
SEGM
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Society for Evidence-Based Gender Medicine. Promoting ethical and evidence-informed healthcare for children, adolescents & young adults. (Formerly SEGMtweets)
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📢The American Society of Plastic Surgeons decided to put evidence above politics in the care of gender-dysphoric youth. We're thrilled to announce that the past president of American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) will speak at SEGM's upcoming conference in DC Nov 5-7. Register for in-person & online⬇️
SEGM116,758 просмотров • 2 дней назад

ASPS now recommends delaying gender-related surgery until at least 19, a direct rebuttal to claims that adolescent autonomy justifies on-demand mastectomy. As Bioethicist Dr. Gorin explains, autonomy is the right to refuse treatment, not a right to receive it. /1
SEGM78,554 просмотров • 7 месяцев назад

🎦 What are the antecedents of a new gender identity? Psychiatrist Stephen Levine argues that there are usually multiple contributing factors, advancing his hypothesis that a new gender identity may be an unconscious, maladaptive response to despair, self-disappointment, or family distress. /1
SEGM17,911 просмотров • 4 месяцев назад

Dr. Mikael Landén from Sweden's Karolinska explains why short-term research into hormone treatments of gender-dysphoric youth is unreliable. Instead, new research should focus on "natural history": we must find out if gender dysphoria in this new group remits spontaneously. 1/2
SEGM26,150 просмотров • 9 месяцев назад
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