Psychosocial and Psychological Vulnerability in Adolescents

Psychosocial and Psychological Vulnerability in Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria:  A "Proof of Principle" Study, Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 0(0), 1-11, 2016

For adolescents with gender dysphoria, it has become common to be offered hormonal treatment to either delay or suppress pubertal development and/or to masculinize or feminize the body.  At the same time, it has been our clinical impression that the psychological vulnerability of at least some of these youth has been overlooked.