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The Development of Legal Rights for Intersex Persons: Part I: The Diversity of Intersex Conditions.
Behav Sci Law
December 2024
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
As the nature of transgender condition becomes better understood and the legal rights of transgender individuals are defined through court decisions and legislation, intersexuality ought not be overlooked. Potential commonalities as well as differences between intersexual and transgender individuals, clinically and psychosexually, may be mutually informing and relevant to their legal rights in ways that could implicate mental health services. In this review, the concepts of intersexuality and Disorders of Sexual Development are defined followed by a brief synopsis of the evolution of ancient conception of hermaphroditism into the vastly heterogenous biological conditions of today referred to as DSDs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGender identity in Klinefelter Syndrome: a patient-centered approach to treatment.
Ann Med
December 2024
Andrology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates the prevalence of gender dysphoria (GD) in Klinefelter Syndrome (KS) patients, finding that many do not fully identify with their assigned male gender and may have issues with gender identity.
- An online questionnaire was conducted with 139 KS patients, revealing that only 53% identified as male, while 19% were unhappy with their assigned gender, and a significant number considered altering their physical appearance.
- Many participants were receiving testosterone therapy (67%), yet a notable portion had gender identity concerns, indicating a need for careful discussions around hormone treatment for those with GD.
Impact of diagnosis and surgical treatment of early stage borderline ovarian tumours on distress, anxiety, and psychosexual health.
J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol
December 2024
Department of Clinical Psychology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel (UZ Brussel) and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
Women diagnosed with gynecological cancer are likely to face additional consequences beyond those common to all cancer patients leading to significant physical and psychological morbidity. Longitudinal studies addressing the prevalence of psychological distress, anxiety, or psychosexual health during follow-up in patients diagnosed with borderline ovarian tumors are lacking. This study explores this prevalence compared with controls who underwent comparable surgical treatment for benign ovarian tumors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVulvodynia, Genital Eczema and Lichen Sclerosus: What are the Successful Treatments from a Patient's Perspective?
Int J Womens Health
August 2024
Department of Gynecology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Background: Genital pain treatment regimens range from local or systemic pharmacological to non-pharmacological, manual and psychosexual therapies with poor to moderate evidence for their efficiency. The aim of this study was to evaluate the subjective therapeutic response (genital pain relief) of different treatment modalities for vulvodynia and the most prevalent other vulvar pathologies, chronic vulvar eczema and lichen sclerosus by means of a cross-sectional survey.
Material And Methods: A questionnaire-based cohort study that included 128 vulvodynia, 116 eczema and 79 lichen sclerosus patients was used.
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