Neurotic_Bakeder t1_j22iwyi wrote
Reply to comment by Netan_MalDoran in Anti-transgender legislation associated with suicide-related Internet searches when the state had a high LGBT population density. by Respawan
Source please!
Netan_MalDoran t1_j22ojfg wrote
Here's one study I found. They were determining if gender affirming care helped reduce mental illness and suicide and had looked at correlations of the two in Sweden.
Ultimately a correction to the study was published that they were unable to determine if gender affirming care helped or not, but the raw data from the study appears to still be useful.
https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19010080
Neurotic_Bakeder t1_j22rfkj wrote
? I don't know if you read a very different study than I did but that's not what this seems to say.
The purpose of this study was to track anxiety & mood disorder prevalence among trans people, by looking at rates of treatment/medication, and to see if hormone treatment or surgery had an effect on the rates of mental health treatment trans people seek out.
They found that most people getting hormone therapy for a long time seek out mental health support at about the same rate as those who have just started. For surgeries, they found that, the more time that passes since that surgery, the less mental health support trans people seek out. That indicates that gender affirming surgery is helpful and has a positive effect on trans people's mental health.
You are correct that trans people experience mental health struggles at a higher rate than others, but you've got it backwards - once you support the gender issues, the mental health stuff gets easier.
DOI that comes up for your link: https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2019.19010080
Nivekuh t1_j22tj3c wrote
It’s common knowledge that people suffering from gender dysphoria also suffer from higher levels of impacted mental health (likely as a result of gender dysphoria in the first place, as mentioned in the study you linked), but do you have a source for your second, much less intuitive statement?
The study and data only suggests that gender-affirming surgeries may reduce suicide attempts and utilization of mental health treatments, and doesn’t at all support your statement that gender dysphoria disappears when mental health issues are addressed (even after the corrections, the authors pretty much say the opposite, in fact - that mental health is expected to improve when gender dysphoria is addressed).
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