1st Edition
Transsexual and Other Disorders of Gender Identity A Practical Guide to Management
By James Barrett
Copyright 2007
318 Pages
by
CRC Press
360 Pages
by
CRC Press
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For the vast majority of children acquiring speech and language skills is an effortless process. However there is a sizeable proportion of children for whom this is not true. Difficulties they experience may be associated with other conditions such as cleft palate or hearing loss or they may have no obvious cause. This book provides a comprehensive picture of the difficulties that occur when... Read more
Second opinions. Part 1: The referral process and screening. Referrals. Diagnosis. Categorisation and differential diagnoses. Dealing with the differentials. Challenging patient types and circumstances. Part 2: The real life experience. Common issues. Challenging patients and circumstances. Part 3: Non-surgical treatments. Speech and language therapy. The practical management of hormonal treatment in adults with gender dysphoria. Part 4: Surgical treatments for born males. Feminisation of the larynx and voice. Breasts. Genital surgery. Advice for patients undergoing vaginoplasty and vulvoplasty. Part 5: Surgical treatments for born females. Breasts. Phalloplasty. Part 6: Post-op psychological follow up. Relationships. Reversion to former gender role after GRS. Part 7: Legal issues. The Gender Recognition Act. Military service. Religious matters. Fertility issues.
Biography
James Barrettis a consultant psychiatrist and lead clinician at the CharingCross Gender Identity Clinic. This is the oldest and largest gender identity clinic inthe world.He has worked in this field since 1987, and since that time has dealt withapproximately two and a half thousand patients.
