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To judge that, we would have to have some idea whether they actually reduce the risk of suicide. "...a negative association found many years after treatment is
by mpweiher 4y ago
To judge that, we would have to have some idea whether they actually reduce the risk of suicide.
"...a negative association found many years after treatment is compatible with three scenarios: puberty blockers reduced suicidal ideation; puberty blockers had no effect on suicidal ideation; puberty blockers increased suicidal ideation, albeit not enough to counteract the initial negative effect of psychological problems on eligibility. Turban et al. (2020, p. 7) acknowledged that “the study’s cross-sectional design…does not allow for determination of causation.”"
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-020-01743-6 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-020-01743-6
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- vidarh 4y agoOh, look, instead of looking for actual evidence, you double down on trying to justify the choice of a known transphobic activist. Google a bit deeper. Of course, given your growing number of comments in this thread flagged for your own transphobic responses it's not surprising.
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- dang 4y agoPlease don't respond to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That only makes things worse. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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