The RANZCP put out a statement on the NZ ban on puberty blockers. See below link.
Our NAPP response.
Unlike the National Association of Practising Psychiatrists (NAPP), the College has not spent the time or effort in developing a set of guidelines for the care of young people suffering from gender identity distress. It has now been caught out without any specific guidance to advise its members or the public. The New Zealand chair of the College states that the high rate of psychiatric comorbidity in these young patients is primarily due to ‘minority stress’. This is only one of the causes of psychiatric comorbidity, which affects these young patients. Many studies have shown that the psychiatric comorbidity is generated by factors in addition to minority stress. Perhaps the College could recommended the respectful, compassionate, cautious, and evidence-informed NAPP Guide to the Management of Youth Gender Dysphoria (see link below) as the way forward for caring for young people with these conditions until a more definitive model of care is produced following further clinical trials and reviews?
https://napp.org.au/napp-statement-on-gender-dysphoria-in-young-people/
Prof Philip Morris (President NAPP)
