tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207011.post4895184099963959467..comments2024-02-23T15:48:24.856-07:00Comments on The Cracked Crystal Ball II: PFOX Gets It Wrong AgainUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207011.post-15495417299721849842008-09-03T05:42:00.000-07:002008-09-03T05:42:00.000-07:00I reference WPATH quite intentionally - they are, ...I reference WPATH quite intentionally - they are, to my knowledge, the only organization out there with multiple decades of experience in the treatment of transsexuals.<BR/><BR/>WPATH's Standards of Care exist in concert with the diagnostic criteria in the DSM and the ICD-10, and are firmly based on established clinical experience.<BR/><BR/>If you want to dismiss them as "affirming", that's your problem. Then your obligation is to provide other options that are as well founded in clinical experience.<BR/><BR/>Further, your emphasis on the word DISORDER in the DSM diagnostic category only serves to underscore your misunderstanding of the DSM and its application. The disorder, such as it is, arises from the severe emotional trauma that transsexuals often experience as a result of living a social gender role that is incongruent with their inner person. It is often described in terms of body being incongruent with the mind. <BR/><BR/>If you look at the <A HREF="http://www.apa.org/topics/transgender.html" REL="nofollow">APA's pages on Transsexualism</A>, they echo the principles and guidance of WPATH's SOC.<BR/><BR/>In case you were unaware, WPATH was originally named "The Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA)", for the psychologist who first undertook actively to research and treat transsexuals.<BR/><BR/>In short, I doubt you will find an approach to treatment as well rooted in research and clinical experience as WPATH's SOC. <BR/><BR/>If you have, I'd love to hear about it.MgShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183962674882855323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207011.post-52214584195060429982008-09-02T20:54:00.000-07:002008-09-02T20:54:00.000-07:00Your whole point of reference is a transgender aff...Your whole point of reference is a transgender affirming group whose premise is that transsexualism is normal and everyone needs to be "educated" on how to treat it as such. <BR/><BR/>But GID, transvestism, cross-dressing are consider serious DISORDERS (especially in adolescents) by both the APAs...the real mental health "professional" organizations.<BR/><BR/>There is nothing to refute.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207011.post-16805329189041012062008-09-02T19:12:00.000-07:002008-09-02T19:12:00.000-07:00Care to refute any of my claims?Care to refute any of my claims?MgShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183962674882855323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7207011.post-75714848948960795692008-09-02T19:09:00.000-07:002008-09-02T19:09:00.000-07:00Just about the most ignorant, distorted analysis t...Just about the most ignorant, distorted analysis that one could contrive.<BR/><BR/>Try the APA.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com