Biological and Psychological Influences of CrossSex Hormone in Transgender
- Author:
LING SL
1
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Collective Name:LING SL; HATTA S; AZLIN B
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
anxiety, cross-sex hormone;
depression;
psychiatric co-morbidities;
transgender
- From:Medicine and Health
2019;14(1):1-22
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Transgender is a complex state of bio-psycho-social dimension of human sexuality.
It encompasses cognitive-emotional-behavior component that makes the person
unique in his or her sexual expression. Transgender tend to use cross-sex hormone
in order to eradicate their secondary sexual characteristics and to facilitate the shift to their experienced gender. The common masculinising sex hormone use,
i.e. Female to Male Treatment Options (FMTO) is testosterone and for feminising
hormone i.e. Male to Female Treatment Options (MFTO) is a combination of
estrogen with anti-androgen, respectively. Cross-sex hormone, i.e. FMTO, or
MFTO has biological and psychological influences on the transgender individuals.
Nevertheless, cross-sex hormone may also pose a range of side effect profiles,
varies from the biological to psychosocial impact. The psychological impact can
be paramount until it causes severe mental-health problems and even suicide.
Numerous ranges of bio-psycho-social influence of cross-sex hormone were
highlighted in this review as fundamental core knowledge in the art to know
practice when dealing with the treatment options. In psychiatry, the change in
the biological appearance may have great influence in the transgender individual,
especially in the context of psychosocial and cultural perspective
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