Mental Health Resources

Gender Dysphoria is NOT a mental disorder. However, all leading psychiatric (as well as medical) associations agree that transition to the affirmed gender is the best treatment possible for anyone diagnosed with GD.

• Gender Dysphoric Fact Sheet — American Psychiatric Association
• Management of the Transgender Adolescent — JAMA Pediatrics
• Professional Organizations Statements Supporting Transgender People in Healthcare — Lambda Legal
• Children & Adolescents with Gender Identity Disorder Referred to a Pediatric Medical Center — Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics
• Transgender Kids Show Consistent Gender Identity Across Measures — Association for Psychological Science
• Impacts of Strong Parental Support for Trans Youth — Children’s Aid Society of Toronto
• The Transgender Child
• Gender Identity Disorder in Children and Adolescents
• An Affirmative Intervention for Families With Gender Variant Children: Parental Ratings of Child Mental Health and Gender — Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy
• Raising Girlyboys: A Parent’s Perspective — Studies in Gender and Sexuality
• Answers to You Questions About Transgender Individuals and Gender Identity — American Psychological Association
• Has Accepted Practice Caused Harm? — Psychiatric Times
• To the Beat of a Different Drummer — Contemporary Pediatrics
• Gender Born, Gender Made: Raising Health Gender-Nonconforming Children