Jack Drescher, MD

Working With Transgender Patients

October 1, 2018

Jack Drescher, MD.
Clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons; member of the DSM-5 work group on sexual and gender identity disorders.

Dr. Drescher has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

Our profession has a number of obstacles to overcome in gaining the trust of transgender and gender non-conforming patients. We turn to this month’s expert, Jack Drescher, MD, to better understand how to work with this population.

Gender Dysphoria Diagnosis in Children and Adolescents

November 1, 2016

Jack Drescher, MD

Jack Drescher, MD

Clinical professor of psychiatry & behavioral sciences at New York Medical College; member of DSM-5 work group on sexual and gender identity disorders; member ICD-11 World Health Organization working group

Dr. Drescher has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

What do we know about how gender identity forms for the average person? When does it emerge, and is there a developmental component to gender identity? Dr. Drescher discusses these questions and the current state of gender dysphoria in DSM-5.

Gender Dysphoria Diagnosis in Children and Adolescents

November 1, 2016

Jack Drescher, MD

Jack Drescher, MD Clinical professor of psychiatry & behavioral sciences at New York Medical College; member of DSM-5 work group on sexual and gender identity disorders; member ICD-11 World Health Organization working group Dr. Drescher has disclosed that he has no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

What do we know about how gender identity forms for the average person? When does it emerge, and is there a developmental component to gender identity? Dr. Drescher discusses these questions and the current state of gender dysphoria in DSM-5.