Gender Identity: a Review of the Main Therapies Applied

Gender Dysphoria (DG) has been treated from different therapeutic approaches. Some symptoms such as psychological distress, depression, and suicidal ideation are common when there is a marked incongruence between the sex one feels or expresses and the one assigned to them. The objective of this work is to study the characteristics of the different approaches, highlighting the main differences and evaluating the results of their application, taking a brief tour from the therapies that began to be applied, such as Conversion Therapies, to the most current ones such as the New Models. of attention, taking into account the opinion of the different authors on the matter. In conclusion, we can say that we are faced with a dilemma since, on the one hand, it seems that the affirmative approach is having good results, although it lacks scientific and professional standards in its application and, on the other hand, in the new models of care. Psychological assessment is not contemplated as a prior step to medical intervention.