Canada Research Chair on Transgender Children and Their Families

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October 2023

Aantjes, C. J., Capurchande, R., Cuinhane, C., Muchanga, V. et Munguambe, K. (2023). Binary scripting, disclosure decisions, and agency in families of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex youth in Mozambique. LGBTQ+ Family: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 1‑19. https://doi.org/10.1080/27703371.2023.2271874
Baines, H. K. et Connelly, K. J. (2023). A prospective comparison study of subcutaneous and intramuscular testosterone injections in transgender male adolescents. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism. https://doi.org/10.1515/jpem-2023-0237
Boerner, K. E., Harrison, L. E., Battison, E. A. J., Murphy, C. et Wilson, A. C. (2023). Topical review: Acute and chronic pain experiences in transgender and gender-diverse youth. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsad075
Brokmeier, T., Mucha, S. R., Romer, G. et Föcker, M. (2022). Trans* Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene im Gesundheitswesen: Eine qualitative Interviewstudie über Erfahrungen, Herausforderungen und Wünsche. [Trans* youth and young adults in healthcare: A qualitative study about experiences, challenges, and wishes.]. Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie, 71(7), 576‑596. https://doi.org/10.13109/prkk.2022.71.7.576
Cameron, J. (2022). Adult attitudes about transgender and gender expansive youth [ph.d. psychology, Palo Alto University]. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2868543824/abstract/A5FA9861513D4E2DPQ/1
Campbell, L., Viswanadhan, K., Lois, B. et Dundas, M. (2023). Emerging evidence: A systematic literature review of disordered eating among transgender and nonbinary youth. Journal of Adolescent Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.07.027
Chen, D. (2023). Mental health and psychosocial functioning in transgender youth after 2 years of hormones. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 62(10). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2023.07.565
Christensen, J., Oh, J., Linder, K., Imhof, R. L., Croarkin, P. E., Bostwick, J. M. et McKean, A. (2023). Reducing suicide risk in transgender and gender-diverse youth: A systematic review. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 62(10). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2023.09.156
Curtis, A. E. (2023). Clinical pearls in working with neurodiverse and transgender/gender-diverse youth. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 62(10). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2023.07.418
Curtis, A., Swaringen, S. et Janssen, A. (2023). Complex psychiatric histories and transgender and gender diverse youth. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics, 32(4), 731‑745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chc.2023.05.011
de Bres, J. et Morrison-Young, I. (2023). Storm clouds and rainbows: Visual metaphors of parents of transgender children in Aotearoa (New Zealand). LGBTQ+ Family: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 19(5), 382‑404. https://doi.org/10.1080/27703371.2023.2231371
de Vries, A. L. C. (2023). Younger vs. older adolescents presenting for transgender care: Gender-related and mental health characteristics. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 62(10). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2023.07.566
Douglas, L., Pullen Sansfaçon, A., Daigneault, M.-M., Speechley, K. N., Sanders, E. et Bauer, G. R. (2023). Extrafamilial stressors in families of transgender adolescents referred for gender-affirming medical care: a mixed-methods analysis. Journal of LGBT Youth, 1‑19. https://doi.org/10.1080/19361653.2023.2272147
Durwood, L. J., Gallagher, N. M., Sifre, R. et Olson, K. R. (2023, 11 octobre). A study of parent-reported internalizing symptoms in transgender youth before and after childhood social transitions. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/5eumb
Fischer, M. (2023). Protecting women’s sports? Anti-trans youth sports bills and white supremacy. Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, 1‑19. https://doi.org/10.1080/14791420.2023.2267646
Gadomski, A. M., Scribani, M. B., Tallman, N., O’Bryan, J., Wolf-Gould, C. et Wolf-Gould, C. (2023). Two-year follow-up study of health-related quality of life among transgender and gender expansive youth receiving gender-affirming care. Transgender Health. https://doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2022.0165
Georges, E. (2023). Review of the literature on the intersection of LGBTQ youth and CSEC: More than a monolith. Current Pediatrics Reports. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40124-023-00302-6
Gupta, P., Patterson, B. C., Chu, L., Gold, S., Amos, S., Yeung, H., Goodman, M. et Tangpricha, V. (2023). Adherence to gender affirming hormone therapy in transgender adolescents and adults: A retrospective cohort study. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 108(11), 1236‑1244. https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgad306
