[Treatment follow-up of transsexual patients. A catamnestic study].
In a retrospective study, 33 transsexual patients, 22 male-to-female transsexual (MF-TS), and 11 female-to-male transsexuals (FM-TS), were interviewed 53-121 months after their first referral to the psychiatric department of a university hospital. Social integration proved to be satisfactory and relatively stable. Twenty-five patients had gone through surgical sex reassignment, while 29 were currently undergoing hormonal treatment. Regarding the course of treatment, the FM-TS were a more homogeneous group than the MF-TS group. Overall, physical and psychosocial well-being was satisfactory. Psychometric measures yielded remarkably normal values, with some pathological findings regarding personality traits. In the majority of patients, self- and observer-rating appraisals of gender-specific physical appearance were equally positive. The results suggest a three-step procedure for the treatment of transsexual patients, as is practiced in other centers within German speaking continental Europe.
Hepp
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Psychiatrische Poliklinik, UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Culmannstrasse 8, CH-8091 Zürich.
Klaghofer
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Burkhard-Kübler
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R
Buddeberg
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C
D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012943:Social Security; D014189:Transsexualism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*