Endocrine Abstracts

Background/AimsGender affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) has been reported to have positive psychosocial effects on transgender people. In present study, we aimed to investigate longitudinally the short-term and long-term impacts on social adaptation, body image, features of alexithymia and aggression changes in transgender men after GAHT administration.MethodsThe single center, longitudinally follow-up study i...

Background/Aim: In literature, many previous studies adressed that Gender-affirmig Hormone Therapy (GAHT) improves the factors affecting social functioning such as self-esteem, mental well-being, behavioral health and quality of life. In this study, we aimed to quantitatively evaluate the effects of the GAHT on social functioning using a psychiatric scale in people with female-to-male (FtM) in Türkiye.Methods: The single center, cross-sectional stud...