Again, it depends on the number of variables and to what degree of confidence you want to derive from your results. 1,000 subjects is a lot. A study can be "powered" sufficiently with less than a hundred. Psychiatric studies may be difficult, since the patients themselves may be confused and...
In the history of international relations, North Korea represents a very interesting and bizarre case.
Sadly, the concept of "nuclear blackmail" works. Whether it's being a client state of China or fear of a suicidal attack against South Korea, the U.S. and its allies aren't willing to...
Oh, my mistake then. I thought you said "typically". Sorry.
Meta analysis isn't the answer, for the reasons I've given. Anyone that tells you otherwise is selling snake oil.
Yes, I was asking for percentages, not actually 100 study subjects. Generally speaking, groups being tested in a study...
Where is it prescribed that to be a Christian, one has to be a Biblical literalist and insert a step in the belief hierarchy?
I don't believe that, Mr. Firth doesn't seem to believe it, and the only Christians you can find that subscribe to it are the ones you have created out of whole cloth.
Forgive me, but yes- you're wrong. God didn't write the Bible. I'd be shocked if you could find anyone approaching "sane" who believes such a thing. It's a bunch of words. Proverbs, homilies, history and allegorical tradition rolled into what has become a holy scripture. People who paint...
I don't think it's quite that simple. It's a fairly low percentage of the overall transsexual population, though the populations of transsexuals, while overlapping, don't exactly mirror those with gender dysphoria. It's also a very long process to transition, culminating in the surgery, I...
You'd have to ask a psychiatrist. Typically, it's not done. I've heard of lobotomies and other limited brain surgeries, but that's typically done to correct a physiological defect/injury causing pain and distress.
Are you justifying meta analysis?
Really? I found 40%, >40%, etc. Do you...
That's awesome. Were any mind-altering drugs involved, or did you simply drop religion cold turkey one day to make the change?
Why are you offended by what's in the DSM? Depression is in there. Gender dysphoria is in there.
Some religious people, yes. But you sound very angry towards a...
Mutilating body parts isn't a psychiatric treatment.
You're falling into the same trap the author did. Meta analysis isn't science. It's surfing through a non-uniform group of scientific studies and looking for a preferred result.
Consider the suicide aspect. Most observers would consider a...
Please explain. The DSM does not state this.
1. Sets aside suicide rate as not as important.
2. Meta analysis. Notoriously prone to some fairly obvious bias.
3. 12 of the 34 (33) studies employ populations that won't produce a statistically significant result in MtF, FtM, or both groups...
How about "depression" or "suicidal tendency"?
That's awesome, and I'm happy for you. You do recognize that your own experience doesn't necessarily mirror 100% of the transsexual population, don't you?
Doesn't matter. Miserable before, after or during is indication of a serious medical condition, which is recognized by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5). There are no psychiatric disorders known that are curable / treatable with body mutilation.
That's...
Produce others, then. All the ones I've seen say the rate of attempted suicides are steady through the years.
Except it doesn't improve one's mental health. 40% of them are still suicidal.
And I think you'll find those that mutilate others out of tradition claim they are "happy" too.
Only if all psychiatrists are Christians:
https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/AFSP-Williams-Suicide-Report-Final.pdf
Suicide and Suicidal Behavior among Transgender Persons
Study shows rising rates of suicidal acts in transgender adults
People who have no exposure to...
A bizarre psychological disorder, since it's basically shaking one's fist at God or Nature, and insisting that He/it's gotten it all wrong. It's right up there with people who mutilate their wives' or childrens' genitals, though they're doing it out of some barbaric tradition, not mental...