[The young clientele of a sexual disorders clinic].
This study is based on the charts of all the adolescents (age 11-22 incl., total number 234) treated in a Danish sexological clinic 1986-1995. They account for rather a small part of the total sexological clientele. Among the youngest there was a majority of boys, some with congenital, genital deformities. From the age of 17 the number of patients increased abruptly, now with a majority of women. In the age group of 17-20 year-old there were many adolescents with sexual identity disorder, in the oldest age groups many women with sexual dysfunctions. For half of the adolescents the duration of therapy was 1-12 months. The study illustrates the distinctive features of the young group including the culmination of conflicts of sexual identity in mid-adolescence.
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H:S Rigshospitalet, Sexologisk Klinik.
D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003718:Denmark; D012734:Disorders of Sex Development / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012736:Sex Education; D012735:Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy