hrp0092s6.2 | Endocrinology Meets Diversity: Transgender Youth | ESPE2019

Psychiatric Comorbidities in Transgender Youth

de Vries Annelou

I review the mental health difficulties that transgender and gender diverse children and adolescents may present with, specifically emotional difficulties. Many studies reveal depression scores and parent and self-reported measures of emotional and behavioral problems that are comparable to mental health clinic referred populations. Children and adolescents who feel that they are acknowledged and supported in their gender diverse feelings, e.g. by receiving gender affirming me...