Dr. Selma Witchell discusses gender dysphoria, treatment
interventions, and reviews components of the gender affirmative model.
Educational objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be
able to:
- Recognize and define gender dysphoria
- Recognize the rationale for use of hormone blockers at the
onset of puberty
- Review components of a gender affirmative model
Reading Resources:
- Rosenthal SM. Transgender youth: current concepts. Ann
Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2016;21(4):185-192.
- Reisner SL, Greytak EA, Parsons JT,
Ybarra ML.Gender minority social stress in adolescence: disparities in
adolescent bullying and substance use by gender identity. J
Sex Res. 2015;52(3):243-56.
- de Vries AL, Klink D, Cohen-Kettenis
PT. What the Primary Care Pediatrician Needs to Know About Gender Incongruence
and Gender Dysphoria in Children and Adolescents. Pediatr Clin
North Am. 2016;63(6):1121-1135
- de Vries AL, McGuire JK, Steensma
TD, Wagenaar EC, Doreleijers TA, Cohen-Kettenis PT. Young adult psychological
outcome after puberty suppression and gender reassignment. Pediatrics.
2014;134(4):696-704.
Disclosures:
Dr. Witchell has reported no relevant relationships with
any entities producing health care goods or services.
All presenters disclosure of relevant financial
relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or
distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients
is listed above. No other planners, members of the planning committee,
speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a
position to control the content of this education activity have relevant
financial relationships to disclose.
Accreditation Statement:
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is
accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
(ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates
this enduring material for a maximum of .75 AMA PRA Category 1
Credits™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with
the extent of their participation in the activity. Other health care
professionals are awarded (0.075) continuing education units (CEU) which are
equivalent to .75 contact hour.
For your credit transcript, please access our website 4
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Credit Transcript page. If you do not provide the last 5 digits of your SSN on
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Release Date: 9/14/2017 | Last Modified On: 9/14/2017 | Expires: 9/14/2018
