Clinical Treatments For Gender Identity Disorder
It is important for clinicians to identify children whose gender dysphoria will persist into adolescence and those who outgrow their Gender Identity Disorder (GID) diagnosis. In instances where the child’s distress and discomfort continues clinicians will sometimes prescribed gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) to delay puberty. Identifying stable and persistent cases of GID may reduce the number of surgeries and hormonal interventions individuals undergo in adolescence and adulthood. Gender identity disorders persist into adolescence in about 27% of children with GID diagnoses.
Diagnosis and treatment of GID in children can be distressing for the parents, which can further exacerbate distress in their child. Parents had difficulties accepting their child’s desire to be the opposite sex, and are resistant to children wanting to alter their bodies.
Read more about this topic: Childhood Gender Nonconformity
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