by Cameron Parkins | May 15, 2022 | Illuminations with Dr. Caretto
May is Mental Health Awareness month. This is an issue that is very relevant when thinking about trans youth and it is important to be able to talk about mental health among trans people in an informed way. In June 2021, The Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law...
by Cameron Parkins | Mar 16, 2022 | Illuminations with Dr. Caretto
Missed Standards of Care 8, Part 1? Read the entry. I will now talk about the suggestions for SOC8 which I see as potentially controversial. The two general areas of debate can be divided into those that are about mental health and those that are about medical...
by Cameron Parkins | Feb 21, 2022 | Illuminations with Dr. Caretto
As promised, in this installment of Illuminations, I will give a glimpse into some of the suggested changes to the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care – version 8 (SOC8). SOC 8 is likely to be at least eighteen chapters and...
by Cameron Parkins | Jan 17, 2022 | Illuminations with Dr. Caretto
The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care (SOC) are the documents that compiles evidence-based research to provide guidelines for the care of Trans and Gender Diverse (TGD) individuals. WPATH SOC Version 8 is now expected to...
by Cameron Parkins | Nov 15, 2021 | Illuminations with Dr. Caretto
Last week, within the span of 24 hours, I had conversations with two different cisgender patients regarding fertility and procreation: a thirty-year-old married man unsure if now is the right time to start a family; and a menopausal gay woman feeling confused about...
by Cameron Parkins | Oct 18, 2021 | Illuminations with Dr. Caretto, Mindful Mondays
Bell vs Tavistock overturned! In 2004, I attended my first conference about gender dysphoric youth in London at The Tavistock and Portman Clinic (“Tavistock”). It was so informative that I spent the entire flight home writing a program proposal for the University of...
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