The number of men under the age of 18, which has been diagnosed with GP's gender discomfort, has risen 50 times in the past 10 years.
This work has examined GP records for the past decade to shine the community trends.
NHS Define Gender discomfort is a term that “explains the anxiety that people may have due to mismatch between biological gender and gender identity.”
It is so intense that it can lead to depression and anxiety, which can have a harm to everyday life.
“We have the number of children who have been diagnosed with gender discomfort,” said Professor Tim Doran, a co -author of York University's work.
Write on the sick archive as a child, Doran and his colleagues have surveyed data on children and youth participating in British GP Practis under the age of 18 and 2021, and have been diagnosed with gender discomfort or similar diagnosis. Explains that it covers people's individuals.
Guardian Report Results of diffusion of disability:
The results indicate that both the incidence rate (the number of new cases each year) and such a diagnosis have increased over 10 years based on the data of about 20 % of GP Practis.
The rate of illness increased by about 1 in 60,000 in 2011 (192 children and young people nationwide) to one in 1,200 in 2021 (equivalent to 10,291 nationwide), 50 times. This has increased.
The team stated that the team has increased quickly among children recorded as women in health records, and will be about twice the height of men recorded by 2021.
Doran stated that between the ages of 17 and 18, in 2021, about one of the gender discomfort was about one person.
“”[It’s] It's still unusual, but obviously, it's much more common than 10 years ago. “
Researchers discovered that both the incidence and the rate of illness had risen with the age of the child, but there was no connection to the level of stripped in the area.
The team also saw the anxiety of children and young people with gender discomfort, depression, and self -harm.
They discovered that they were equivalent to or exceeded the level of children and young people who were diagnosed with autism or eating disorders.
