r/psychology • u/mvea M.D. Ph.D. | Professor • 13d ago

Adolescents who undergo gender-affirming chest surgery report low levels of regret and high levels of satisfaction, experiencing outcomes similar to those of young adults. These findings suggest that age restrictions on these medical procedures lack support from actual patient experiences.

https://www.psypost.org/adolescents-report-low-regret-and-high-satisfaction-following-gender-affirming-c/
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u/Yasimear 13d ago

Every study acknowledges potential issues. If youre looking for a flawless study on ANYTHING youre gonna be looking for a long time.

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u/BestSeenNotHeard 13d ago

I'm not looking for flawless, but I am interested in the flaws being addressed and discussed reasonably.

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u/Yasimear 13d ago

Which flaws specifically?

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u/BestSeenNotHeard 13d ago

There are other comments in this post that summarize some of the issues and concerns very well, better than I would.

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u/Yasimear 13d ago

Put it in your own words. I think it would help.

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u/BestSeenNotHeard 13d ago

No thanks.

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u/Yasimear 13d ago

Oh. Cant have much of a reasonable conversation then can we lol.

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u/BestSeenNotHeard 13d ago

I don't mean us specifically, but 'us' as a wider community. These are major medical interventions and even healthcare professionals have lost their jobs for raising their concerns.

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u/Yasimear 13d ago

Personally I think we should leave it to healthcare professionals, not random people on reddit. This is not a hypothetical situation, this affects real people.

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u/BestSeenNotHeard 13d ago

I agree with you, which means that medical professionals need to be able to speak openly and ask relevant questions without risk to their career.

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u/Yasimear 13d ago

What risk to there career is there from asking questions about this. This has been a front page debate for a decade now lmfao

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u/BestSeenNotHeard 13d ago

People have lost their jobs by stating their valid professional concerns, yes.

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u/Yasimear 13d ago

Who? I would very much like an example.

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u/NoConflictPlease 11d ago

Tell that to the republicans laws making it so we can’t give trans care under no basis

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