Evidence to help children change their gender, including ‘social transition’ and hormone blockers, is built on ‘shaky foundations’, a major review of the practices of leading UK pediatricians has found. .
The long-awaited Cass report into how the tax-funded NHS treats children who believe they are transgender has been published, with hormones no longer available for 18 It said it should not be given to anyone under the age of 50 and that the basis for the “treatments” given should be fundamentally changed. Policies by the NHS are based on practices with little “developmental rigor and transparency”. Basically, Dr. Hilary Cass said, “When we did our research, we found that the pillars of gender medicine were built on shaky foundations.”
The NHS, which already stopped using hormone blockers in children last month, will “further review the use of gender-affirming hormones” and “pause their provision” to adult gender clinics in response to the paper. He said he would instruct them to do so. Give first booking to young people under 18 years of age. ”
In a British Medical Journal article accompanying the nearly 400-page report, Kass recently wrote that “gender care for children and young people has shifted from a ‘watchful waiting’ approach to treatment with puberty blockers. I did,” he said.
During this time, pediatricians reported that “the majority of clinical guidelines did not follow international standards for guideline development” and that the institutions that had influence over the development of these practices “lacked rigor and transparency in their development.”
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Professor Cass said in his report that while there was a “substantial amount of research” in this area, a systematic review of the evidence “found that the quality of the published research was low, meaning that clinical “It means there is no reliable evidence on which to make a decision.” Enabling children and their families to make informed choices. The rationale for giving children puberty blockers is “unclear”, with weak evidence that it benefits “mental or psychosocial health” and long-term effects on “cognitive and psychosexual development”. impact is unknown.
Overall, clinicians are unable to determine which children will “continue to have a permanent transgender identity,” and which children will eventually outgrow their transgender identity, Kass said. urged “extreme caution” and said “for most young people.” Medical pathways are not the best way to manage gender-related suffering. ”
Hormone blockers are used by doctors to prevent puberty, but hormone blockers are promoted on the idea that they will “pause” puberty, and the entire rationale for administering this drug is fundamentally Kass said that was false. He gave young people “time to think” about what they were going through.
In fact, this is not the case; there is no evidence that puberty blockers reduce the risk of suicide, no evidence that puberty blockers “buy you time to think”, and no evidence that puberty blockers change the trajectory of your life. The report reveals that there are concerns that this may be the case. Psychosexual and gender identity development. ”
Young people who report having ‘gender-related concerns’ should now be considered more comprehensively by medical professionals, rather than simply being treated as cases that require gender reassignment. The book says: The report found that children who claim to be transgender have higher rates of abuse and broken backgrounds, as well as gender issues and other issues such as autism, depression, anxiety and eating disorders. It was found that there was a high rate of comorbidity with these problems, and it was necessary to receive treatment for these problems. Obviously, this means that this is not the case at this time.
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Britain’s controversial NHS-run transgender clinic has existed for decades, but until recently it treated a small number of patients, who were mainly men. Suddenly, in the past decade, this situation has changed, with large numbers of young girls being sent into social and medical channels instead.British historic newspapers times Note In reviewing the report’s findings, 2014 is seen as a particularly important year for the sudden emergence of referrals of girls to Gender Identity Development Services (GIDS). This fact contrasts with the fact that 2014 was also the year in which British national broadcaster BBC released a documentary. i’m leo The channel, aimed at ages 6 to 12, featured a story about a 13-year-old girl’s gender transition to male.
This change is due to a combination of “biological, psychological and social factors”, with the report citing “online stressors” such as the impact of social media and pornography on young people. Cath said: “Pornography is so pervasive and normalized that children are often unable to ‘opt out’ of violent acts that depict coercive, degrading, or pain-causing behavior. Exposure to pornography among young adults had a negative impact on self-esteem…Pornography consumption among adolescents is associated with increased subsequent sexual, relational, and body dissatisfaction. Researchers say further investigation is needed. ”
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Reactions to the paper have been mixed. Maya Forstater, chief executive of probiology group Sex Matters, which campaigns to protect women and children from transgender ideology, said the report was made by leading figures in the field, including LGBT charity Stonewall. He claimed a hypocritical response to the book. Mr Forstater said Mr Stonewall now welcomed the review, but she had recently made clear that she fundamentally disagreed with the report’s key findings. she insisted.
For example, Forstater said Stonewall called puberty blockers (which Cass has clearly criticized) “essential” for “transgender youth” and that the drugs can be reversed. However, Mr Cass said he disputed this.
Cass’s report tracks a long-standing controversy over the NHS’s attitude towards children who identify as transgender, leading to the planned closure of the Tavistock Clinic, home to the Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) There are concerns. Dr. Cass’s findings. The debate is expected to continue, with Dr Cass himself citing how he was attacked for leading an NHS-commissioned review of transgender clinics. He said it was “very toxic.”
She said: “There are few other fields of medicine where professionals are so afraid to openly discuss their opinions, where people are vilified on social media, and where slander leads to the worst acts of bullying. Stop this. I have to.”
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