Trans surgery seekers far more likely to need psychiatric care: study
Research from Finland has suggested that people seeking cosmetic trans surgeries are substantially more likely to need a referral for psychiatric treatment.
The study, published in Acta Paediatrica, looked at just over 2,000 young people who contacted Finnish gender clinics between 1996 and 2019 and compared them with a sample of over 16,600 people from the general population.
Among those seeking gender reassignment, just under half (45.7%) had specialist psychiatric treatment prior to being referred to a gender clinic. By comparison, just 15% of the general population had psychiatric treatment.
After referral to a gender clinic, 61.7% of those referred required specialist psychiatric treatment at least two years after referral.
For those who actually went ahead with gender reassignment (GR), a considerable increase in psychiatric treatment was recorded, jumping from 9.8% to 60.7% for male-to-female transitioners, and from 21.6% to 54.5% for female-to-male transitioners.
The researchers noted that 2010 was a turning point after which there was a significant rise in people seeking gender reassignment. The study found that young people referred after this point were more likely to need psychiatric treatment both before and after gender referral, when compared to before 2010.
The researchers said, “Actually, considerable increases in need for psychiatric treatment were seen among those adolescents who had undergone medical GR, particularly among those seeking to look like a girl.
This article was originally published at Christian Today
