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 HBIGDA STANDARDS OF CARE - 1998 (version 5) SECTIONS  
  Title Page
I. Epidemiological Considerations
II. Diagnostic Nomenclatures
III. The Mental Health Professional
IV. The Treatment of Children
V. The Treatment of Adolescents
VI. Psychotherapy with Adults
VII. The Real Life Experience
 VIII. Requirements for Hormone Therapy for Adults
IX. Hormone Therapy for Adults
X. Requirements for Genital Reconstructive and Breast Surgery
XI. Surgery
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The Harry Benjamin International
Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA)

Standards of Care for Gender Identity Disorders

By Stephen B. Levine (Chairperson), George Brown, Eli Coleman, Peggy Cohen-Kettenis, J. Joris Hage, Judy Van Maasdam, Maxine Petersen, Friedemann Pfaefflin, Leah C. Schaefer.

Consultants: Dallas Denny MA, Domineco DiCeglie MD, Wolf Eicher MD, Jamison Green, Richard Green MD, Louis Gooren MD, Donald Laub MD, Anne Lawrence MD, Walter Meyer III MD, C. Christine Wheeler Ph.D

This is the fifth version of the HBIGDA Standards of Care since the original 1979 document. Previous revisions occurred in 1980, 1981 and 1990.

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