A stranger in my own body : atypical gender identity development and mental health

This book brings together the contemporary thinking of a number of international clinicians, researchers and professionals from different disciplines. It shows the various perspectives that can be adopted on atypical gender identity development, and its relevance to mental health in children and adolescents. It is aimed at a multidisciplinary professional readership, as well as the interested lay reader. "This book brings together the thinking of an international group of clinicians, researchers, and professionals from different disciplines and is based primarily on a selection of papers presented at a conference on the same topic held at the Tavistock Centre, London, in November 1996, but with additional original contributions. It presents a dialogue amongst the various perspectives that can be taken about atypical gender identity development and their relevance to mental health in children and adolescents. The book is aimed at a multidisciplinary professional readership and interested lay people."--Provided by publisher. This book brings together the thinking of an international group of clinicians, researchers, and professionals from different disciplines and is based primarily on a selection of papers presented at a conference on the same topic held at the Tavistock Centre, London, in November 1996, but with additional original contributions. It presents a dialogue amongst the various perspectives that can be taken about atypical gender identity development and their relevance to mental health in children and adolescents. The book is for multidisciplinary professional readership and interested lay people.