Current Events > Transgender psychological distress is reduced 222% if they transition as teens.

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Odds of severe psychological distress were reduced by 222 per cent for those who began taking hormones in early adolescence

Transgender people who start their hormones as teenagers have far better mental health than if they wait until adulthood, new research says.

Experts have found that transgender people who begin hormone treatment in adolescence had fewer suicidal thoughts, were less likely to experience major mental health disorders and had fewer problems with substance abuse than those who started hormones later in life.

The study, which was led by the Stanford University School of Medicine, gathered data from the largest-ever survey of US transgender adults where 27,715 people responded in 2015.

Researchers found that, as well as fewer mental health concerns when taking the drugs as teenagers, those who took the drugs at any age had better mental health than those who wanted them but had never received them.

Of the people surveyed, 21,598 reported they had received the hormones they wanted. Of these people, 119 began hormones at age 14 or 15; 362 at age 16 and 17 and 12,157 following their 18th birthday.

Some 8,860 people surveyed said they wanted but never received hormone therapy and acted as the control group for the study.

Odds of severe psychological distress were reduced by 222 per cent, 153 per cent and 81 per cent for those who began hormones in early adolescence, late adolescence and adulthood, respectively.

Odds of feeling suicidal in the previous year were 135 per cent lower in those who began hormones in early adolescence, 62 per cent lower in those who began in late adolescence and 21 per cent lower in those who began as adults, compared with the control group

Dr Jack Turban, lead author on the study and expert in paediatric and adolescent psychiatry at Stanford Medicine, said: This study is particularly relevant now because many state legislatures are introducing bills that would outlaw this kind of care for transgender youth.

We are adding to the evidence base that shows why gender-affirming care is beneficial from a mental health perspective.

In the UK, hormone drugs can only be given to people from the age of 16 who have been on puberty blockers for at least 12 months.

Last September, the UK Court of Appeal overturned a judgment that children under the age of 16 considering gender reassignment were unlikely to be mature enough to give informed consent to be prescribed puberty-blocking drugs.

Full Article: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/transgender-hormones-teenager-mental-health-b1991724.html
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In America at least.

It's good to have more evidence to point to, but sadly a lot of folks on the other side of this argument are not swayed by evidence.

Anyone with a brain knows this.

More evidence it should be protected and parents shouldn't have a say.

GrandConjuraton posted...

Anyone with a brain knows this.

Always good to have data

Face validity is weak and often harmful

Makes sense.

All that stuff about people regretting transitioning is made-up crap by fascists. Its something super low like 2% of people who transition that end up regretting it and even then its nearly always because their parents/others in their environment are shitty to them about being trans.

Shablagoo posted...

Makes sense.

All that stuff about people regretting transitioning is made-up crap by fascists. Its something super low like 2% of people who transition that end up regretting it and even then its usually because their parents/others in their environment are shitty to them about being trans.

How can you say its made up and 2% of cases?

Less than 2% of the population is transgender, by your logic this means they don't exist

don't dismiss people because its inconvenient dude. People who transitioned and regret it still matter

You're being very disrespectful

Shablagoo posted...

Makes sense.

All that stuff about people regretting transitioning is made-up crap by fascists. Its something super low like 2% of people who transition that end up regretting it and even then its nearly always because their parents/others in their environment are shitty to them about being trans.

I also wonder how many of that already tiny percentage agree with their regret fueling anti transition movements. My guess is almost none.

Horrorbooksguy posted...

I also wonder how many of that already tiny percentage agree with their regret fueling anti transition movements. My guess is almost none.

For sure, thanks for adding that.

Intro2Logic posted...

It's good to have more evidence to point to, but sadly a lot of folks on the other side of this argument are not swayed by evidence.

I dunno if this is a "both sides" thing.

With the one exception of transgenders in sports, in which the activists can be fucking loopy. I haven't really heard any of the LGBT people be opposed to evidence, since it historically has, currently does, and looks like in the future will continue to completely help and support their cause.

The denial of evidence is near entirely from the religious and the right wing. Which has a huge overlap. They don't like being challenged and facts/data are secondary to their personal beliefs. Guys who could stand in the rain and claim it's dry because God told them it was dry

Teenagers are already a host of imbalanced hormones and anxiety without throwing gender dysphoria into the mix. I'm not surprised by these results.

I wonder how many regret it or reverse course if any

But I'm happy to see bnn the subject evolving

Intro2Logic posted...

It's good to have more evidence to point to, but sadly a lot of folks on the other side of this argument are not swayed by evidence.

It's because they don't think of trans people as people.

Just to nitpick the unusual statistics, you can't really get a 222% reduction in odds. The study has the the adjusted odds ratio for severe psychological distress for past month for adolescents in the 14-15 age group at 0.3, but doesn't detail the adjustments. The equivalent relative risk reduction would likely be around a 55% decrease compared to those in the group that never had hormone therapy (it would be that the no hormone therapy group have a 222% increase in odds ratio instead, or around a 120% increase in relative risk).

Still though, 55% is a significant drop, that's good news.

The actual research article is here, if interested - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0261039

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That was my point

Shablagoo was arguing that they don't exist/matter since it's a minority and inconveient to acklowedge them for his personal beliefs.

Which to me is despicable and not that different from bigots dismissing Transgenders because they are small in number.

Don't dehumanize people just because

1. It makes it harder for you to generalize
2. There's not many of them

That's a horrible path to go down and I want to challenge it right off the bat.

Shocker!

222% reduction would be -122% which makes no sense. I think they meant that people without hormones were 222% more likely to experience severe distress.

Everyone knows this stuff already, if they are honest about trans issues.

UnfairRepresent posted...

Last September, the UK Court of Appeal overturned a judgment that children under the age of 16 considering gender reassignment were unlikely to be mature enough to give informed consent to be prescribed puberty-blocking drugs.

Oh I haven't heard about that. Good to know.

As one who transitioned after puberty, 10000000%. Going through the equivalent of hundreds and even thousands of hours of electrolysis, having your bones grow the wrong way, and dealing with a terrible voice box absolutely fucking sucks.