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Barrett, J. (2014). Disorders of gender identity: what to do and who should do it?. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 204(2), 96-97.

In this article, the author looks into issues to be done and who should deal with various aspects relating to gender identity disorders. The author notes that transsexualism is not indicative of psychopathology. The author explains that if multidisciplinary support is provided, changing cross-sex hormone treatment and social gender role will make great improvements to social and psychological states. According to the author, sustained improvement will merit gender reassignment surgery.

Bornstein, K. (2013). Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us. Routledge.

This work provides a summary of a woman who went through some changes; she was a former heterosexual male, IBM salesperson, and a one-time Scientologist, currently a lesbian woman. Her work covers mechanics of the surgery she went through and also many aspects of gender an individual would want to know. In general, Bornstein's work provides her personal testimony for her sexual reassignment surgery to solve her gender dysphoria challenges.

Byne, W., Bradley, S. J., Coleman, E., Eyler, A. E., Green, R., Menvielle, E. J., ... & Tompkins, D. A. (2012). Report of the American Psychiatric Association task force on treatment of gender identity disorder. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 41(4), 759-796.

In this article, these authors cover aspects relating to treatment and diagnosis of gender identity disorder. These authors explain that there is controversy relating to treatment and diagnosis of gender identity disorder. Following a report given by the American Psychiatric Association (APA), the authors in this article critically provide a review of literature important in treating gender identity disorder in different ages as a way of assessing the quality of evidence relating to treatment. As part of the recommendation, the authors note that it is important to consider ethical bounds in treating minors with gender variation, transsexual or transgender, the rights of individuals of different ages with gender variant and clarifying APA’s position in treating gender identity disorder.

Cohen-Kettenis, P. T., Elaut, E., & Kreukels, B. P. (2015). Psychological Characteristics and Sexuality of Natal Males with Gender Dysphoria. In Management of Gender Dysphoria (pp. 75-82). Springer Milan.

The authors of this article explore sexuality and psychological characteristics of natal males who have gender identity disorder. In recent times, as these authors note, psychological characteristics relating to personal gender dysphoria have come under scrutiny. In their work, these authors give an overview of literature relating to problems and psychological functioning in natal male persons with gender dysphoria. The authors express the importance of making available information relating to sexuality with rising acceptance of gender dysphoria. With such information, the authors explain that it will become easier and possible to deal with challenges of gender dysphoria.

De Vries, A. L., & Cohen-Kettenis, P. T. (2012). Clinical management of gender dysphoria in children and adolescents: The Dutch approach. Journal of Homosexuality, 59(3), 301-320.

In this article, the authors cover aspects to be considered when performing treatments to children and adolescents with gender dysphoria. An important aspect to be considered is an assessment of vulnerable aspects and intervention when necessary. These authors recommend that individuals should be keen and careful while observing first stages of development of gender identity disorder. In events that physical medical intervention is withheld, this tends to be harmful to both adults and adolescent unlike when there is the provision of physical medical interventions.

De Vries, A. L., McGuire, J. K., Steensma, T. D., Wagenaar, E. C., Doreleijers, T. A., & Cohen-Kettenis, P. T. (2014). Young adult psychological outcome after puberty suppression and gender reassignment. Pediatrics, 134(4), 696-704.

In the past few years and as these authors note, puberty suppression through gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogs has been accepted in treating adolescents with gender identity disorder. Their results were that after gender reassignment is performed in young adults, physiological functioning and GD steadily improved. These authors note that improve in psychological functioning had a positive correlation to postsurgical subjective well-being.

Edwards-Leeper, L., & Spack, N. P. (2016). Psychological evaluation and medical treatment of transgender youth in an interdisciplinary “Gender Management Service”(GeMS) in a major pediatric center. Journal of Homosexuality, 59(3), 321-336.

In this article, the authors explore psychotherapy as an important diagnostic technique for gender identity disorder. As the authors note, a milestone in treating gender identity disorder was achieved in 2007 when an interdisciplinary clinic targeting adolescents and children with sex development disorder was opened. According to these authors, psychotherapy is used to treat gender identity disorder by administering cross-sex steroid hormones and pubertal suppressive therapy to identified patients.

Olotu, F. E., & Olotu, C. O. (2014). Help For Parents! Maximized Parenting, 112 Solutions to the Parenting Problems of Today. Design Pub.

In their work, these authors explore contributions of parental influences to gender identity disorder. They note that psychologists support the idea that parental influences have extensively contributed to gender identity disorder. Specifically, the authors give the connection between the absence of a father, maternal wish to have a daughter or a son, son closeness to mother and their contribution to increasing cases of gender identity disorder. The authors noted that in the presence of such parental characteristics, it could become complex making children vulnerable to cross-gender reinforcement patterns.

Osborne, C. S., & Lawrence, A. A. (2016). Male prison inmates with gender dysphoria: when is sex reassignment surgery appropriate? Archives of sexual behavior, 1-15.

The authors start their work by giving their understanding of Gender Dysphoria (GD) which they note as being more prevalent in males in prison as compared to no incarcerated males. In prisons around the United States alone, these authors note that there are approximately 3000-4000 male inmates with GD condition. To offer a diagnostic evaluation to the rising number of dysphoric gender inmates in the U.S. prisons, the authors explain two approaches; psychotherapy and sex reassignment surgery. These authors, however, note that sex reassignment surgery is only offered to inmates in response to litigation. In their work, the two authors discuss practical considerations when providing inmates with sexual reassignment surgery. In their recommendations, the authors recommend that those involved in helping treat inmates with GD condition should increase chances for successful outcomes, humane treatment, minimizes regret risks and helps in generating data that could be used later to make decisions.

Steiner, B. W. (Ed.). (2013). Gender dysphoria: Development, research, management. Springer Science & Business Media.

In this work, Steiner notes that the problem of people not being contented with their gender has lasted for many years now. Women have wished to be men while men have wished to be women. The author makes an interesting note that around the world, individuals with cross-gender behavior and cross-gender wishes have existed in different cultures. This work provides an extensive insight into gender identity disorders and transsexualism.