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Children and adolescents with gender incongruence: current approaches and situation in the Czech Republic

Publication at First Faculty of Medicine, Second Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Faculty of Arts |
2022

Abstract

In recent years, there has been a significant increase in new cases of children and adolescents with gender incongruence. Most of them are aged 15-17.

Many individuals seek endocrine care on the recommendation of a sexologist. The cause of the rising trend is not entirely clear, some attitudes to the proposed procedures also differ.

This overview article summarizes cureent approaches and opinions on the care of children and adolescents with gender incongruence, and also presents the cureent situation in the Czech Republic.