Pediatric pushback on ‘trans kids’ treatments

[Michie]

Based on a review of more than 60 studies related to the mental health of adolescents, the American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) has concluded that social transition, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones “have no demonstrable, long-term benefit on psychosocial well-being of adolescents with gender dysphoria.”

ACPeds President Dr. Michael Artigues said the organization’s review of the referenced research points to “what many who practice medicine intuitively understand, that young patients experiencing gender dysphoria deserve help in accepting and loving themselves as they are, not interventions that destroy their healthy bodies and put them on track of medicalization for life.”

The principal authors of the research review, led by ACPeds Vice President Jane Anderson, expressed their grave concern “that parents, along with health care and educational professionals who support the transgender ‘transition’ of children and adolescents are, in fact, contributing to increased depression by appearing to validate to the children that ‘something is wrong with their body and biological sex.’”

The pediatricians concluded that “there is no long-term evidence that current ‘gender affirming’ medication and surgical protocols benefit their mental well-being. High rates of suicide attempts and/or completions in those who have received ‘gender affirming’ interventions indicate that at minimum, long-term controlled trials should be conducted if these interventions are to be continued.”

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Pediatric pushback on ‘trans kids’ treatments

Youth who identify as a gender other than their biological sex have high rates of mental health issues, the American College of Pediatricians said.

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[RileyG]

I pray this trans confusion ends soon. Too many people have been hurt. Enough is enough.

 

[Wolseley]

Well, no kidding. I could have told those idiots that long before this nonsense ever started. Male is male and female is female, and they are not interchangeable. Granted: there are some few unfortunate individuals who are born androgynous, and a decision has to be made as to what to raise them as; but even in those cases, many times the individuals so born have massive psycho-sexual adjustment problems. Usually the doctors will make them girls, because it's easier, surgically; but all too often, when they kid reaches puberty, if the kid was wired to be male and the surgeons made the kid female, the kid will have a lot of very, very distressing emotional problems.

 

[Chrystal-J]

Glad to hear this. Some are not blinded by the devil at least.

 

[rambot]

I look forward to addressing this study and how this organization has chosen to misrepresent research. I hope, to have a relatively robust conversation if people are willing to address with counter evidence that is of value.