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Childhood Gender Diversity and Mental Health: Protocol for the Longitudinal, Observational Gender Journey Project

Childhood Gender Diversity and Mental Health: Protocol for the Longitudinal, Observational Gender Journey Project

Childhood Gender Diversity and Mental Health: Protocol for the Longitudinal, Observational Gender Journey Project

Authors of this article:

Marco A Hidalgo1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Diane Chen3, 4, 5, 6 Author Orcid Image ;   Amy C Tishelman7 Author Orcid Image ;   Johanna Olson-Kennedy8, 9 Author Orcid Image ;   Yee-Ming Chan10, 11 Author Orcid Image ;   Robert Garofalo3, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Hanno Petras12 Author Orcid Image ;   Stephen M Rosenthal13, 14 Author Orcid Image ;   Diane Ehrensaft13, 14 Author Orcid Image
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Marco A Hidalgo   1, 2 * , PhD ;   Diane Chen   3, 4, 5, 6 * , PhD ;   Amy C Tishelman   7 , PhD ;   Johanna Olson-Kennedy   8, 9 , MS, MD ;   Yee-Ming Chan   10, 11 , MD, PhD ;   Robert Garofalo   3, 4 * , MPH, MD ;   Hanno Petras   12 * , PhD ;   Stephen M Rosenthal   13, 14 , MD ;   Diane Ehrensaft   13, 14 * , PhD

1 Internal Medicine-Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine Section, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

2 Gender Health Program, UCLA Health, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

3 Gender & Sex Development Program, Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

4 Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States

5 Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States

6 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States

7 Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States

8 Center for Transyouth Health and Development, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

9 Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States

10 Division of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

11 Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

12 National Capital Region Center, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Beltsville, MD, United States

13 Child and Adolescent Gender Center, Benioff Children’s Hospital, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

14 Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Marco A Hidalgo, PhD
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  • Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine
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