Brown researcher first to describe rapid-onset gender dysphoria

Brown University ^ | August 22, 2018

[reaganaut1]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] -- For individuals with gender dysphoria, the conflict between experienced gender identity and sex observed at birth produces significant emotional distress.

Until recently, it was unusual for a teen to report initial feelings of gender dysphoria during or after puberty without childhood symptoms. Clinicians have reported that this kind of gender dysphoria is on the rise, particularly for patients whose sex was observed to be female at birth. Additionally, the numbers of adolescents seeking care for gender dysphoria has increased dramatically. It is unknown why these changes are occurring.

This month, a Brown University researcher published the first studyto empirically describe teens and young adults who did not have symptoms of gender dysphoria during childhood but who were observed by their parents to rapidly develop gender dysphoria symptoms over days, weeks or months during or after puberty.

"This kind of descriptive study is important because it defines a group and raises questions for more research," said study author Lisa Littman, an assistant professor of the practice of behavioral and social sciences at Brown's School of Public Health. "One of the main conclusions is that more research needs to be done. Descriptive studies aren't randomized controlled trials -- you can't tell cause and effect, and you can't tell prevalence. It's going to take more studies to bring in more information, but this is a start."

The study was published on Aug. 16 in PLOS ONE.

Littman surveyed more than 250 parents of children who suddenly developed gender dysphoria symptoms during or after puberty. She said she wanted to better understand the phenomenon, which seems to be on the rise, but had been considered atypical even just a few years ago.

[reaganaut1]

Let's not pump these poor girls full of hormones and set them up to be mutilated.

[miss marmelstein]

Let’s not let these little girls go to the library so some huge, ugly drag queen can twist their mind.

[Gay State Conservative]

Since I was five I’ve been convinced that I’m the Queen of Spain.But on each of the 125 times that I’ve knocked on the front door of the Royal Palace in Madrid an ambulance appears and takes me to a hospital.

[mongrel]

In the real world, rapid-onset would assume there are contemporaneous external factors that are causing it, just like rapid onset beard growth in young hipsters.

[bert]

At first, I read deceptive study before I realized it was descriptive study.

[I want the USA back]

“stereotypes of one’s assigned gender”
OK. the bias of the author is obvious. The author is obviously not aware of reality, and is parroting trans dogma.

[2ndDivisionVet]

[StoneRainbow68]

——Until recently, it was unusual for a teen to report initial feelings of gender dysphoria during or after puberty without childhood symptoms. Clinicians have reported that this kind of gender dysphoria is on the rise, particularly for patients whose sex was observed to be female at birth. Additionally, the numbers of adolescents seeking care for gender dysphoria has increased dramatically. It is unknown why these changes are occurring.-——

Because it’s a cultural FAD. The word “trans-trender” exists for a reason.

[miss marmelstein]

Right! It’s a trend like falling in love with a Monkee circa 1968. A sick trend but a trend nonetheless. With this sick modern attitude, doctors would have told Karen Carpenter: “You’re right, you do look fat!”

[DBrow]

“the numbers of adolescents seeking care for gender dysphoria has increased dramatically.”

Maybe the cause is that government schools teach kids that it’s normal and to be expected?

[Hugin]

gender dysphoria, the conflict between experienced gender identity and sex observed

Only shrinks could come up with such nonsensical word salad. Biological sex is now just "observed", and the someone's delusional wish/belief that they are really the other sex is "experienced". It just confirms my belief that most people who go into psychology are mentally ill people wanting to understand and justify their own sickness.

[Romulus]

Let’s all change gender now,
Everybody’s learning how,
Come on with the LGBT!

[jimfree]

Trans-dragon is only different by a matter of degree: some reconstruction, a bit of prosthesis, an ignition source and fuel supply.

[jimfree]

- - Let’s all change gender now,
- - Everybody’s learning how,
- - Come on with the LGBT!

Surgery Safari?

[thoughtomator]

It’s not a fad. It’s the outcome of systematic brainwashing throughout the education system.

[Antoninus]

Also known as “brainwashing”.

[RatRipper]

The first symptom is being born to idiotic, spineless parents.

[Behind the Blue Wall]

Trans-trenders.

[Blurb2350]

Because it's a cultural fad.
Exactly. It's no different from the sudden onset of the craving for a Cabbage Patch doll or a Tickle-Me Elmo. I suspect it may also have to do with the feminization of American culture and the absence of fathers from so many homes. Have you ever noticed that 90% of the parents of these misguided kids who show up in the popular press and on TV are mothers? Very few fathers are indulging their children in this sad fashion statement. It's a variation on Munchhausens's by Proxy.

[PCPOET7]

the parents are the ones with the problems.... ask any of theses parents that suddenly had children with sexual dysphoria about there political leaning you will find a crap load of leftist ideologs. there are not very many transgender individuals. Most of the Youth who are identifying as transgender are doing so out of social pressure to be different and to get approval from some very messed up parents these kids will not continue to identify that way unless they get positive reinforcement and we monkey with hormone replacement.