1Cademy - Treatment of Gender Dysphoria

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Treatment of Gender Dysphoria

Since the advent in the 1950s of medical treatment that aimed to change the body more in accordance with gender identity, gender dysphoria has been the clinical target for gender affirmative care.
The clinical rationale with medical treatment has been to alleviate gender dysphoria by changing the body to be more in accordance with gender identity. For children, this medical treatment model includes the possibility of puberty suppression and hormonal treatment after age 16.
Furthermore, the number of teenagers seeking medical treatment for gender incongruence/gender dysphoria has been increasing each year since 2013 in the Western world.
Identifying as transgender does not automatically imply a need for medical treatment or meeting the diagnostic criteria for gender dysphoria.

Updated 2022-05-21

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