TY  - JOUR
KW  - Gender dysphoria
KW  -  child
KW  -  adolescent
KW  -  mental health
KW  -  transgender
KW  -  gender diverse
KW  -  gender distress
N2  - The present research used linked surveillance systems (British Paediatric Surveillance Unit; and the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Surveillance System) over a 19 month period (1 November 2011?31 May 2013) to notify of young people (4?15.9 years) presenting to secondary care (paediatrics or child and adolescent mental health services) or specialist gender services with features of gender dysphoria (GD). A questionnaire about socio-demographic, mental health, and GD features was completed. Presence of GD was then assessed by experts in the field using then-current criteria (DSM-IV-TR). Incidence across the British Isles was 0.41?12.23 per 100,000. 230 confirmed cases of GD were noted; the majority were white (94%), aged ?12 years (75.3%), and were assigned female at birth (57.8%). Assigned males presented most commonly in pre-adolescence (63.2%), and assigned females in adolescence (64.7%). Median age-of-onset of experiencing GD was 9.5 years (IQR 5-12); the majority reported long-standing features (2?5 years in 36.1%, ?5 years in 26.5%). Only 82.5% attended mainstream school. Bullying was reported in 47.4%, previous self-harm in 35.2%, neurodiversity in 16%, and 51.5% had ?1 mental health condition. These findings suggest GD is rare within this age group but that monitoring wellbeing and ensuring support for co-occurring difficulties is vital.
ID  - discovery10187308
PB  - SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
TI  - Key socio-demographic characteristics of children and adolescents with gender dysphoria: A British Isles surveillance study
AV  - public
Y1  - 2022/10//
EP  - 1123
JF  - Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
A1  - Khadr, Sophie
A1  - Masic, Una
A1  - Clarke, Venetia
A1  - Lynn, Richard M
A1  - Holt, Victoria
A1  - Carmichael, Polly
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13591045221108840
SN  - 1359-1045
IS  - 4
N1  - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions.
SP  - 1106
VL  - 27
ER  -