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HARRY BENJAMIN INTERNATIONAL GENDER DYSPHORIA ASSOCIATION'S

The Standards of Care For Gender Identity Disorders1

By Stephen B. Levine (Chairperson), George Brown, Eli Coleman, Peggy Cohen-Kettenis, J. Joris Hage, Judy Van Maasdam, Maxine Petersen, Friedemann Pfaefflin, Leah C. Schaefer.

Consultants: Dallas Denny MA, Domineco DiCeglie MD, Wolf Eicher MD, Jamison Green, Richard Green MD, Louis Gooren MD, Donald Laub MD, Anne Lawrence MD, Walter Meyer III MD, C. Christine Wheeler Ph.D

Citation: Levine Stephen B. (Chairperson), Brown George , Coleman Eli, Cohen-Kettenis Peggy, J. Joris Hage, Van Maasdam Judy,  Petersen Maxine, Pfafflin Friedemann, Schaefer Leah C (1998)

Introductory Concepts

The Full Text of the Standards of Care

  1. Epidemiological Considerations
  2. Diagnostic Nomenclatures
  3. The Mental Health Professional
  4. The Treatment of Children
  5. The Treatment of Adolescents
  6. Psychotherapy with Adults
  7. The Real Life Experience
  8. Requirements for Hormone Therapy for Adults
  9. Hormone Therapy for Adults
  10. Requirements for Genital Reconstructive and Breast Surgery
  11. Surgery

1This is the fifth version of Standards of Care since the original 1979 document. Previous revisions were in 1980, 1981 and 1990.

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