60+ Studies: No Mental Health Benefits to ‘Transgender’ Treatments

The American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) just announced that its review of more than 60 studies caused its conclusion that “social transition, puberty blockers, and cross-sex hormones have no demonstrable, long-term benefit on psychosocial well-being of adolescents with gender dysphoria.” Therefore, the group is urging different and more effective treatments versus “transgender” so-called treatments.

ACPeds VP Dr. Jane Anderson, who was also the review’s main author, said, “We urge medical professionals and parents to affirm the truth about childhood gender dysphoria in the presence of harmful thoughts and address the underlying mental illness, adverse events, and family dysfunction.” Children who claim to be the opposite sex (a biological impossibility)—especially in our current LGBTQ-crazy environment—need help in sorting through some sort of trauma or depression, not assistance in damaging their bodies. The medical and educational and political establishments are pushing transgenderism, but it is unnatural and terrible for young people.

ACPeds’ review provided more details of the evidence it examined, including the fact that the risk of suicide for “transgenders” who do not transition is exaggerated, frightening parents and adolescents into transgender “treatments”. LGB adults are more likely to have experienced abuse as children, and “transgender” adolescents and adults are more likely to have experienced multiple adverse childhood experiences—in other words, these people need help working through trauma, not body mutilation.

This high level of childhood trauma among “transgenders” explains why they are often found at a higher risk of depression and suicide; it’s because of their past trauma. Ultimately, the review found that transgender ideology can make people dependent on medical “treatments” for life, but it does not improve their mental health.

From the review:

‘Adolescents who have a gender identity not congruent with their biological sex have an increased incidence of mental health issues, including depression and suicidal ideation. Both before and after “gender affirming therapy” (GAT), adolescents who have gender-identity incongruence are at higher risk for psychopathology than their peers who identify with their biological sex.  Previous adverse childhood experiences may play a major role in that psychopathology and needs to be explored in helping these patients.  There are no long-term studies demonstrating benefits nor studies evaluating risks associated with the medical and surgical interventions provided to these adolescents.  There is no long-term evidence that mental health concerns are decreased or alleviated after “gender affirming therapy.” Many individuals who have been treated with “GAT” later regret those interventions and seek to align their gender identity with their sex. Because of the risks of social, medical, and surgical interventions, many European countries are now cautioning against these interventions while encouraging mental health therapy.’

ACPeds President Dr. Michael Artigues, who actually cares more about helping children than pushing a political narrative, summed it up, “The studies reviewed in this paper demonstrate what many who practice medicine intuitively understand that young patients experiencing gender dysphoria deserve help in accepting and loving themselves as they are, not interventions that destroy their healthy bodies and put them on track of  medicalization for life.”