Psychological Vulnerabilities and Transgender Adolescents: A Descriptive Epidemiology Study

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The number of adolescents engaging in a transidentity journey has been increasing rapidly over the last decade. However, the knowledge of the medical world concerning the specificities of these adolescents is still too little in France. The objective of this study is to refine the knowledge of the different health care providers who are brought to meet these adolescents. This research proposes to study more specifically the register of psychological vulnerabilities: to cite only a few examplesThese include disorders such as depression, anxiety disorders and eating disorders, all of which cause suffering and difficulties in everyday life. A better understanding of the presence or absence and the distribution of these different types of vulnerabilities among transgender adolescents would allow, among other things, to promote their their screening by health care providers. This better screening would allow doctors to physicians to offer targeted treatment for these disorders in parallel with the transition process. transition process.

Official Title
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Psychological Vulnerabilities and Transgender Adolescents: A Descriptive Epidemiology Study

Conditions
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Gender Dysphoria, Adolescent

Intervention / Treatment
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* Diagnostic Test: KSADS (Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia)


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Be between 12 and 18 years old Be followed up at the gender consultation of the Toulouse University Hospital Exclusion Criteria: Have not yet completed the first consultation on gender issues at the time of selection. Have only one last appointment with the gender consultation at the time of selection

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 12 Years
Maximum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| adolescents followed for gender dysphoria<br>The data collection by the examiner takes place during a single interview centered around the child's completion of a semi-structured questionnaire: the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia. The child is interviewed alone and then with an accompanying parent. | Diagnostic Test: KSADS (Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia)<br>* completion of the semi-structured questionnaire: the KSADS (Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia). The duration is 1h30 to 2h<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| list of diagnoses of mental disorders | description of the prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities present in adolescents receiving follow-up in a specialized consultation on gender dysphoria using Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5 | enrollment | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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mental disorders