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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17% of the children had only negative effects but still continued with treatment

Posted by hrahman on 06 Mar 2021 at 18:28 GMT

Close to 1 in 5 of the children had only negative effects but continued with hormone blockade, as well as starting cross sex hormones! This should have been explored by the authors and suggests that the children didn't understand the treatment regime.

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17% of the children had only negative effects but still continued with treatment

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