The most comprehensive study of the long-term outcome for those who undergo gender ‘transition’ is probably the Swedish study.
It is a scientific document devoid of the woke nonsense promoted by our gender clinics and is a must-read’ for those interested or involved in the subject.
Medical ethics demand that parents of children in the gender dysphoria ‘transition’ queue by made aware of this and similar studies.
I cite a very brief summary of some of the key points in the study
. . . ‘Long-term follow-up of transsexual persons (TX) undergoing sex reassignment surgery’: A cohort study in Sweden covering 1973-2003
(the full study is readily accessible on the internet)
The objective of the study was, in part, to compare mortality and morbidity rates between the TX and control.
Results summary:
• The suicide rate within the TX cohort was 19 times that of the controls.
• The overall mortality rates among the TX cohort was 2.8 times that of the controls.
• The psychiatric inpatient care among the TX was 2.8 that of controls
The Strengths of this study include nationwide representativity over more than 30 years, extensive follow-up time and minimal loss to follow-up. Many previous studies suffer from low outcome. this study has captured almost the entire population of sex-reassigned transsexual individuals in Sweden from 1973–2003.
The major difference between the Swedish cohort study and the current epidemic is the fact that age of the at the time of the Swedish sex reassignment surgery (study entry) was 35.1 years.
The gender experts had yet to discover the huge harvest of vulnerable children yet to be convinced that they were 'born in the wrong body'.
Presumably there will be different long-term outcomes for the current child cohort however I suspect that those will make the Swedish seem more like a walk in the park.
The most comprehensive study of the long-term outcome for those who undergo gender ‘transition’ is probably the Swedish study.
It is a scientific document devoid of the woke nonsense promoted by our gender clinics and is a must-read’ for those interested or involved in the subject.
Medical ethics demand that parents of children in the gender dysphoria ‘transition’ queue by made aware of this and similar studies.
I cite a very brief summary of some of the key points in the study
. . . ‘Long-term follow-up of transsexual persons (TX) undergoing sex reassignment surgery’: A cohort study in Sweden covering 1973-2003
(the full study is readily accessible on the internet)
The objective of the study was, in part, to compare mortality and morbidity rates between the TX and control.
Results summary:
• The suicide rate within the TX cohort was 19 times that of the controls.
• The overall mortality rates among the TX cohort was 2.8 times that of the controls.
• The psychiatric inpatient care among the TX was 2.8 that of controls
The Strengths of this study include nationwide representativity over more than 30 years, extensive follow-up time and minimal loss to follow-up. Many previous studies suffer from low outcome. this study has captured almost the entire population of sex-reassigned transsexual individuals in Sweden from 1973–2003.
Thank you-thinking the new group with more comorbidities to start with might be different long term?
Also, those patients I think were all sterilized first and all went through surgeries?
The major difference between the Swedish cohort study and the current epidemic is the fact that age of the at the time of the Swedish sex reassignment surgery (study entry) was 35.1 years.
The gender experts had yet to discover the huge harvest of vulnerable children yet to be convinced that they were 'born in the wrong body'.
Presumably there will be different long-term outcomes for the current child cohort however I suspect that those will make the Swedish seem more like a walk in the park.
Bernard, What is one example of what is considered "severe disorder"? I take it that suicidality would count, as example.
Certainly depression can be severe. Schizophrenia etc I imagine.