Posted on 05/06/2023 9:11:51 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Researchers who recently published their work in the Journal of Sexual Medicine examined the prevalence and efficacy of “gender-affirming” mental healthcare provided to trans-identified children.
Method-wise, using a retrospective cohort design, the researchers “used military healthcare data from 2010-2018 to identify mental healthcare diagnoses and visits, and psychotropic medication prescriptions among TGD [transgender and gender diverse] youth who received care for gender dysphoria before age 18, and their siblings.”
In layman’s terms (I wish medical journals would use more accessible language in their public-facing publications), they looked at the rate at which “transgender” kids sought mental health counseling and how often they were prescribed psychotropic drugs as part of their treatment compared to a non-trans control group comprised of their siblings.
Here were the results:
3,754 TGD adolescents and 6,603 cisgender siblings were included. TGD adolescents were more likely to have a mental health diagnosis (OR 5.45, 95% CI [4.77-6.24]), use more mental healthcare services (IRR 2.22; 95% CI [2.00-2.46]), and be prescribed more psychotropic medications (IRR = 2.57; 95% CI [2.36-2.80]) compared to siblings.
More diagnoses, more therapy, more drugs.
The goal from the perspective of the pharmaceutical and medical industry is clearly to hook children as young as possible on a lifetime supply of drugs and surgeries in order to extract as much profit from them as possible.
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— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) September 20, 2022
Note her emphasis on the benefit to the institution of the ongoing care that the child patients require. This squares with the findings of the Journal of Sexual Medicine study:
Among 963 TGD youth (Mage: 18.2) using gender-affirming pharmaceuticals, mental healthcare did not significantly change (IRR = 1.09, 95% CI [0.95-1.25]) and psychotropic medications increased (IRR = 1.67, 95% CI [1.46-1.91]) following gender-affirming pharmaceutical initiation.
Yeah, you’d think that if a young man went to a Dr. saying he felt like a chick, they’d give him some male hormones and talk some sense into him.
Instead, they dope him up with synthetic estrogen and send him to a “therapist” to help convince him he’s a chick, and give him some stock answers on how to deal with folks that question this disasterous decision.
It’s now unacceptable to even ask for clarification on why this bizarre decision was arrived at.
..... Well .... If that's what it takes ..... Then I guess .... That's what it takes ....
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But it’s not the mental health of the kid that’s important, is it?
It is tantamount to human sacrifice except they don’t actually kill the sacrifice, it eventually kills itself. His or her self. It’s also a little bit like the scientists of the third reich. They experiment on human subjects after implying the consent of the victim.
gun control agenda army
I hear a large dose of fentanyl will solve the problem.
Similar results with anti-anxiety meds (benzodiazapenes) IMO. People reach physical dependence and become another patient for life. The people then suffer horribly.
Bttt
And, in addition to this the suicide rate doubles. About 20% among those who are told they are confused about gender. And, the gullible ones who fall for the lies off themselves at ~40%.
There is legal precedent for this.
I have second-hand anecdotal sample of one. A former jr high student of mine took to wearing dresses. He looked silly since he was a fairly big guy. A colleague kept in touch with him. He went ‘all the way’ and had the surgery. She said he was more depressed than ever after the surgery. Have no idea what became of him.
But I’m not surprised. No matter the surgery, no matter the hormones, these sad souls know that they are living a lie and that no matter what they do the lie is still there. They are not, cannot, will not ever become women. No wonder they are being prescribed more psychotropic drugs.
The Right is confusing drag queen performers with the transgender movement and even a cross-dressing fetish. These aren’t the same or even related.
Doesn't matter ...
If whites in blackface is an offense against blacks, males in drag or transgenders (woman-face) are an offense against women.
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