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BASIC TENETS OF WPATH SUPPORTED CARE TO HELP INDIVIDUALS TRANSITION SOCIALLY, ENDOCRINOLOGICALLY, AND SURGICALLY. MANY EDUCATIONAL FEATURES INCLUDING QUESTIONS AT THE END OF EVERY CHAPTER TESTING READER'S GRASP OF THE PRINCIPLES. THE "PRINCIPLES" ARE NOT TREATED AS CERTAINTIES.
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IT IS AN ACCESSIBLE TEXTBOOK IN PAPERBACK FOR PSYCHIATRISTS AND OTHERS WHO PURCHASE BOOKS BY THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION PUBLICATIONS. IT WILL IN RETROSPECT, STAND FOR HOW THE US ESTABLISHMENT VIEWED AFFIRMATIVE CARE AT THE TIME
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I PROVIDE BOTH RESPECT FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE AUTHOR AND A GENTLE REMINDER OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HIS ASSUMPTIONS. THE IDEA THAT GENDER CHANGE HAS NO IMPLICATION FOR PSYCHOPATHOLOGY IN BELIED IN THE AUTHOR'S COUNTLESS EXAMPLES OF MENTALLY ILL TRANS PEOPLE.
Stephen Levine
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This page is a summary of: Transgender mental health. 2018. American Psychiatric Association Publishing: Washington DC, Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, January 2019, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/0092623x.2018.1563345.
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