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Pubertal Suppression in Transgender Youth

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Offering current guidelines on the relatively new practice of puberty suppression for gender-dysphoric adolescents, Pubertal Suppression in Transgender Youth provides a succinct, easy-to-digest overview of this timely topic. This concise, clinically-focused resource by Dr. Courtney Finlayson covers all relevant topics, from a brief history of medical care of transgender youth to emerging developments in the field.

Author(s): Courtney Finlayson
Edition: 1
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Year: 2018

Language: English
Pages: 116

Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright
List of Contributors
Contents
1: History of Care of Transgender Youth (Spack)
2: Models of Care and Current Guidelines for Care of Transgender Individuals (Whitehead & Simons)
3: Puberty (Styne)
4: GnRH Analogs (Mechanism, Past Studies, Drug Options, Use in Precocious Puberty, Use in Gender-Nonconforming Youth) (Gohil & Eugster)
5: Rationale for the Initiation, Use, and Monitoring of GnRHa in Gender Non-conforming Youth (Carswell & Roberts)
6: Psychosocial Considerations in Pubertal Suppression Treatment (Chen, Birnkrant, & Hidalgo)
7: Medical Side Effects of GnRH Agonists (Perl, Lee, & Rosenthal)
8: Surgical Side Effects of GnRHa (Schechter & Schechter)
9: Fertility Preservation: Considerations for Gender-Diverse Youth (Valentine, Tishelman, & Nahata)
10: Duration of Pubertal Suppression and Initiation of Gender-Affirming Hormone Treatment in Youth (Kinnear & Shumer)
11: Ethical Considerations of GnRHa Treatment and Consent Process (Harris & Frader)
12: Emerging Developments in Pubertal Suppression for Gender Incongruent/Gender Dysphoric Youth (Marinkovic, Carswell, & Roberts)
Index