Gender Dysphoria

The first international multidisciplinary ESPE Science Symposium was held at the Tavistock Gender Identity Disorder Service (GIDS) in London, UK, October 19-20 under the chair of professor Gary Butler. It was conceived and organised by the ESPE Gender Dysphoria working group and GIDS and was seen as a success from all involved. A total of 96 participants from 22 countries met to network and discuss unmet scientific needs for evidence-based health care of transgender children and teenagers.

Genes, hormones and social factors play a pivotal and interactive role for physical, emotional, social, sexual and cognitive development of youngsters. The symposium focused on how to better achieve an understanding of the impact of current treatment regimens on all these aspects of health during adolescence and over long-term.

PROGRAMME – The Science of Gender: evidence for what influences gender development and gender dysphoria and what are the respective influences of nature and nurture 

The 2018 ESPE Science Symposium was accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 10 European CME credits. 

CME report for the 2018 ESPE Science Symposium.