body congruence paired with affirmative mental health therapy is appropriate, according to a review in the February issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

"Transgender is an umbrella term that is used to describe individuals whose gender self-identification or expression transgresses established gender norms," write Johanna Olson, MD; Catherine Forbes, PhD; and Marvin Belzer, MD, from Children's Hospital Los Angeles, in California.