Jan 24, 2025 01:51 AM
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Over similar time period, mental stress and health risks in general have also exploded for girls with respect to social media use. This looks like a social contagion spread by excessive smartphone preoccupation and online environment interactions. Vaguely akin to members of a cult performing a self-diagnosis upon themselves and then mutually reinforcing that shared belief in a detrimental and incrementally accelerating manner, as well as feeding each other's paranoia.
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Likely 50-fold rise in prevalence of gender related distress from 2011-21 in England
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1071183
EXCERPT: . . . If this pattern were repeated nationally, it would mean more than 10,000 people aged 18 and under had a diagnosis of gender dysphoria in 2021, equivalent to 1 in 1200 compared with under 200 in 2011, equivalent to 1 in 60,000.
And from 2015 onwards, the numbers of cases rose more rapidly in those recorded as female than those recorded as male by their family doctors, and were around twice as high by 2021.
While new cases of gender dysphoria increased with age, they were rarely recorded in those under the age of 11 and recorded prevalence was highest in 17–18 year olds, reaching 42 per 10,000 by 2021 (around 0.4% of this age group).
Of the total number of those with gender dysphoria, 176 (nearly 5%) were prescribed puberty blockers; 302 (8%) were prescribed masculinising/feminising hormones; and 1994 (53%) had concurrent anxiety, depression, or self-harm recorded.
And compared with their matched peers with autism or eating disorders, recorded rates of anxiety were similar while rates of depression and self harm were higher for those with gender dysphoria. Rates were particularly high for those with multiple conditions: gender dysphoria and an autism spectrum condition, for example.
And although depression was more common in females than in males, and increased in frequency with age in all three groups, depression was recorded significantly more frequently in those with gender dysphoria, particularly for those recorded as male, as was self harm.
“Levels of observed anxiety and depression have been increasing in children and young people in general over the last two decades for complex and contested reasons, challenging health, education and social services, and those experiencing gender dysphoria/incongruence are at particular risk,” note the researchers.
And they conclude: “There is an urgent need to tackle vulnerability to mental health difficulties and improve mental health support for children and young people experiencing gender dysphoria/ incongruence.
“Primary care services require support and guidance to ensure effective coordination of care for children and young people with multiple complex needs."
In a second study based on the feedback of those seeking gender identity treatment and their parents, as well as former recipients, access to timely care was a live issue for all the interviewees.,,(MORE - details, no ads)
PAPER: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327992
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Likely 50-fold rise in prevalence of gender related distress from 2011-21 in England
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1071183
EXCERPT: . . . If this pattern were repeated nationally, it would mean more than 10,000 people aged 18 and under had a diagnosis of gender dysphoria in 2021, equivalent to 1 in 1200 compared with under 200 in 2011, equivalent to 1 in 60,000.
And from 2015 onwards, the numbers of cases rose more rapidly in those recorded as female than those recorded as male by their family doctors, and were around twice as high by 2021.
While new cases of gender dysphoria increased with age, they were rarely recorded in those under the age of 11 and recorded prevalence was highest in 17–18 year olds, reaching 42 per 10,000 by 2021 (around 0.4% of this age group).
Of the total number of those with gender dysphoria, 176 (nearly 5%) were prescribed puberty blockers; 302 (8%) were prescribed masculinising/feminising hormones; and 1994 (53%) had concurrent anxiety, depression, or self-harm recorded.
And compared with their matched peers with autism or eating disorders, recorded rates of anxiety were similar while rates of depression and self harm were higher for those with gender dysphoria. Rates were particularly high for those with multiple conditions: gender dysphoria and an autism spectrum condition, for example.
And although depression was more common in females than in males, and increased in frequency with age in all three groups, depression was recorded significantly more frequently in those with gender dysphoria, particularly for those recorded as male, as was self harm.
“Levels of observed anxiety and depression have been increasing in children and young people in general over the last two decades for complex and contested reasons, challenging health, education and social services, and those experiencing gender dysphoria/incongruence are at particular risk,” note the researchers.
And they conclude: “There is an urgent need to tackle vulnerability to mental health difficulties and improve mental health support for children and young people experiencing gender dysphoria/ incongruence.
“Primary care services require support and guidance to ensure effective coordination of care for children and young people with multiple complex needs."
In a second study based on the feedback of those seeking gender identity treatment and their parents, as well as former recipients, access to timely care was a live issue for all the interviewees.,,(MORE - details, no ads)
PAPER: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327992