Aren't puberty blockers primarily meant to prevent children with gender dysphoria from experiencing the physical disadvantages of going through the puberty of the wrong sex? Obviously a study where children are given the puberty blockers won't be able to measure the impact of all the harmful effects that were prevented (neither physical nor mental health-wise).The way the article is worded, it almost sounds like they were expecting them to work like mood enhancers. I mean, it's somewhat interesting that there were different outcomes in both studies, but it doesn't speak in any way against the use of puberty blockers.
jadamson|1 year ago
A child at 16 is going to have gone through a substantial portion of the 'wrong' puberty already. Are their outcomes better/worse than children who start them earlier? If this study found that it makes no difference, it would suggest that blockers are not achieving the very thing you say they're intended for.