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SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
I thought trans people weren’t supposed to be mentally ill? But he says gender dysphoria is a mental illness? Is this doublethink?
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SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
I thought trans people weren’t supposed to be mentally ill? But he says gender dysphoria is a mental illness? Is this doublethink?
Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
It’s not perfectly correct indeed, gender dysphoria isn’t classified as mental disorder anymore with the DSM-V and ICD-11 as it doesn’t fit the bill (according to decades of science). It’s more of an in-congruence between brain structure and hormone chemistry, and this mismatch causing very subtle but sometimes intense suffering (which in turn CAN cause mental illness, obviously).
Given he gets the important points I wouldn’t try to correct him too much on that. He even demands something that’s basically part of the normal process: before receiving treatment that causes irreversible changes (hormones) there’s ALWAYS therapy and analysis involved. The only exception to this may be temporary hormone blockers, as those do not cause irreversible harm but give both the person and their therapist time to sort things out and find the correct answer.
(In case anyone wonders: No, we do not have a comprehensive way to tell anything conclusive from an MRI scan… yet)