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EPA-1732 – Gender Transition: Biological and Psychosocial Features of Adjusting to Sex Reassignment - Crossing Literature With Psychometric Data from a Clinical Sexology Unit in Lisbon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2020

F. Gomes ,
D. Gonçalves ,
M. Gonçalves ,
M. Nascimento ,
R. Novo  and
C. Soares
F. Gomes
Affiliation:
Clinical Sexology Unit, Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
D. Gonçalves
Affiliation:
Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology - University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
M. Gonçalves
Affiliation:
Clinical Sexology Unit, Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
M. Nascimento
Affiliation:
Affective Disorders and OCD, Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
R. Novo
Affiliation:
Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology - University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
C. Soares
Affiliation:
Clinical Sexology Unit, Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Abstract

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Introduction

transsexual populations seem to present specificities in brain structure, function and psychometrics, which may play an important role in adapting to the sex transition process.

Objectives

to find neurobiological and psychometric features determining the adjustment to gender transition.

Methods

we assessed gender identity disorder diagnosed patients of our unit clinically and through MMPI-2, and secondly, we reviewed the literature on differential brain characteristics of this population.

Results

some aspects of brain functioning may be changed by several factors, including early development and the effect of hormones in several stages of life; psychometric features may correlate with psychological adjustment and neurobiological changes, depending on psychosocial resources of the transsexual person.

Conclusions

clinical protocols in gender identity disorder management may benefit from longitudinal tailoring, taking into account neurobiological and psychometric aspects, as well as their interplay.

Type
P37 - Women, Gender and Mental Health
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 29 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 22nd European Congress of Psychiatry , 2014 , pp. 1
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2014
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