EPA-1732 – Gender transition: biological and psychosocial features of adjusting to sex reassignment - crossing literature with psychometric data from a clinical sexology unit in lisbon - 01/08/14
Résumé |
Introduction |
transsexual populations seem to present specificities in brain structure, function and psychometrics, which may play an important role in adapting to the sex transition process.
Objectives |
to find neurobiological and psychometric features determining the adjustment to gender transition.
Methods |
we assessed gender identity disorder diagnosed patients of our unit clinically and through MMPI-2, and secondly, we reviewed the literature on differential brain characteristics of this population.
Results |
some aspects of brain functioning may be changed by several factors, including early development and the effect of hormones in several stages of life; psychometric features may correlate with psychological adjustment and neurobiological changes, depending on psychosocial resources of the transsexual person.
Conclusions |
clinical protocols in gender identity disorder management may benefit from longitudinal tailoring, taking into account neurobiological and psychometric aspects, as well as their interplay.
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Vol 29 - N° S1
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