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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 126, No. 11

Articles | May 01, 1970

Persons Seeking Sex Change: Psychiatric Management of Special Problems

RICHARD GREEN

Am J Psychiatry 1970;126:1596-1603.

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Assistant professor of psychiatry and director, Gender Identity Research and Treatment Clinic, University of California School of Medicine, 760 Westwood Pl., Los Angeles, Calif. 90024

1970, American Psychiatric Association

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Management of persons seeking sex reassignment includes exploring their motivation for sex change, facilitating a realistic appreciation of the limits of medical and surgical procedures, encouraging them to undergo reversible somatic changes with hormones during a trial period of living in the desired gender role prior to undertaking irreversible surgical steps, promoting a realistic anticipation of the future after sex reassignment, and, for those who undergo sex change, assisting in the postoperative adjustment.

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