06-10-2016, 08:20 PM
(06-10-2016, 03:37 PM)bfine32 Wrote: The article has been peer-reviewed by folks that know more about the subject than you or I.
I doubt the Swedish cohort tried to "spin the truth", but you are entitled to your layman's opinion, if you disagree with the published findings or find them to be "twisted".
Actually, fred's critique is valid.
Quote:Transsexual individuals had been hospitalized for psychiatric morbidity other than gender identity disorder prior to sex reassignment about four times more often than controls.
Furthermore . . .
Quote:For the purpose of evaluating the safety of sex reassignment in terms of morbidity and mortality, however, it is reasonable to compare sex reassigned persons with matched population controls. The caveat with this design is that transsexual persons before sex reassignment might differ from healthy controls (although this bias can be statistically corrected for by adjusting for baseline differences). It is therefore important to note that the current study is only informative with respect to transsexuals persons health after sex reassignment; no inferences can be drawn as to the effectiveness of sex reassignment as a treatment for transsexualism.
Additionally . . .
Quote:Things might have been even worse without sex reassignment.
It is important to read the entire study, not just they parts that support your opinion. One study does not make a consensus because if you read the entire study you would know there is very limited data on this subject at the time of publications, the studies involve very small sample sizes, and there are significant differences from one study to another.
For example . . .
Quote:The most striking result was the high mortality rate in both male-to-females and female-to males, compared to the general population. This contrasts with previous reports (with one exception[8]) that did not find an increased mortality rate after sex reassignment, or only noted an increased risk in certain subgroups.[7], [9], [10], [11]
Then there is the question of . . .
Quote:Transsexualism (ICD-10),[1] or gender identity disorder (DSM-IV),[2] is a condition in which a person's gender identity - the sense of being a man or a woman - contradicts his or her bodily sex characteristics. The individual experiences gender dysphoria and desires to live and be accepted as a member of the opposite sex.
The APA removed Gender Identity Disorder from DSM V after this study was published. That was to stress not every transgender person has dysphoria. This raises the question how many of the 324 "transsexuals" would even be included in this study if it were conducted today?
They aren't spinning the truth, others are spinning the results to support a preconceived agenda.
Really the only true take away from this study is that we need to be really careful not to draw false conclusions or misuse the information for inappropriate purposes.
