Gender identity disorder in adolescents

Wednesday 1 October 2008

Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE

organised by the Royal Society of Medicine in association with The Society for Endocrinology and the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

Participating Sections:
Endocrinology & Diabetes Section, Sexuality & Sexual Health Section, Psychiatry Section, General Practice with Primary Healthcare, Paediatrics, Open, Obstetrics & Gynaecology 

Gender identity disorder is often used synonymously with gender dysphoria as signalling an individual being uncomfortable with their assigned gender. There is a feeling of belonging to the other sex, a phenomenon that may have arisen during childhood or in adolescence. Such feelings may be transient or presage a state of permanent discomfort with the biological sex that requires medical and psychological intervention. Adolescence can be particularly distressing fore these young people and decision-making about starting physical intervention can be complex.

The aims of this meeting are to address what GID is in an adolescent, from the perspective of its prevalence and natural history, and attempt to determine aetiology in relation to cognitive development and endocrine factors in utero. The recognition from functional imaging studies that even the structure of the brain is still maturing throughout adolescence adds further complexity to the assessment of GID in this age group.
The options for management will be discussed from the psychosocial and endocrine aspects and how these relate to ethical issues in dealing with GID. Knowledge about the longer term outcome in sparse but this must be addressed in terms of putting in place strategies for follow up.

Registration Details:
Associate: £100
Fellow: £135
Student Members: £40
Student: £50
Retired Fellow: £100
RSM Trainee: £100
Trainee: £125
Non-Fellow: £245
Allied Health Professional: £125
Charity worker: £125

CPD: 5 credits