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Post by annaj26 on Jul 29, 2016 12:18:03 GMT -5
Transgender Identity Is Not a Mental Health Disorder, Study Finds People who identify as transgender should not be considered to have a mental health disorder, according to a new study from Mexico. The World Health Organization currently lists transgender identity as a mental health disorder, and the new study is the first in a series of research aimed at finding out whether this categorization is apt. The study will be repeated in Brazil, France, India, Lebanon and South Africa, according to the researchers. In the new study, published today (July 26) in the journal The Lancet Psychiatry, the researchers investigated whether the distress and dysfunction associated with transgender identity were the result of social rejection and stigmatization or an inherent part of being transgender. [5 Controversial Mental Health Treatments] Experiencing "distress and dysfunction" is often considered a defining feature of having a mental health disorder, according to the study. But other factors can cause these feelings as well, including experiencing rejection or stigmatization. The researchers interviewed 250 transgender people in Mexico City. The people in the study reported at what age they first became aware of having a transgender identity, as well as their experiences of psychological distress, social rejection, difficulty functioning in their daily life, and violence, according to the study. The researchers found that 76 percent of the participants reported experiencing social rejection, and 63 percent reported being the victim of violence as a result of their gender identity. In many cases, social rejection and violence against transgender individuals occurred within families. (The frequency with which such acts occurred within participants' own families was "particularly disturbing," the researchers wrote.) Using a statistical analysis, the researchers found that social rejection and violence were strong indicators that a transgender person would experience distress and dysfunction. Having a transgender identity, on the other hand, was not a predictor of stress or dysfunction, they found. "Our findings support the idea that distress and dysfunction may be the result of stigmatization and maltreatment, rather than integral aspects of transgender identity,” Rebeca Robles, a researcher at the Mexican National Institute of Psychiatry and the lead author of the study, said in a statement. In other words, the distress and dysfunction that the transgender individuals reported in the study was more likely the result of being treated with prejudice, rather than inherent to having a transgender identity in and of itself. "This study highlights the need for policies and programs to reduce stigmatization and victimization of" people with transgender identities, Robles said. The removal of transgender diagnoses from the classification of mental disorders can be a useful part of those efforts," she said. www.yahoo.com/news/transgender-identity-not-mental-health-disorder-study-finds-161031018.html
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Post by mouse on Jul 30, 2016 7:18:55 GMT -5
who ever thought it was a mental disorder  ? it must be terrible to be in the wrong body as it were..and a huge step to admitting it and then doing some thing about it at the same time the reaction from family and friends to transgender is understandable as is the reaction of a different kind of the wider public who don't even know the person it tales a while for the population at large to come to terms with new norms and practises and not to be shocked[perhaps shocked is not the word]more to be comfortable with big societal cultural and medical changes and they have been coming thick and fast in the last few years """"policies and programs to reduce stigmatization and victimization of" people with transgender identities""" much can be done to reduce stigmatisation...it rather like homosexuality which is sometimes hindered and reduced to ridicule by those involved..those who go over the top do not help their cause |
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Post by annaj26 on Jul 30, 2016 8:07:48 GMT -5
who ever thought it was a mental disorder ? it must be terrible to be in the wrong body as it were..and a huge step to admitting it and then doing some thing about it at the same time the reaction from family and friends to transgender is understandable as is the reaction of a different kind of the wider public who don't even know the person it tales a while for the population at large to come to terms with new norms and practises and not to be shocked[perhaps shocked is not the word]more to be comfortable with big societal cultural and medical changes and they have been coming thick and fast in the last few years """"policies and programs to reduce stigmatization and victimization of" people with transgender identities""" much can be done to reduce stigmatisation...it rather like homosexuality which is sometimes hindered and reduced to ridicule by those involved..those who go over the top do not help their cause Not you apparently. lol But there are too many people who believe that idea, about the same as believe GLBT people are evil and possessed by the devil. Get out and about in the world and you'll invariably run into them. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2016 18:17:42 GMT -5
They will never be fully male or female so a special category is needed for them.
You can have surgeries and take hormones but dna doesn't lie.
