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Introduction

Editors:
Friedemann Pfäfflin,
 Ulm University, Germany
 
Walter O. Bockting,
 University of Minnesota, USA
 
Eli Coleman,
 University of Minnesota, USA
 
Richard Ekins,
 University of Ulster at Coleraine, UK
 
Dave King,
 University of Liverpool, UK

Managing Editor:
Noelle N Gray,
 University of Minnesota, USA

Editorial Assistant:
Erin Pellett,
 University of Minnesota, USA

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Symposion Publishing
  
ISSN 1434-4599



Volume 2, Number 2, April - June 1998

  
Please note: this is an outdated version of the SoC.
You may access the current version at 
The Standards of Care for Gender Identity Disorders -- Sixth Version

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) THE STANDARDS OF CARE FOR GENDER IDENTITY DISORDERS. IJT 2,2, http://www.symposion.com/ijt/ijtc0405.htm

 

Table of Contents

PART ONE - Introductory Concepts

PART TWO - Brief Reference Guide to the Standards of Care

PART THREE - 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.