Pubertal Suppression in Transgender Youth

Offering current guidelines on the relatively new practice of puberty suppression for gender-dysphoric adolescents, Pubertal Suppression in Transgender Youth provides a succinct, easy-to-digest overview of this timely topic. This concise, clinically-focused resource by Dr. Courtney Finlayson covers all relevant topics, from a brief history of medical care of transgender youth to emerging developments in the field.

• Covers the use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) therapy in transgender youth, including models of care and current treatment guidelines, fertility issues, ethical considerations and the consent process, and more.

• Discusses psychosocial, medical, and surgical side effects of treatment.

• Consolidates today's available information on this timely topic into one convenient resource.

  Inhalt

  1. History of Transgender Care of Youth* 2. Models of Care and Current Guidelines for Care of Transgender Individuals
• 3. Puberty (a review of normal pubertal physiology and development)*
• 4. GnRH agonists (mechanism, past studies, use in precocious puberty, drug options, surgical placement) *
• 5. GnRHa for gender non-conformng youth (Rationale for, Studies of efficacy, Initiation and monitoring of GnRHa)*
• 6. Psychosocial Side Effects of GnRHa*
• 7. Medical Side Effects of GnRHa*

• 8. Surgical Side Effects of GnRHa

  9. Fertility and GnRHa treatment *

• 10. Treatment with GnRH Agonists and Gender Affirming Hormones*
• 11. Ethical considerations of GnRHa treatment and consent process *
• 12. Emerging Developments