title: Should Psychiatrists Prescribe Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy to Transgender Adolescents?
abstract: Gender-affirming hormone therapy is a safe and effective way to improve quality of life and mental health outcomes for transgender adolescents. Access to this treatment is limited, with the most vulnerable transgender people experiencing the greatest gaps in care. Because some psychiatrists help transgender patients receive needed medical interventions, we analyze the ethical values they must balance when deciding whether to provide hormone therapy to patients who seek it.
authors.affiliation: First-year resident in the Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Adult Psychiatry Residency Program in Boston.
authors.forename: Cary S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Crall
authors.forename: Rachel K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Jackson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D062985:Health Services for Transgender Persons / Q000941:ethics*; D006728:Hormones; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000941:ethics*; D011788:Quality of Life; D057829:Gender-Affirming Procedures / Q000941:ethics*; D063106:Transgender Persons
chemical_list: D006728:Hormones