Citation

Bradley SJ. Women (Basel) 2022; 2(1): 64-67.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, MDPI: Multidisciplinary Digital Publications Institute)

DOI

10.3390/women2010007

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

There is a population of young women with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who function relatively well so that their disorder is not easily recognized. If their difficulties with emotion regulation in childhood continue into adolescence they are vulnerable to the development of a number of mental disorders, treatment of which can be difficult if the presence of ASD is not understood. In this commentary, I use the example of gender dysphoria to illustrate the issues.

Language: en

Keywords

adolescence; autism spectrum disorder; gender dysphoria