Lisa Hansen: 'We on the front lines and in the trenches every day with these adolescents know that talk therapy is no substitute for necessary medical care. Please rethink this legislation before it is too late for these adolescents – and for Utah.'
As of one month ago, a vulnerable and sizable group of Utah’s teens have been denied essential medical care by Utah’s Legislature. As a marriage and family therapist, with a Ph.D. degree from Brigham Young University, I join with my colleagues who work with trans and nonbinary teen clients to express our horror at this misguided and harmful legislation., passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov.
The respected journal Pediatrics reports that hormone therapy for teens resulted in 73% lower odds of suicidality and 60% lower odds of depression compared to those who did not take puberty blockers or gender-affirming hormones.
Lowering depression by 60% and suicidality by 73% is far superior to any other program or treatment for teens who qualify for and seek treatment for gender dysphoria. Schools and legislators are willing to spend thousands of dollars on treatments that reduce suicidal ideation by 3% to 5%. Yet Utah’s government has now ignorantly thrown away a critical medical intervention that is currently and spectacularly benefitting the mental health of hundreds of LGBTQ teens in Utah.
Halting this care demonstrates a callous recklessness with Utah citizens who already have lots of reasons to wonder if Utah wants them to thrive. We are certain if the legislators and governor were in our shoes and saw what we see every day in working with these adolescent clients, they would not have passed this law. Certainly they know that LGBTQ+ teens are already at high risk for depression and suicidality.
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