Short-term outcomes of pubertal suppression in a selected cohort of 12 to 15 year old young people with persistent gender dysphoria in the UK

Polly Carmichael; Gary Butler; Una Masic; Tim J. Cole; Bianca L. De Stavola; Sarah Davidson; Elin M. Skageberg; Sophie Khadr; Russell M. Viner

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0243894

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Short-term outcomes of pubertal suppression in a selected cohort of 12 to 15 year old young people with persistent gender dysphoria in the UK

Polly Carmichael ,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: PCarmichael@tavi-port.nhs.uk

Affiliation Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Gary Butler,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, Paediatric Endocrine Service, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Una Masic,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Tim J. Cole,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Bianca L. De Stavola,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Sarah Davidson,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Elin M. Skageberg,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

Affiliation Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Sophie Khadr,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Russell M. Viner

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3047-2247

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Short-term outcomes of pubertal suppression in a selected cohort of 12 to 15 year old young people with persistent gender dysphoria in the UK

Polly Carmichael,
Gary Butler,
Una Masic,
Tim J. Cole,
Bianca L. De Stavola,
Sarah Davidson,
Elin M. Skageberg,
Sophie Khadr,
Russell M. Viner

Published: February 2, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243894

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IQ should have been tested

Posted by PHayes on 12 Feb 2021 at 18:16 GMT

Intellectual functioning may impact on psychological functioning. It is unfortunate, therefore, that the study did not give the young people IQ tests before and after GnRHa treatment. Where such tests have been carried out, the results suggest that IQ is lower after treatment (1, 2, 3).
Peter Hayes

(1) Mul, D., Versluis-den Bieman, H. J. M., Slijper, F. M. E., Oostdijk, W., Waelkens, J. J. J., and Drop, S. L. S. (2001). Psychological assessments before and after treatment of early puberty in adopted children. Acta Paediatr. 90, 965–971. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2001.tb01349.x
(2) Wojniusz, S., Callens, N., Sütterlin, S., Andersson, S., De Schepper, J., Gies, I., et al. (2016). Cognitive, emotional, and psychosocial functioning of girls treated with pharmacological puberty blockage for idiopathic central precocious puberty. Front. Psychol. 7:1053. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01053
(3) Hayes, P. (2017). Commentary: Cognitive, Emotional, and Psychosocial Functioning of Girls Treated with Pharmacological Puberty Blockage for Idiopathic Central Precocious Puberty. Front. Psychol. 8:44. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00044

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Short-term outcomes of pubertal suppression in a selected cohort of 12 to 15 year old young people with persistent gender dysphoria in the UK

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IQ should have been tested

Posted by PHayes on 12 Feb 2021 at 18:16 GMT