Gender reassignment significantly increases psychiatric morbidity

taraharris

When you're an adult and you can't afford surgery with skilled surgeons, you get shunned by the less accepting parts of society, which leads directly to increased morbidity. When you suppress treatment before adulthood -> higher surgical costs. When you don't treat it at all -> quiet suicide, causes get buried in the statistics. I lived through all of these things. It was an impossible childhood. I lived with this in total secrecy and agony until my early 40s. I'm 45 now, and I've had all my surgeries. I know what hundreds of thousands of dollars buying the best care can bring. None of that is available in Finland, where this study was done. (I had the luxury of making my peace with my father before he passed.)

ranger207

Finland specifically has problems treating trans kids: https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/finland-trans-st...

techteach00

I'd like to know what they controlled for. Simply navigating life in a body you don't identify with should cause psychiatric problems.

afpx

For some reason cloudflare is blocking me. I get an infinite loop of "Performing security verification"

RickJWagner

For anyone parsing this ( as I was ), “Psychiatric morbidity generally refers to the incidence of both physical and psychological deterioration as a result of a mental or psychological condition. The term usually applies to those who are acutely aware of their condition, despite the mental deterioration.”

frmbr

A related piece which has an insightful interview with Dr Kaltiala, the senior author of this study, where she responds to critics: https://benryan.substack.com/p/the-author-of-the-controversi...