06-10-2016, 03:32 PM
(06-10-2016, 03:19 PM)bfine32 Wrote: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3043071/
Here's one study:
Conclusions
Persons with transsexualism, after sex reassignment, have considerably higher risks for mortality, suicidal behaviour, and psychiatric morbidity than the general population. Our findings suggest that sex reassignment, although alleviating gender dysphoria, may not suffice as treatment for transsexualism, and should inspire improved psychiatric and somatic care after sex reassignment for this patient group.
The conclusion is flawed because it fails to mention that persons with transsexualism, who DON'T HAVE sex reassignment, also have considerably higher risks for mortality, suicidal behavior, and psychiatric morbidity than the general population.
It is very difficult to tell how much these problems are due to the way society treats transexuals and how much they might be related to emotional/psychological problems. And this study is classic example of how some people try to spin the truth in order to make people with gender dysphoria look even worse.
