Newsletter Issues Gender and Sexuality (September/October) Carlat Reports

Gender and Sexuality (September/October)

Date of Issue: 09/01/2014 | Volume: 5 | Number: 5

Issue Links:Learning Objectives | Editorial Information

This issue covers the latest treatments for transgender children and adolescents and also informs clinicians on the challenges surrounding diagnosis and treatment relating to gender and sexuality issues.

In This Issue

Article

Treating Transgender Children and Teens

Topics: Child Psychiatry | Gender & Sexuality

Transgender rights are currently seen as the next frontier for equal rights. But from a practical standpoint, what do we do when a family comes to us with a child with gender variant expression?

Article

Psychiatric Treatment of Transgender Patients

Topics: Child Psychiatry | Gender & Sexuality

Identifying as transgender or gender noncomforming is not uncommon in the college population. In a recent survey of college students, 0.2% of respondents (from a pool of 123,078) identified as transgender.

Expert Q&A

Treating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth

Topics: Child Psychiatry | Gender & Sexuality

Find out what you need to know about treating lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth in an interview with David S. Reitman, MD, MBA, adolescent medicine specialist at Georgetown University Hospital.

Research Update

Study Finds Early Interventions Decrease Symptoms of Autism

Topics: Autism Spectrum Disorder | Research Updates

A small study has shown promising results for the effectiveness of parental interventions for infants showing early signs of autism.