title: The endocrinologist's office-puberty suppression: saving children from a natural disaster?
abstract: In the past few years, the introduction and rapid acceptance of puberty suppression has transformed the clinical treatment of children diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder. This essay analyzes the narratives used by some advocates of this treatment, particularly the elements of saving children from the looming disaster of puberty and from future abject lives of violence and suicide as transgender adults. It briefly addresses the potential implications of this account for the well being of the children brought under clinical purview.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. ss2856@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Sahar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sadjadi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004704:Endocrinology; D005783:Gender Identity; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D010824:Physicians' Offices; D011627:Puberty / Q000187:drug effects*; D012741:Sexual Maturation / Q000187:drug effects*; D014189:Transsexualism / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence / Q000517:prevention & control; D000092864:Suicide Prevention
chemical_list: D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone