Effect of Cross-sex Hormones on Cognitive Abilities and the Psychological Characteristics of Gender Identity Disorder

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21791155
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Psychiatric science
Research Institution	Fukuoka University
Principal Investigator	NAGAI Hiroshi 福岡大学, 医学部, 講師 (30441760)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2012
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywords	性同一性障害 / 性ホルモン / 認知機能 / ホルモン療法 / 心理学的特性
Research Abstract	To examine whether cross-sex hormone treatments of GID patients would shift their cognitive abilities and psychological characteristics toward of their subjective gender. The administration of testosterone to FTM results in an improvement of their spatial abilities, depressed mood and anxiety.