Speaking of the trans issue..did you see
the story yesterday about the NIH funded study on the psychological effects of gender treatments on adolescents?
The study got $9.7M in NIH funding -- and the findings have thus far not been published because the researcher didn't want them to become political fodder for people who oppose these treatments for adolescents.
In the nine years since the study was funded by the National Institutes of Health, and as medical care for this small group of adolescents became a searing issue in U.S. politics, Olson-Kennedy’s team has not published the data. Asked why, she said the findings might fuel the kind of political attacks that have led to bans of youth gender treatments in more than 20 states, one of which will soon be considered by the Supreme Court.
“I do not want our work to be weaponized,” she said. “It has to be exactly on point, clear and concise. And that takes time.”
Essentially, the study concluded that the treatments did not bring the psychological benefits that an earlier Dutch study had found. Her explanation was that this was because the subjects were all doing fine when they came in -- so there was no improvement to be had. But that's odd -- because the argument has long been that these kids were deeply distressed and depressed until and unless they could get treatments.
