Gender identity disorder (GID) is
characterized by strong and persistent cross-gender identification and by
persistent discomfort with one's sex.
This paper reviews reports of GID in which
adolescent psychotherapy patients initially desired sex reassignment. In
addition, four case studies of adolescents with GID, demonstrating different
outcomes of psychotherapy, are presented.
It is concluded that great caution must be
exercised when treating adolescents with GID, and that sex reassignment must
not be started before patients have reached eighteen years of age.
Citation:
Adolescence 1999 Summer;34(134):305-13 an article
published on the Internet by PubMed <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/>
