Dr. Attila Fazekas & Dr. Thord Hallin (Sweden)
Detransition
This lecture covers a patient case where the patient in question chose to detransition after undergoing gender affirming care, which included both hormone therapy and surgery. While rare, this decision is not unheard of, and the lecture seeks to discuss detransitioning and will hopefully shed some light on the following:
Which parts of a medical history are of importance when a patient seeks gender affirming care? Of those, are there any who can point towards a future decision to detransition?
Are there any medical aspects to be considered when a patient decides to detransition? Psychological aspects? Psychosocial?
Is it possible to predict a future detransition?
In addition, the lecture will give a few examples of possible reasons behind the decision to detransition.
Bio
Attila Fazekas is the medical director at the Department of Psychiatry at the University Hospital in Lund in Sweden. He is the president of the Swedish Association for Transgender Health (SPATH), the treasurer of the European Professional Association for Transgender Health (EPATH) and member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH).
After completing his undergraduate degree in Medicine at the Semmelweis University in Budapest in Hungary, Attila Fazekas undertook clinical and academic training in Psychiatry at the University Hospital in Lund in Sweden. During his clinical training he gained experience in the field of gender and sexology and he has continued with this work ever since. He participates in research through the Swedish Gender Study, which has resulted in several scientific articles. He is a board member of the Swedish Gender Dysphoria register and medical advisor in gender dysphoria issues at the National Board of Health and Welfare.
Attila Fazekas is the local host of the 4th conference of the EPATH in Gothenburg in Sweden.
Currently, Attila Fazekas is chairing the steering board of the National Highly Organized Care for transgender health in Sweden.
Thord Hallin is a senior doctor and psychiatrist. He has, for the past ten years, worked at the gender clinic in Malmö making assessments and evaluating treatment for patients with gender dysphoria. In addition he works at an outpatient clinic treating patients with severe personality disorders and/or neuropsychiatric disorders. Thord is a member of the Swedish Professional Association for Transgender Health (SPATH).