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Adolescent and Young Adult Gender Dysphoria Outcomes Study
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Recent Publications
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Zucker, K. J. Is “rapid-onset” gender dysphoria in adolescence a new clinical phenomenon? Manuscript submitted for publication, January 2026.
de Graaf, N. M., Steensma, T. D., Carmichael, P., VanderLaan, D. P., Aitken, M., Cohen- Kettenis, P. T., de Vries, A. L. C., Kreukels, B. P. C., Wasserman, L., Wood, H., and Zucker, K. J. Suicidality in clinic-referred transgender adolescents. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2022, 31, 67-83. doi:10.1007/s00787-020-01663-9
Singh, D., Bradley, S. J., and Zucker, K. J. A follow-up study of boys with gender identity disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021, 12. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2021.632784
Zucker, K. J. Children and adolescents with gender dysphoria. In Y. M. Binik and K. S. K. Hall (Eds.), Principles and practices of sex therapy (Sixth ed.). New York: Guilford Press, 2020.
Zucker, K. J. Different strokes for different folks. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2020, 25, 36-37.
Zucker, K. J. Adolescents with gender dysphoria: Reflections on some contemporary clinical and research issues. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2019, 48, 1983-1992.
Zucker, K. J. The myth of persistence: Response to “A Critical Commentary on Follow-Up Studies and 'Desistance' Theories about Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Children” by Temple Newhook et al. (2018). International Journal of Transgenderism, 2018, 19, 231-245.
Bechard, M., VanderLaan, D. P.,Wood, H., Wasserman, L., and Zucker, K. J. Psychosocial and psychiatric vulnerability in adolescents with gender dysphoria: A “proof of principle” study. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy, 2017, 43, 678-688.
Aitken, M., VanderLaan, D. P., Wasserman, L., Stojanovski, S., and Zucker, K. J. Self-harm and suicidality in children referred for gender dysphoria. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2016, 55, 513-520.
Aitken, M., Steensma, T. D., Blanchard, R., VanderLaan, D. P., Wood, H., Fuentes, A., Spegg, C., Wasserman, L., Ames, M., Fitzsimmons, C. L., Leef, J. H., Lishak, V., Reim, E., Takagi, A., Vinik, J., Wreford, J., Cohen-Kettenis, P. T., de Vries, A. L. C., Kreukels, B. P. C., and Zucker, K. J. Evidence for an altered sex ratio in clinic-referred adolescents with gender dysphoria. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 2015, 12, 756-763.
