ABC series demonstrates critical importance of supporting transgender adolescents

Social Transition: Supporting Our Youngest Transgender Children.

Those of us who work with transgender children frequently face decisions based on evidence that is conflicted or lacking and encounter opponents who are rightfully wary about what they see as experimental treatments without well-examined outcomes. However, in a transgender population where nearly one half experience suicidal ideation, the risk of nonintervention is quite high.1 In this issue of...

ABC/ADL: An ADL Supporting Component Composition

Architecture Description Language (ADL) is one of the keys to software architecture research, but most attention was paid to the description of software structure and high-level analysis of some system properties, while the ability to support refinement and implementation of Software Architecture (SA) models was ignored. In this paper, we present the ABC/ADL, an ADL supporting component composi...

A Window into the Brain Demonstrates the Importance of Astrocytes

Should Psychiatrists Prescribe Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy to Transgender Adolescents?

Gender-affirming hormone therapy is a safe and effective way to improve quality of life and mental health outcomes for transgender adolescents. Access to this treatment is limited, with the most vulnerable transgender people experiencing the greatest gaps in care. Because some psychiatrists help transgender patients receive needed medical interventions, we analyze the ethical values they must b...

Supporting America’s Children and Adolescents