Resources
Being diagnosed with a DSD condition or having no diagnosis can be overwhelming for both the patient and family members. For support and counseling, resources are listed below.
Counseling resources
Our DSD team also provides in-person counseling:
Psychology: 314-454-6069
Psychiatry: 314-286-1700
Advocacy and support groups
Accord Alliance
Accord Alliance promotes comprehensive and integrated approaches to care that enhance the health and well-being of people and families with differences in sex development (DSD).
http://www.accordalliance.org/
AIS Support Group
The AIS-DSD support group provides information about Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (AIS) and other differences in sex development (DSD) to support and inform affected individuals and their families.
http://www.aisdsd.org/
CAH Support Groups
The CAH (Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia) Support Group was formed approximately 16 years ago. It is a sub group of CLIMB (Children Living with Inherited Metabolic Diseases).
http://www.livingwithcah.com/
CARES Foundation leads in the effort to improve the lives of the Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) community and seeks to advance quality health care through support, advocacy, education and research.
http://www.caresfoundation.org/
DSD Research
The disorders of sex development Translational Research Network (DSD-TRN), based at UCLA, is a national multi-institutional research network that aims to improve knowledge and care for patients with DSD.
http://dsdtrn.genetics.ucla.edu/
Hypospadias and Epispadias
The Hypospadias and Epispadias Association, Inc., offers support so that people with HS/ES never need to feel alone.
http://heainfo.org/
MRKH Support Groups
The mission of the Beautiful You MRKH Foundation is to create a supportive community that partners with health care professionals to increase awareness and empower women of all ages with Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser Syndrome (MRKH) to feel beautiful, just as they are.
http://www.beautifulyoumrkh.org/
The MRKH organization is for women with Mayer Rokitansky Kuster Hauser Syndrome, also know as Mullerian agenesis, vaginal agenesis and congenital absence of vagina.
http://www.mrkh.org/