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Assessing Gender Treatments for Youth

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a report entitled “Treatment for Pediatric Gender Dysphoria: Review of Evidence and Best Practices.” The report was commissioned as part of the Trump administration’s EO-14187, which called on HHS to issue a scientific review of “best practices” for treating pediatric gender dysphoria within 90 days. Unlike the messaging surrounding it, the report itself offers a careful, rigorous and sober analysis of the field of pediatric gender medicine. The report’s “umbrella review,” an overview of systematic reviews, determined that “the overall quality of evidence concerning the effects of any intervention on psychological outcomes, quality of life, regret, or long-term health, is very low.” The report’s ambitious scope, ...

manhattan.institute     May 03, 2025