A baffling response from the Amsterdam clinic; US judges uphold trans surgery; Australia's undocumented surge in gender medicine; some German guideline dissent; treatment caution catches on in Europe
The truth is that nobody really knows just what the outcome following ‘affirming care’ of children diagnosed with gender dysphoria will be. Below is a twenty minute google-scan of some pretty convincing arguments for a comprehensive ban on gender reassignment in young persons:
• Research demonstrates that gender-affirming care improves the mental health and overall well-being of gender diverse children and adolescents
• A 2015, Boston study of 180 transsexual youth who had undergone SRS (106 female-to-male; 74 male-to-female), these youth had a twofold to threefold increased risk of psychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety disorder, suicidal ideation, suicide attempt, self-harm without lethal intent, and both inpatient
• In this prospective cohort of 104 TNB youths aged 13 to 20 years, receipt of gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormones, was associated with 60% lower odds of moderate or severe depression and 73% lower odds of suicidality over a 12-month follow-up
• This study found substantially higher rates of overall mortality, death from cardiovascular disease and suicide, suicide attempts, and psychiatric hospitalisations in sex-reassigned transsexual individuals compared to a healthy control population
• The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) Gender Service aims to improve the physical and mental health outcomes of children and adolescents who are trans or gender diverse.
• Persons with transsexualism, after sex reassignment, have considerably higher risks for mortality, suicidal behaviour, and psychiatric morbidity than the general population
The truth is that nobody really knows just what the outcome following ‘affirming care’ of children diagnosed with gender dysphoria will be. Below is a twenty minute google-scan of some pretty convincing arguments for a comprehensive ban on gender reassignment in young persons:
• Research demonstrates that gender-affirming care improves the mental health and overall well-being of gender diverse children and adolescents
• A 2015, Boston study of 180 transsexual youth who had undergone SRS (106 female-to-male; 74 male-to-female), these youth had a twofold to threefold increased risk of psychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety disorder, suicidal ideation, suicide attempt, self-harm without lethal intent, and both inpatient
• In this prospective cohort of 104 TNB youths aged 13 to 20 years, receipt of gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers and gender-affirming hormones, was associated with 60% lower odds of moderate or severe depression and 73% lower odds of suicidality over a 12-month follow-up
• This study found substantially higher rates of overall mortality, death from cardiovascular disease and suicide, suicide attempts, and psychiatric hospitalisations in sex-reassigned transsexual individuals compared to a healthy control population
• The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) Gender Service aims to improve the physical and mental health outcomes of children and adolescents who are trans or gender diverse.
• Persons with transsexualism, after sex reassignment, have considerably higher risks for mortality, suicidal behaviour, and psychiatric morbidity than the general population