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Transgenderism and Intersexuality in Childhood and Adolescence: Making Choices presents an overview of the research, clinical insights, and ethical dilemmas relevant to clinicians who treat intersex youth and their families. Exploring gender development from a cross-cultural perspective, esteemed scholar Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis and experienced practitioner Friedemann Pfäfflin focus on assessment, diagnosis, and treatment issues. To bridge research and practical application, they include numerous case studies, definitions of relevant terminology, and salient chapter summaries.
Clinical Management of Intersex Conditions
Clinical Management of Intersex Conditions
Importance of Parent Counseling
Most parents are deeply shocked when discrepancies between the sex characteristics of their child are discovered. This is not only the case when they have a newborn with ambiguous genitals. They may be equally upset when, at later ages of the child, the chromosomes or gonads of the child appear not to be in accordance with the external genitals and sex of rearing (Slijper, Frets, Boehmer, & Drop, 2000). Interventions should never be only medical. When the children themselves are too young to understand their situation, the first psychological care concerns the parents.
Parents need emotional support and adequate information. They struggle with emotions like grief, shame, anxiety, and guilt and try to understand ...
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