Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Gender identity disorder: Specialty: Psychiatry, psychology Symptoms: Distress related to one's assigned gender, sex or sex characteristics [1] [2] [3] Complications: Eating disorders, suicide, depression, anxiety, social isolation [4] Differential diagnosis: Variance in gender identity or expression that is not distressing [1] [3] Treatment
What to know about boys, men and eating disorders They’re not as uncommon as you might think. Research shows that males represent up to 25% of those struggling with eating disorders.
Children with persistent gender dysphoria are characterized by more extreme gender dysphoria in childhood than children with desisting gender dysphoria. [1] Some (but not all) gender variant youth will want or need to transition, which may involve social transition (changing dress, name, pronoun), and, for older youth and adolescents, medical transition (hormone therapy or surgery).
However, gender bias, stigma, and shame lead men to be underreported, underdiagnosed, and undertreated for eating disorders. [25] It has been found that clinicians are not well-trained and lack sufficient resources to treat men with eating disorders. [25] Due to these factors, research regarding eating disorders in men continues to be limited.
In these two meta-analyses, Canadian researchers looked at prior studies on puberty blockers and "gender-affirming hormone therapy" (GAHT) in minors and young adults up to age 26.
Eating disorders in trans and non-binary adolescents is complicated in that some eating disorder symptoms may affirm gender identity in transitioning patients, complicating treatment. For example, loss of menstruation in birth-assigned females or a slender frame in birth-assigned males may align with their gender identity during transition.
While the subjects met the criteria for gender identity disorder as defined in the DSM-III or DSM-IV, many would not have met the updated criteria for gender dysphoria in the DSM-5, established in 2013, which, unlike prior versions, explicitly requires identification with a gender other than that assigned at birth. In one study, 40% of those ...
WPATH develops, [9] publishes and reviews guidelines for persons with gender dysphoria, under the name of Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, the overall goal of the SOC is to provide clinical guidance for health professionals to assist transgender, and gender nonconforming people with safe and effective pathways to achieving lasting personal comfort with ...