The age-specific death rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child suicide is 8.3 deaths per 100,000 compared to 2 per 100,000 for non-indigenous children.
Given there has been no documented child gender dysphoria suicide in Australia it would seem that suicide prevention interventions need be redirected to where the problem really exists.
Dear Mr Lane, thank you so much for your outstanding journalism on this shocking medical scandal. The mainstream media has been useless. Jennifer O’Brien.
The arrogance of those who pursued the ‘affirmative’ approach for the management of gender dysphoria (GD) have violated one of the most basic precepts of modern medicine. They implemented an invasive, irreversible, sterilising and mutilating procedure in children that had not been adequately ‘tested’ to confirm safety and efficacy. .
The oft quoted urgency to intervene seems to have been on the premise that it would prevent suicide:
It is well documented that there exists higher prevalence of mental health conditions in the GD cohort including: anxiety, depression, self-harm, eating disorders and substance misuse. In addition, and most relevant, is well documented fact that approximately 20% of the GD cohort suffer from autism spectrum disorders (ASD). ASD is a condition in which children are some thirty times more likely to consider and/or attempt suicide. Given the well documented link between ASD, GD and suicidality the math goes a long way to explaining the prevalence of suicidality in the GD cohort. Perhaps it was the ASD not the GD.
It is encouraging to note that there has been not been a single case of suicide among the GD cohort in Australia.
The age-specific death rate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child suicide is 8.3 deaths per 100,000 compared to 2 per 100,000 for non-indigenous children.
Given there has been no documented child gender dysphoria suicide in Australia it would seem that suicide prevention interventions need be redirected to where the problem really exists.
Dear Mr Lane, thank you so much for your outstanding journalism on this shocking medical scandal. The mainstream media has been useless. Jennifer O’Brien.
And even now The AMA and the RACP maintain their support for this completely discredited practice.
Will Australia be the last country in the world to come to their senses?
The arrogance of those who pursued the ‘affirmative’ approach for the management of gender dysphoria (GD) have violated one of the most basic precepts of modern medicine. They implemented an invasive, irreversible, sterilising and mutilating procedure in children that had not been adequately ‘tested’ to confirm safety and efficacy. .
The oft quoted urgency to intervene seems to have been on the premise that it would prevent suicide:
It is well documented that there exists higher prevalence of mental health conditions in the GD cohort including: anxiety, depression, self-harm, eating disorders and substance misuse. In addition, and most relevant, is well documented fact that approximately 20% of the GD cohort suffer from autism spectrum disorders (ASD). ASD is a condition in which children are some thirty times more likely to consider and/or attempt suicide. Given the well documented link between ASD, GD and suicidality the math goes a long way to explaining the prevalence of suicidality in the GD cohort. Perhaps it was the ASD not the GD.
It is encouraging to note that there has been not been a single case of suicide among the GD cohort in Australia.
Over the past few days it would be interesting to be a fly on the wall at coffee/tea-time in the RCH gender clinic canteen!