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creators_name: Khadr, Sophie
creators_name: Masic, Una
creators_name: Clarke, Venetia
creators_name: Lynn, Richard M
creators_name: Holt, Victoria
creators_name: Carmichael, Polly
title: Key socio-demographic characteristics of children and adolescents with gender dysphoria: A British Isles surveillance study
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B02
divisions: D13
divisions: G25
keywords: Gender dysphoria, child, adolescent, mental health, transgender, gender diverse, gender distress
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abstract: 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.
date: 2022-10
date_type: published
publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/13591045221108840
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 2087659
doi: 10.1177/13591045221108840
medium: Print-Electronic
lyricists_name: Lynn, Richard
lyricists_id: RMLYN29
actors_name: Mustafa, Adelat
actors_id: AMUST21
actors_role: owner
funding_acknowledgements: [Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust]
full_text_status: public
publication: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry
volume: 27
number: 4
pagerange: 1106-1123
pages: 18
event_location: England
issn: 1359-1045
citation:        Khadr, Sophie;    Masic, Una;    Clarke, Venetia;    Lynn, Richard M;    Holt, Victoria;    Carmichael, Polly;      (2022)    Key socio-demographic characteristics of children and adolescents with gender dysphoria: A British Isles surveillance study.                   Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry , 27  (4)   pp. 1106-1123.    10.1177/13591045221108840 <https://doi.org/10.1177/13591045221108840>.       Green open access   
 
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