How Many Biological Boys are Referred for Gender Identity Services?
Fewer biological boys with gender dysphoria are being referred to the world's largest gender identity clinic, according to a new report in the Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Gender dysphoria is a term used to describe a mismatch between one's biological gender (assigned at birth) and one's gender identity. For example, a biological boy may feel that he is meant to be a girl. And a biological girl might wish to be a boy.
Scientists looked at referral data for 1,215 children age 12 and under who were referred to the Gender Identity Development Services (GIDS) clinic in London, between 2000 and 2017.
They found that referral rates dropped considerably over time. Get the details.
Depression Drug Lurasidone Has Fewer Sexual Side Effects
Sexual side effects, like low desire, are a common side effect of antidepressant medications. But a drug called lurasidone appears to be different, suggests a recent clinical trial published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
The trial focused specifically on patients with major depressive disorder accompanied by subthreshold hypomanic symptoms. In other words, in addition to depression, the patients had symptoms of mania (like distractedness), but these symptoms did not interfere with their daily lives.
Lurasidone, an atypical antipsychotic drug, is generally used to treat mental health conditions like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression.
After the six-week trial, the participants who took lurasidone had better sexual function than those who took a placebo drug.
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