[The treatment path of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) minors and the impact of medical-surgical treatments on their mental health.].

Aim: The Standards of Care (SOC-8) by the World Professional Association for Trans Health provide guidelines for the care of transgender and gender diverse individuals through safe and effective multi-professional interventions for physical and mental well-being. The aim of this work is to summarize the SOC-8 recommendations for childhood and adolescence, highlighting the importance of psychosocial assessment and available medical and surgical therapeutic options, and emphasizing the need for healthcare provider training.

Methods: The SOC-8 recommendations are based on scientific evidence and professional consensus from experts in transgender health, developing classification criteria and access to therapies, based on systematic literature reviews (PubMed and Embase).

Italian women who have sex with women: prevalence and co-occurrence of sexual practices.

Background: Sexuality research on the sexual practices of women who have sex with women (WSW) has thus far mostly centered on risk factors and addressed a limited number of practices, with a focus on oral sex and insertive vaginal sex.

Aim: This study arises from the need to fill such a significant gap, which prevents researchers, clinicians, and policy makers from being adequately up-to-date on the sexual habits and tendencies of this population.

Methods: A multiple-choice questionnaire was completed by 723 WSW with a mean (SD) age of 29.

Therapeutic termination of pregnancy and major psychiatric outcomes in parents.

Objectives: Therapeutic termination of pregnancy (TToP) may have psychiatric outcomes like depression, anxiety and post-traumatic-stress disorder (PTSD).

Material And Methods: 45 couples had psychiatric evaluation before TToP and after one-year period.

Results: TToP is linked to acute development of depressive symptoms that recover with time and professional support.

Child abuse and psychopathy: Interplay, gender differences and biological correlates.

Child abuse is an important source of mental and physical adverse consequences for victims, their family, and their community. The impact of violence during childhood on the development of the victim is a very sensitive theme. Other than internalizing symptoms, it is interesting to analyze the possibility that a victim may assume the role of persecutor.

Disentangling binge eating disorder and food addiction: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background And Aims: The concept of "Food Addiction" has been based on criteria of Substance Use Disorder. Several studies suggested a relationship between food addiction and eating disorders, but little is known about its extent or role. We aim at exploring if food addiction is coincident with a specific eating disorder (binge eating disorder appears the closest) or it is a separate diagnostic entity that afflicts in comorbidity with eating disorders or other conditions like obesity or even in the general population.