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Post by Chelonian on Jul 30, 2016 20:23:46 GMT -5
They will never be fully male or female so a special category is needed for them. You can have surgeries and take hormones but dna doesn't lie. What about hermaphrodites? They do exist. And it doesn't matter what DNA says. Our DNA makes up our brain too. |
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Post by Chelonian on Jul 30, 2016 20:24:41 GMT -5
Transgender Identity Is Not a Mental Health Disorder, Study Finds People who identify as transgender should not be considered to have a mental health disorder, according to a new study from Mexico. The World Health Organization currently lists transgender identity as a mental health disorder, and the new study is the first in a series of research aimed at finding out whether this categorization is apt. The study will be repeated in Brazil, France, India, Lebanon and South Africa, according to the researchers. In the new study, published today (July 26) in the journal The Lancet Psychiatry, the researchers investigated whether the distress and dysfunction associated with transgender identity were the result of social rejection and stigmatization or an inherent part of being transgender. [5 Controversial Mental Health Treatments] Experiencing "distress and dysfunction" is often considered a defining feature of having a mental health disorder, according to the study. But other factors can cause these feelings as well, including experiencing rejection or stigmatization. The researchers interviewed 250 transgender people in Mexico City. The people in the study reported at what age they first became aware of having a transgender identity, as well as their experiences of psychological distress, social rejection, difficulty functioning in their daily life, and violence, according to the study. The researchers found that 76 percent of the participants reported experiencing social rejection, and 63 percent reported being the victim of violence as a result of their gender identity. In many cases, social rejection and violence against transgender individuals occurred within families. (The frequency with which such acts occurred within participants' own families was "particularly disturbing," the researchers wrote.) Using a statistical analysis, the researchers found that social rejection and violence were strong indicators that a transgender person would experience distress and dysfunction. Having a transgender identity, on the other hand, was not a predictor of stress or dysfunction, they found. "Our findings support the idea that distress and dysfunction may be the result of stigmatization and maltreatment, rather than integral aspects of transgender identity,” Rebeca Robles, a researcher at the Mexican National Institute of Psychiatry and the lead author of the study, said in a statement. In other words, the distress and dysfunction that the transgender individuals reported in the study was more likely the result of being treated with prejudice, rather than inherent to having a transgender identity in and of itself. "This study highlights the need for policies and programs to reduce stigmatization and victimization of" people with transgender identities, Robles said. The removal of transgender diagnoses from the classification of mental disorders can be a useful part of those efforts," she said. www.yahoo.com/news/transgender-identity-not-mental-health-disorder-study-finds-161031018.html It's amazing that we pay scientists thousands to tell us something so obvious. |
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Post by mouse on Jul 31, 2016 2:50:45 GMT -5
who ever thought it was a mental disorder ? it must be terrible to be in the wrong body as it were..and a huge step to admitting it and then doing some thing about it at the same time the reaction from family and friends to transgender is understandable as is the reaction of a different kind of the wider public who don't even know the person it tales a while for the population at large to come to terms with new norms and practises and not to be shocked[perhaps shocked is not the word]more to be comfortable with big societal cultural and medical changes and they have been coming thick and fast in the last few years """"policies and programs to reduce stigmatization and victimization of" people with transgender identities""" much can be done to reduce stigmatisation...it rather like homosexuality which is sometimes hindered and reduced to ridicule by those involved..those who go over the top do not help their cause Not you apparently. lol But there are too many people who believe that idea, about the same as believe GLBT people are evil and possessed by the devil. Get out and about in the world and you'll invariably run into them. there will always be people who see A B C as evil..suddenly well not suddenly we have people who believe in witches etc and those who think body parts of animals and people are magic in the UK and evil can be beaten out of children.....I some times wonder why we ever thought we could crawl out the slime and stand upright |
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Post by mouse on Jul 31, 2016 2:59:09 GMT -5
They will never be fully male or female so a special category is needed for them. You can have surgeries and take hormones but dna doesn't lie. and that's the biggy isn't it Cheff where this group of people really stand in society...it a much bigger issue than taking hormones and changing apearence via dress and make up...the mind alone is a huge problem so we have to allow that its a huge mind problem for those family/friemds and the wider community trouble is the wider community are expected to accept and understand without question any thing which can be done medically or via the law......without taking human nature in to the equasion |
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Post by annaj26 on Jul 31, 2016 21:48:53 GMT -5
They will never be fully male or female so a special category is needed for them. You can have surgeries and take hormones but dna doesn't lie. and that's the biggy isn't it Cheff where this group of people really stand in society...it a much bigger issue than taking hormones and changing apearence via dress and make up...the mind alone is a huge problem so we have to allow that its a huge mind problem for those family/friemds and the wider community trouble is the wider community are expected to accept and understand without question any thing which can be done medically or via the law......without taking human nature in to the equasion Add religion in there, too. There, we're sometimes expected to understand what's beyond understanding. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 1, 2016 2:55:40 GMT -5
They will never be fully male or female so a special category is needed for them. You can have surgeries and take hormones but dna doesn't lie. What about hermaphrodites? They do exist. And it doesn't matter what DNA says. Our DNA makes up our brain too. hermapadites are a different class of people than transgender. |
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