Body image in children with gender incongruence.

Anouk VerveenBaudewijntje Pc KreukelsNastasja M de GraafThomas D Steensma

Published in: Clinical child psychology and psychiatry (2021)

Mental health practitioners should be aware of the diversity in body dissatisfaction in this group. Furthermore, evaluation of body image should be an important topic in the counseling of these children. Future research should focus on the relation of body dissatisfaction and the development of gender incongruent feelings in children with GI.

Keyphrases

mental health
young adults
primary care
mental illness
current status
general practice
human immunodeficiency virus