性别认同障碍的儿童处于严重的精神病风险

(Medical Xpress) -- The first study to characterize a cohort of U.S. children with diagnosed gender identity disorder, led by researchers at Children’s Hospital Boston, documents significant mental health risks as children struggle with strong feelings of being born “in the wrong body.” Findings appear in the March 2012bob电竞（2月20日在线发布）。

这项由内分泌学家Norman Spack，医学博士领导的研究孩子们s医院波士顿与参加精神病医生斯科特·莱博维茨（Scott Leibowitz）合作，审查了从1998年至2010年初在医院见过的97名连续患者的图表，并遇到了精神疾病的诊断和统计手册（DSM-IV）（DSM-IV），以了解性别认同障碍：Astrong, persistent identification as being of the opposite sex (transgendered) and significant distress and discomfort with one’s biological sex.

Of these patients, who first came to Children’s Hospital Boston at an average age of 14.8 years, 44 percent had a history of psychiatric symptoms, 37 percent were taking psychotropic medications, 21 percent had a history of self-mutilation and 9 percent had attempted suicide.

58％的人接受了医疗干预。这包括大多数人处于青春期阶段的大多数人的性别激素（要发展更接近肯定的性别），以及为仍在青春期早期青春期的少数儿童提供青春期抑制药物。

Spack及其同事呼吁进一步研究，以评估两种治疗后这些青少年的心理健康。他们敦促对表现出与性别相关的持续性问题的儿童进行早期评估，包括与精神卫生专业人员的咨询以及青春期患者时对医疗的考虑。有趣的是，早期接受干预的孩子在心理上做得更好。

Spack指出：“只是来我们的诊所进行初次访问，这与自我伤害的动机显着减少有关。”