Gender Incongruence of Childhood: Clinical Utility and Stakeholder Agreement with the World Health Organization’s Proposed ICD-11 Criteria

Titia F. Beek; Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis; Walter P. Bouman; Annelou L. C. de Vries; Thomas D. Steensma; Gemma L. Witcomb; Jon Arcelus; Christina Richards; Griet De Cuypere; Baudewijntje P. C. Kreukels

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0168522

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Gender Incongruence of Childhood: Clinical Utility and Stakeholder Agreement with the World Health Organization’s Proposed ICD-11 Criteria

Titia F. Beek ,

* E-mail: t.beek@vumc.nl (TFB); b.kreukels@vumc.nl (BPCK)

Affiliations Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Psychology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis,

Affiliations Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Psychology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Walter P. Bouman,

Affiliation Nottingham Centre for Gender Dysphoria, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Annelou L. C. de Vries,

Affiliations Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Thomas D. Steensma,

Affiliations Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Psychology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Gemma L. Witcomb,

Affiliation School of Sport, Exercise, and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom
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Jon Arcelus,

Affiliations Nottingham Centre for Gender Dysphoria, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Christina Richards,

Affiliation Nottingham Centre for Gender Dysphoria, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Griet De Cuypere,

Affiliation Center for Sexology and Gender, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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Baudewijntje P. C. Kreukels

* E-mail: t.beek@vumc.nl (TFB); b.kreukels@vumc.nl (BPCK)

Affiliations Center of Expertise on Gender Dysphoria, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Psychology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Gender Incongruence of Childhood: Clinical Utility and Stakeholder Agreement with the World Health Organization’s Proposed ICD-11 Criteria

Titia F. Beek,
Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis,
Walter P. Bouman,
Annelou L. C. de Vries,
Thomas D. Steensma,
Gemma L. Witcomb,
Jon Arcelus,
Christina Richards,
Griet De Cuypere,
Baudewijntje P. C. Kreukels

Published: January 12, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168522

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