Hobaica, S., Szkody, E., Sotomayor, I., Liao, J. et Schleider, J. L. (2023, 26 octobre). Sexual health education experiences and recommendations from the perspective of LGBTQ+ youth. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/nfm6j
Hoey, J., Fleury, R., Dooley, N., Power, E. et Cannon, M. (2023). Correlates of psychotic experiences in gender-diverse youth in Ireland: A population-based survey. European Journal of Public Health, 33(Supplement_2). https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.925
Horton, C. (2023). « Euphoria »: Trans children and experiences of prepubertal social transition. International Journal of Applied Family Science, 72(4), 1890‑1907. https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.l2764
Hughes, L. D., Gamarel, K. E., Restar, A. J., Sequeira, G. M., Dowshen, N., Regan, K. et Kidd, K. M. (2023). Adolescent providers’ experiences of harassment related to delivering gender-affirming care. The Journal of Adolescent Health: Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 73(4), 672‑678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.06.024
Janssen, A., Ramos, N. et Wanta, J. W. (2023). Mental health care for transgender and gender-diverse youth: Clinical guidelines and best practices. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 62(10). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2023.07.559
Johansen, K., Rakhilin, M., Woodward, S., Jerskey, B., Moran, L., Roeder, K. et Price, M. (2023, 10 octobre). Implementation strategies to reduce anti-transgender stigma and increase gender-affirming practice adoption in mental health care. OSF Preprints. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/pcnu9
Jutla, A., Pereira, J., Ramos, N. et Veenstra-VanderWeele, J. (2023). Co-occurring mental health diagnoses in transgender and gender-diverse adolescents with ASD. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 62(10). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2023.09.429
Kapoor, N. et Kalra, S. (2023). Unity in diversity – Uniting youth and transgender health. Indian Pediatrics, 60(10), 793‑794.
Kassis, W., Aksoy, D., Favre, C. A. et Artz, S. T.-G. (2021). Multidimensional and intersectional gender identity and sexual attraction patterns of adolescents for quantitative research. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.697373
Larson, J. (2023). Puberty for transgender kids and their parents: Impressions from a mom. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 32(4), 867‑871. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chc.2023.05.005
Leibowitz, S. (2023). Clinical and neurobiological effects of exogenous testosterone administration on transgender youth: Implications for mood and social development. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 62(10). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2023.07.731
Leibowitz, S. F. (2023). Assessment of transgender and gender-diverse adolescents: Incorporating the World Professional Association of Transgender Health Standard of Care 8th Edition. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 32(4), 707‑718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chc.2023.05.009
Lekwauwa, R., Funaro, M. C. et Doolittle, B. (2023). Systematic review: The relationship between religion, spirituality and mental health in adolescents who identify as transgender. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, 27(4), 421‑438. https://doi.org/10.1080/19359705.2022.2107592
Liu, M., Grasso, C., Kim, H.-H., Mayer, K. H. et Keuroghlian, A. S. (2023). Advancing pediatric sexual orientation and gender identity data collection. American Journal of Public Health. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2023.307448
Neiman, T., Sieve, L., Stenberg, L., Molesky, N. et Nic Rider, G. (2023). « Bridging the gap »: School nurse experiences providing care for transgender and gender diverse students and their parents/guardians. The Journal of School Nursing: The Official Publication of the National Association of School Nurses, 39(5), 377‑384. https://doi.org/10.1177/10598405211025442
Nichols, H. J. (2023). School principals’ responses in creating an inclusive schooling space for gender and sexual diverse learners. African Journal of Career Development, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.4102/ajcd.v5i1.95
Pachankis, J. E., Soulliard, Z. A., Layland, E. K., Behari, K., Seager van Dyk, I., Eisenstadt, B. E., Chiaramonte, D., Ljótsson, B., Särnholm, J. et Bjureberg, J. (2023). Guided LGBTQ-affirmative internet cognitive-behavioral therapy for sexual minority youth’s mental health: A randomized controlled trial of a minority stress treatment approach. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2023.104403
Pierce, S., Mazziotta, A. et Möller-Kallista, B. (2022). Erfahrungen von Kindern mit Geschlechtsdysphorie/Geschlechtsinkongruenz und ihren Eltern mit dem Gesundheitswesen in Deutschland. [Experiences of children with gender dysphoria/gender incongruence and their parents with the health care system in Germany.]. Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie, 71(7), 597‑619. https://doi.org/10.13109/prkk.2022.71.7.597
Poncelet, M. et Delvenne, V. (2023). Transition of mental health care for transgender youth aged between 16 and 24 years old. Psychiatria Danubina, 35(Suppl 2), 185‑188.
