In 93 per cent of cases, gender transition improved the overall wellbeing of transgender people, a Cornell University study finds
of the 27 EU member states by the EU-funded Transgender Europe last year. HSE chief clinical officer Dr Colm Henry announced in February that a new model of care was to be developed.According to the Cornell study it’s a long list: improved quality of life, greater relationship satisfaction, higher self-esteem and confidence, reductions in anxiety and depression, in suicidality and in substance abuse.
The “regret rate”, according to various studies, ranges from 0.3 per cent of those who transition to 3.8 per cent. Either way, it’s a very small percentage. Interestingly, however, the Cornell study says that “regrets are most likely to result from a lack of social support after transition or poor surgical outcomes using older techniques”.
Gender dysphoria can result from differing hormonal influences on the genitals and the central nervous system before birth, according to Dr Alexandra Fisher, an endocrinologist working with trans people in Florence, interviewed for Internazionale. The hormonal influence on the genitals may push a person’s development in one direction such as male while the influence on the central nervous system pushes them in the female direction.
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