A study out of Finland tells us what every sane person already knows: gender dysphoria is not only a symptom of mental illness, but medical treatment for gender dysphoria doesn’t cure that mental illness or provide relief from its symptoms.

The study out of Finland was published in the journal European Psychiatry, published by Cambridge University Press.

The lead author of the new study is also the author of a study, not yet peer-reviewed, which she presented at the @SEGM_EBM conference in October, finding that gender-transition treatment in Finnish youths was not linked to a lower suicide death rate: https://t.co/Dm7f6zcvoi pic.twitter.com/zXoWK6j0NS

— Benjamin Ryan (@benryanwriter) December 1, 2023

One of the slanders aimed at critics of gender ideology is that we are indifferent to the pain of gender-confused children. Nothing could be further from the truth: our argument is actually that the medical transition of these kids compounds the harm that already exists.

The proper treatment for mental illness is not to break out the hormones and scalpels but rather to treat the underlying cause of gender dysphoria, which has its origins in psychiatric dysfunction.

The GD group had received many times more specialist-level psychiatric treatment both before and after contacting specialized GIS than had their matched controls. A marked increase over time in psychiatric needs was observed. Among the GD group, relative risk for psychiatric needs after contacting GIS increased from 3.3 among those with the first appointment in GIS during 1996–2000 to 4.6 when the first appointment in GIS was in 2016–2019. When index period and psychiatric treatment before contacting GIS were accounted for, GR patients who had and who had not proceeded to medical GR had an equal risk compared to controls of needing subsequent psychiatric treatment.

Conclusion

Contacting specialized GIS is on the increase and occurs at ever younger ages and with more psychiatric needs. Manifold psychiatric needs persist regardless of medical GR.

None of this should surprise anybody. What should surprise you is that an entire industry and ideological movement has been created based on exactly zero evidence that the dangerous treatments being given to children will benefit them in any way.

You are probably aware that as the United States has quickly adopted a “full speed ahead” approach to medically transitioning children, Europe has slammed on the brakes to procedures that were developed there in the first place. Sweden, Finland, the UK, Switzerland and others have essentially abandoned gender transitions for children based on the complete lack of evidence that it helps kids.

LGBT-friendly Sweden cuts ties with WPATH, reiterates psychotherapy as the default treatment for gender dysphoria. Hormones reserved only for the most extreme cases.

This is “conversion therapy,” per ⁦Biden administration and ⁦@AmerAcadPeds⁩ https://t.co/2I0T9tL2JF

— Leor Sapir (@LeorSapir) December 25, 2022

Americans are being sold a bill of goods on gender transition and gender ideology.

Unfortunately, I fear that no amount of evidence will change people’s minds on this issue. We are amid a mania similar to the insanity surrounding COVID-19. Until it burns out, kids will be subject to damaging experimental treatments that will leave them even more harmed than they were before the butchers got ahold of them.

One thing that would help would be a massive legal movement against the doctors pushing this madness. You have to cost them billions of dollars to stop them, and the more personal liability, the better. They know they are doing harm but won’t even engage in a rational discussion of the dangers. Instead, they push harmful “treatments” and reap the riches.

Listen to this genius, Dr. Marci Bowers — a man who is openly spitballing on a zoom call about what to do with all these boys who start puberty blockers at Tanner Stage 2 — none of whom have ever been able to have an orgasm as an adult. pic.twitter.com/NbC8DfINxc

— Billboard Chris 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@BillboardChris) April 11, 2023

Dysphorias are mental illnesses. It is literally a feeling, which is a mental condition. Telling a kid with a mental illness that they need surgery and hormones that will render them infertile and worse is malpractice.

Doctors should be made to pay. A lot.