Stop ‘blindly affirming’ gender-confused children, trans professionals advise
From www.christian.org.uk
2022-01-24 08:39:58
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Draft clinical guidance is recommending that gender-confused young people should always undergo a comprehensive mental health assessment rather than simply be prescribed experimental trans-affirming ‘treatments’.The World Professional Association for Transgender Health is advising psychological assessments for young people, who must have experienced gender confusion for “several years”, before issuing hormones. It also recommends informing them of the resulting risks such as the “potential loss of fertility”. However, it has removed its previous requirement for adults to undergo such assessments before accessing hormones.
Blind affirmation
Dr Laura Edwards-Leeper, a co-author of the Standards of Care Version 8 guidance, criticised certain clinics for “blindly affirming” gender-confused adolescents.
Clincial psychologist Erica Anderson added: “These issues of inadequate assessment and what I sometimes called hasty or sloppy care have resulted in potential…
