EXCLUSIVE – An insider at MaineHealth, one of the largest systems in the state, who is familiar with patient care information – including adolescents – is speaking out about transgender children who are taking hormonal pharmaceuticals for chemical sex changes and subsequently showing up with serious mental health crises, including psychotic breaks from reality, in acute emergency settings.

The source made their concerns known to Do No Harm, an organization seeking to restore the medical field to science-based care.

Patients with psych emergencies are admitted to the emergency room in severe scenarios when urgent stabilization is needed. Psych-related emergency room visits are due to the patient being a danger to themselves or others, verbal threats of violence, hallucinations, cutting themselves, and attempting suicide.