Transgenderism Is A Mental Disorder.

[Black Panther]

According to the DSM-V (the most current Diagnostic and Statistic Manual of Mental Disorders), Gender Identity Disorder--or Gender Dysphoria, better known as transgenderism--is still listed as a mental disorder.

The advised treatment for gender dysphoria is usually hormone therapy and/or sexual re-assignment surgery. In essence, the treatment seems to allow people to indulge in their discomfort with their biological sex, rather than to address the reasoning behind their discomfort.

This also seems to break with treatment methods of other mental issues that produce strong feelings of dysphoria--including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder--where the goal is to address and expose the reasoning behind the cause of discomforting feelings.

In short, if a schizophrenic person suffers from intense delusions that the government is out to destroy their lives with zero evidence of that fact, the treatment is not, and should not be, focused on allowing them to believe the delusions.

According to a joint study by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the Williams Institute, the approved treatment for gender dysphoria may not be as effective as previously thought.

The study reported that transgender persons are among the most high-risk groups for suicide attempts, at 45% of transgender persons between the ages of 18 and 44 attempting suicide vs. ~4% of the general population (page 7). In addition, lifetime suicide rates remain high after approved treatment, and actually is slightly higher than those who have not undergone treatment at 45-46% (page 14).

In an article by Science Daily, 30% of youth who identify as trans have attempted suicide, and 42% have reported instances of self-harm.

With that being said, signs are pointing towards the feelings of discomfort with one's gender being delusional and not legitimate.

 

[Meta Reign]

Bro don't try it. The dudes in this forum have literally given up their common sense to sit at the alter of politically motivated science. Just as they CHOOSE to sit at the alter of fake news.

They have ZERO ability to question establishment/status quo ideals or thought in any way, shape, or manner.

 

[Kokoro]

Not in my opinion

 

[Rekorb]

DSM 5 is highly political.


By designating something a disease the insurance has to cover medical expenses. Even Axis II disorders will be covered, because they got rid of multi-axis also they even loosened the threshold for ADHD.

This liberal nonsense got these folks going crazy.

 

[Crude Abolitionist]

They need help, whatever prevents them from killing themselves I'm all for. Nobody should be inflicting harm on themselves.

If they want the surgery let them have it, its their body their choice. I would just like for them to be at least 18 years old before they have the surgery done.

 

[SunZoo]

Racism is a mental disorder.

 

[Black Panther]

They need help, whatever prevents them from killing themselves I'm all for. Nobody should be inflicting harm on themselves.

If they want the surgery let them have it, its their body their choice. I would just like for them to be at least 18 years old before they have the surgery done.

But if suicide rates either remain the same or go *UP* 4-5% after treatment, don't we need to re-evaluate the treatment itself?

You can let a cancer patient smoke b/c it calms their nerves, but does that mean it's really helping them to cope with their condition?

 

[Crude Abolitionist]

Racism is a mental disorder.

100%

 

[Crude Abolitionist]

But if suicide rates either remain the same or go *UP* 4-5% after treatment, don't we need to re-evaluate the treatment itself?

You can let a cancer patient smoke b/c it calms their nerves, but does that mean it's really helping them to cope with their condition?

Man Its really hard to say. Going to need at least another 10-20 years worth of studies on this.

 

[HandyWithTheSteel]

There's no reason to believe that it isn't a mental disorder other than trying to push a political agenda.

 

[Black Panther]

Man Its really hard to say. Going to need at least another 10-20 years worth of studies on this.

I'm all for more study, but current research is pointing towards wanting to be a different gender being delusional.

 

[Piff Perkins]

What's your point? The DSM used to label homosexuality as a mental disorder too. There's plenty of hard scientific evidence to the contrary. The same can be said of gender identity.

Trans people face a lot of discrimination and hatred...their suicide rate can be directly tied to that among other ways in which society tells them they aren't shyt. It's a sad situation.

 

[Black Panther]

What's your point? The DSM used to label homosexuality as a mental disorder too. There's plenty of hard scientific evidence to the contrary. The same can be said of gender identity.

Trans people face a lot of discrimination and hatred...their suicide rate can be directly tied to that among other ways in which society tells them they aren't shyt. It's a sad situation.

I have a problem with stating that there's "hard scientific evidence" of transgenderism not being a mental disorder. If so, it would have been removed from the DSM.

There have been two major revisions to the DSM since homosexuality as a mental disorder was re-evaluated by psychiatrists, and while the name for trangenderism has been modified, its classification remains the same.

I don't want to appear insensitive to trans people, but suicide rates still remain high, even after ruling out factors of mistreatment, socioeconomic standing, and having healthy relationships.

 

[Kenny West]

Required reading: Gender is not a social construct, free daps and reps

 

[Pressure]

If dudes want to be chicks, or chicks want to be dudes....