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Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis

Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis

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Psychology

D-Index
99
Citations
38737
World Ranking
649
National Ranking
33

Overview

Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis is affiliated with Amsterdam UMC in the Netherlands. Their research predominantly centers on psychological aspects related to gender identity and health, with a significant focus on LGBTQ health, identity, and policy.

Their scholarly output includes publications in prominent venues such as the International Journal of Transgender Health, BMC Medicine, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, and The Journal of Sexual Medicine.

Recent notable papers include:

  • Mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders in the ICD-11: an international perspective on key changes and controversies, 2020, BMC Medicine
  • Bone Development in Transgender Adolescents Treated With GnRH Analogues and Subsequent Gender-Affirming Hormones, 2020, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Suicidality in clinic-referred transgender adolescents, 2020, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Utrecht Gender Dysphoria Scale - Gender Spectrum (UGDS-GS): Construct validity among transgender, nonbinary, and LGBQ samples, 2020, International Journal of Transgender Health
  • Children and adolescents in the Amsterdam Cohort of Gender Dysphoria: trends in diagnostic- and treatment trajectories during the first 20 years of the Dutch Protocol, 2023, The Journal of Sexual Medicine

Their work spans several interconnected fields of study, including psychology with a specialization in social psychology and clinical psychology. Other areas of expertise include molecular biology, reproductive medicine, and philosophy.

Core topics covered in their research include:

  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Sexual Differentiation and Disorders
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Intellectual Property Law

Cohen-Kettenis has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Thomas D. Steensma
  • Baudewijntje P.C. Kreukels
  • A. de Vries
  • Sabine E Hannema
  • Nastasja M. de Graaf

Best Publications

  • Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender-Nonconforming People, Version 7

    Eli Coleman;W. Bockting;M. Botzer;P. Cohen-Kettenis

  • Endocrine Treatment of Gender-Dysphoric/Gender-Incongruent Persons: An Endocrine Society * Clinical Practice Guideline

    Wylie C. Hembree;Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis;Louis Gooren;Sabine E. Hannema

  • Endocrine Treatment of Transsexual Persons: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline

    Wylie C. Hembree;Peggy Cohen-Kettenis;Henriette A. Delemarre-van de Waal;Henriette A. Delemarre-van de Waal;Louis J. Gooren

  • Young Adult Psychological Outcome After Puberty Suppression and Gender Reassignment

    Annelou L. C. de Vries;Jenifer K. McGuire;Thomas D. Steensma;Eva C. F. Wagenaar

  • Puberty Suppression in Adolescents With Gender Identity Disorder: A Prospective Follow‐Up Study

    Annelou L.C. de Vries;Thomas D. Steensma;Theo A.H. Doreleijers;Peggy T. Cohen‐Kettenis

  • Psychosexual Outcome of Gender-Dysphoric Children

    Madeleine S.C. Wallien;Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis

  • Factors Associated With Desistence and Persistence of Childhood Gender Dysphoria: A Quantitative Follow-Up Study

    Thomas D. Steensma;Jenifer K. McGuire;Baudewijntje P.C. Kreukels;Anneke J. Beekman

  • Desisting and persisting gender dysphoria after childhood: a qualitative follow-up study.

    Thomas D. Steensma;Roeline Biemond;Fijgje de Boer;Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders in Gender Dysphoric Children and Adolescents

    Annelou L. C. de Vries;Ilse L. J. Noens;Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis;Ina A. van Berckelaer-Onnes

  • The Amsterdam Cohort of Gender Dysphoria Study (1972-2015): Trends in Prevalence, Treatment, and Regrets.

    Chantal M. Wiepjes;Nienke M. Nota;Christel J.M. de Blok;Maartje Klaver

  • Sex hormones affect spatial abilities during the menstrual cycle.

    Markus Hausmann;Ditte Slabbekoorn;Stephanie H. M. Van Goozen;Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis

  • Sex Reassignment of Adolescent Transsexuals: A Follow-up Study

    P. T. Cohen-Kettenis;Stephanie Helena Maria Van Goozen

  • Transsexualism: a review of etiology, diagnosis and treatment.

    P. T. Cohen-Kettenis;L. J.G. Gooren

  • Clinical Management of Gender Dysphoria in Children and Adolescents: The Dutch Approach

    Annelou L. C. de Vries;Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis

  • Gender identity development in adolescence.

    Thomas D. Steensma;Baudewijntje P.C. Kreukels;Annelou L.C. de Vries;Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis

  • Disorders related to sexuality and gender identity in the ICD-11: revising the ICD-10 classification based on current scientific evidence, best clinical practices, and human rights considerations.

    Geoffrey M. Reed;Jack Drescher;Richard B. Krueger;Elham Atalla

  • Evidence for an altered sex ratio in clinic-referred adolescents with gender dysphoria.

    Madison Aitken;Thomas D. Steensma;Ray Blanchard;Doug P. VanderLaan

  • Sex reassignment: outcomes and predictors of treatment for adolescent and adult transsexuals.

    Yolanda L. S. Smith;Yolanda L. S. Smith;Stephanie H. M. Van Goozen;Stephanie H. M. Van Goozen;Abraham J. Kuiper;Abraham J. Kuiper;Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis

  • Minding the body: Situating gender identity diagnoses in the ICD-11

    Jack Drescher;Peggy Cohen-Kettenis;Sam Winter

  • Gender Change in 46,XY Persons with 5α-Reductase-2 Deficiency and 17β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase-3 Deficiency

    Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis

  • Gender differences in behaviour: Activating effects of cross-sex hormones

    Stephanie H.M. Van Goozen;Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis;Louis J.G. Gooren;Nico H. Frijda

Frequent Co-Authors

Baudewijntje P.C. Kreukels
Baudewijntje P.C. Kreukels VU University Medical Center
Kenneth J. Zucker
Kenneth J. Zucker University of Toronto
Herman van Engeland
Herman van Engeland Utrecht University
Walter Matthys
Walter Matthys Utrecht University
Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg
Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg Columbia University
Doug P. VanderLaan
Doug P. VanderLaan University of Toronto
Eli Coleman
Eli Coleman University of Minnesota
Robert Vermeiren
Robert Vermeiren Leiden University Medical Center

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