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Full release appended below. Somewhat misleading with the term "evidenced based" in the introduction. Not a review of the recent evidence. Members of the committee are split by moderately supportive folks and Zucker/Blanchard collegues from CAMH.
APA Task Force Reviews Possible Gender Identity Disorder
Treatment Guidelines Date: Tue, 28 Apr
2009 13:14:33 -0400 From: APA
CommunicationsOffice<Press@psych.org><mailto:Press@psych.org>
To: undisclosed- recipients: ;
For Information Contact:
For Immediate Release:
Eve Herold, 703-907-8640
April 28, 2009
press@psych.org<mailto:press@psych.org>
Release No. 09-22
Jaime Valora, 703-907-8562
jvalora@psych.org<mailto:hturner@psych.org>
APA Task Force Reviews Possible Gender Identity Disorder
Treatment Guidelines
ARLINGTON, Va. (April 28, 2009) — The American Psychiatric
Association (APA) Board of Trustees has established a task force
on the treatment of Gender Identity Disorders (GID) to address
concerns about the relative lack of evidence-based treatment
guidelines and to determine if guidelines should be developed.
The task force was created on a recommendation by the APA
Committee on Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Issues. For the full
release
< http://www.psych.org/MainMenu/Newsroom/NewsReleases/2009News Releases/APATaskForceReviewsPossibleGenderIdentityDisorder.a spx> .
Online advanced registration for reporters will be open through
May 8. Reporters can also register on site. For more information
and to register, visit the newsroom
<http://www.psych.org/MainMenu/Newsroom/OnlinePressRoom.aspx> .
Additional information on the meeting and the scientific program
can be found here
< http://www.psych.org/MainMenu/EducationCareerDevelopment/Mee tings.aspx> .
The APA Office of Communications & Public Affairs is available
anytime to arrange interviews on any mental health topic.
Office of Communications & Public Affairs
American Psychiatric Association
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For Information Contact:
For Immediate Release:
Eve Herold, 703-907-8640
April 28, 2009
press@psych.org<mailto:press@psych.org>
Release No. 09-22
Jaime Valora, 703-907-8562
jvalora@psych.org<mailto:jvalora@psych.org>
(Full Release)
APA Task Force Reviews Possible Gender Identity Disorder
Treatment Guidelines
ARLINGTON, Va. (April 28, 2009) — The American Psychiatric
Association (APA) Board of
Trustees has established a task force on the treatment of Gender
Identity Disorders (GID) to
address concerns about the relative lack of evidence-based
treatment guidelines and to determine
if guidelines should be developed. The task force was created on
a recommendation by the APA
Committee on Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Issues.
The board asked the task force to review the literature on the
treatment of Gender Identity
Disorder at different ages and to report back with "an
opinion as to whether or not there is
sufficient credible literature to take the next step and develop
treatment recommendations."
The board asked the task force to communicate with the Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders (DSM) work group on Gender Identity Disorder,
which can serve as a resource
on diagnostic issues during the term of the task force.
After the May 2008 announcement of DSM-V work group membership,
the APA received many
inquiries regarding the Gender Identity Disorders work group on
treatment. These inquiries most
often dealt with treatment controversies for GID in children,
rather than issues related specifically
to the DSM text and diagnostic criteria. While the diagnosis and
treatment of mental disorders are
inextricably linked, separation of the diagnostic mission of the
DSM work groups from the
evaluation of treatment issues is especially important.
Gender Identity Disorders Task Force on Treatment members have
been identified and appointed
by APA President Nada L. Stotland, M.D., M.P.H. They include APA
members William M.
Byne, M.D., Ph.D.; A. Evan Eyler, M.D., M.P.H.; Edgardo Jorge
Menvielle, M.D., M.S.H.S.;
Richard Randall Pleak, M.D.; and David A. Tompkins, M.D. Advisors
include Susan Bradley,
M.D.; Eli Coleman, Ph.D.; Richard Green, M.D., J.D., and Heino F.
L. Meyer-Bahlburg, Dr., rer.
nat.
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