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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION

?SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING

?''This is what journalism is for'' - Observer

?Time to Think goes behind the headlines to reveal the truth about the NHS's flagship gender service for children.

The Tavistock''s Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) was set up initially to provide talking therapies to young people who were questioning their gender identity.

But in the last decade GIDS referred around two thousand children, some as young as nine years old, for medication to block their puberty. In the same period, the number of referrals exploded and the profile of the patients changed: from largely pre-pubescent boys to mostly adolescent girls, who were often contending with other difficulties. Was there enough clinical evidence to justify such profound medical interventions?<

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      Publisher Swift Press
      Published 1/28/2024
      ISBN-13 9781800751132
      978-1800751132
      ISBN-10 1800751133
      Also in:
      Politics, Philosophy & Society Psychology of gender

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION

      ?SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING

      ?''This is what journalism is for'' - Observer

      ?Time to Think goes behind the headlines to reveal the truth about the NHS's flagship gender service for children.

      The Tavistock''s Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) was set up initially to provide talking therapies to young people who were questioning their gender identity.

      But in the last decade GIDS referred around two thousand children, some as young as nine years old, for medication to block their puberty. In the same period, the number of referrals exploded and the profile of the patients changed: from largely pre-pubescent boys to mostly adolescent girls, who were often contending with other difficulties. Was there enough clinical evidence to justify such profound medical interventions?<

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