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Rafferty, J. (2023). Examining the barriers and benefits to gender-affirmative care in transgender and gender-diverse adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 62(10). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2023.07.599
Ramos, N. (2023). Family therapy for dysphoric transgender and gender-diverse youth. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 62(10). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2023.07.827
Robinson, I. S., Carswell, J. M., Boskey, E., Agarwal, C. A., Brassard, P., Bélanger, M., Zhao, L. C. et Bluebond-Langner, R. (2023). Gender-affirming surgery in adolescents and young adults: A review of ethical and surgical considerations. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 152(4), 737‑750. https://doi.org/10.1097/PRS.0000000000010325
Rouse, M. L. (2023). Promoting gender-affirming care: Challenging conflation and embracing complexity. Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 10(2), 186‑192. https://doi.org/10.1177/23727322231197148
Sahoo, S., Venkatesan, V. et Chakravarty, R. (2023). ‘Coming out’/self-disclosure in LGBTQ+ adolescents and youth: International and Indian scenario – A narrative review of published studies in the last decade (2012-2022). Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 65(10). https://doi.org/10.4103/indianjpsychiatry.indianjpsychiatry_486_23
Salway, T., Kinitz, D. J., Kia, H., Ashley, F., Giustini, D., Tiwana, A., Archibald, R., Mallakzadeh, A., Dromer, E., Ferlatte, O., Goodyear, T. et Abramovich, A. (2023). A systematic review of the prevalence of lifetime experience with « conversion » practices among sexual and gender minority populations. PloS One, 18(10). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291768
Schier, H. E. (2023). ‪”I’m a growing boy, I need my food”: Characterizing the nutrition-related behaviors and concerns of transgender and gender diverse youth and young sdults‬ [ph.d. nutrition, The Ohio State University]. https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=hy5t-K8AAAAJ&citation_for_view=hy5t-K8AAAAJ:eQOLeE2rZwMC
Sequeria, G. M., Guler, J., Reyes, V., Asante, P. G., Kahn, N., Anan, Y., Bocek, K., Kidd, K., Christakis, D., Pratt, W. et Richardson, L. P. (2023). Adolescent and caregiver perspectives on receiving gender-affirming care in primary care. Pediatrics, 152(4). https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2023-062210
Shanker, P., Martin, D., Leong, A. W., Becker, T. D., Lynch, S., Staudenmaier, P. et Rice, T. (2023). Temporal trends in psychiatric admissions for cisgender, transgender, and gender-nonconforming youth. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 62(10), 203‑204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2023.09.158
Sims, S. (2023). Familial support, coming out age and mental health symptoms in transgender youth [psy.d., Palo Alto University]. https://www.proquest.com/docview/2881755901/abstract/AB231B08A0C74D4CPQ/1
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Wilde, B., Diamond, J. B., Laborda, T. J., Frank, L., O’Gorman, M. A. et Kocolas, I. (2023). Bicalutamide-induced hepatotoxicity in a transgender male-to-female adolescent. Journal of Adolescent Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.08.024
Williams, C. R., McGregor, K., Feld, A. et Boskey, E. R. (2023). Understanding their experiences: Psychosocial functioning of nonbinary and binary youth at the time of hormone readiness assessment. LGBT Health. https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2023.0056
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