Transgender children and adolescents: practical and evidence-based approach for paediatricians

Summary: Considering the large increase in the number of children and adolescents who question conventional gender expectations and seek to develop a body that is congruent with their gender feelings, how can paediatricians best respond? Dysphoria v. dysmorphia; or diagnosis v. recognition are some of the concepts and distinctions you’ll hear about in this podcast, which is an absorbing conversation between the ADC’s Editor-in-Chief Nick Brown and Gary Butler, Professor at the University College London Hospital NHS Trust, UK. For more information about the topics included in this podcast, read the review on the ADC website, which will also be included in the journal’s July 2018 issue: <p>“Assessment and support of children and adolescents with gender dysphoria” - http://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2018/04/26/archdischild-2018-314992.</p>