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Children on puberty blockers saw mental health change, new analysis suggests – BBC Newsnight
The majority of children in a landmark study on puberty blockers experienced positive or negative changes in their mental health, new analysis suggests.
The original study of 44 children, who all took the controversial drugs for a year or more, found no mental health impact – neither benefits nor harm.
But a re-analysis of that data now suggests 34% saw their mental health deteriorate, while 29% improved.
The new study has not been in a peer-reviewed journal yet.
The authors say they felt there was an urgency in getting the information into the public domain.
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Much of western Europe is under the most extreme red heat alerts – meaning there’s a potential risk to life.
France, Spain and Italy have been hardest hit by the heatwave so far.
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We answer some of your most asked questions about the heatwave sweeping Europe with our climate and health correspondents.
We’re also joined by our teams in Paris, Madrid and the south of France.
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Tens of thousands of organisations have been caught out by a computer virus called WannaCry. The malicious software locks data away and demands a payment of up to $300 (£230) a time before it will restore scrambled files. In the UK, many hospitals fell victim and some health organisations diverted ambulances and cancelled non-essential services as they sought to contain and clean up the infection. Infections in more than 99 nations are being reported by security firms. It appears that the hardest hit are Russia and Spain.
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A year ago, artificial intelligence was being sold as something close to science fiction — a technology that could transform society, cure disease, even reshape the global economy.
Today, the tone is changing. The companies leading the revolution are racing to the stock market — chasing billions in investment — while quietly confronting a much harder reality: AI is expensive, unpredictable, and far from profitable.
At the same time, some of the very people building this technology are warning we may be going too fast — even calling for a global pause.
And beyond Silicon Valley, a different story is emerging: growing public anxiety, political backlash, and the rise of what some are calling anti-AI populism.
So is AI entering its most pivotal moment yet — caught between financial pressure, technological risk, and political resistance?
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Watch what the panel said on the BBC Question Time AI special, featuring AI pioneer Mo Gawdat, CEO of AI company Synthesia Victor Riparbelli, and Laura Gilbert, senior director of AI at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change.
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Invented in Moscow in 1984, a new Apple TV movie has charted how Tetris made its way out of the Soviet Union to become a global hit.
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@megsley
January 8, 2024 at 3:51 am
the drugs cause early onset osteoporosis, prevent critical and NECESSARY brain development from taking place, and set kids up for life long medical complications like rheumatoid arthritis, not to mention these drugs render children PERMANENTLY STERILIZED.
@songulsonmez5014
January 8, 2024 at 3:51 am
And you think, maybe the Unabomber was rlght..
@mmacclesfield3439
January 8, 2024 at 3:51 am
What happened to the 15 children alleged to have deteriorated mental health? No link to the original study nor the reinterpreted study you derive the figure of 15 from. This is weak and full of supposition.
@andychow5509
January 8, 2024 at 3:51 am
It's obvious. You can "delay" a biological process. You can alter it.
@hellgates_javed6451
January 8, 2024 at 3:51 am
Any doctor that approves this should be jailed
@curutosan
January 8, 2024 at 3:51 am
"it's licensed to be used to castrate sex offenders". And you're using it on children…
@ReactiveDogDiaries
January 8, 2024 at 3:51 am
If the drugs aren’t meant to be used this way THEN WHY TF IS THE SYSTEM ALLOWING THEM INTO HEALTHY DEVELOPING ADULTS??!!?
@ReactiveDogDiaries
January 8, 2024 at 3:51 am
Puberty pausers *
@SabrinaScott
January 8, 2024 at 3:51 am
Puberty blockers aren’t for kids!
@paolom.6011
January 8, 2024 at 3:51 am
44 subjects and the BBC paints this story.
@ZOMBIEHEADSHOTKILLER
January 8, 2024 at 3:51 am
its a crime, not a medical treatment.
@AnotherJonDoe
January 8, 2024 at 3:51 am
Hey BBC. Any news on Bidens failed southern border, the millions of illegal immigrants entering the United States on a daily basis, or how Joe created more jobs in his first 2 years in office, than any president has in 4 years?
@clankb2o5
January 8, 2024 at 3:51 am
I remember reading on Tumblr (lots of trans people there) that puberty blockers were harmless. When I searched for scientific papers myself a while ago, though, I found that the evidence was mixed –at best. This analysis once again shows that puberty blockers were implemented without adequate thought. But trans people, like everyone else, suffer from the cognitive bias of believing what they want to believe. My opinion at present is that we should 1) stop overdiagnosing being transgender, 2) let puberty happen naturally and support transgender people with physical aspects of transitioning when they're adults, 3) fully accept trans people as forming part of the diversity of the human race.
@hivemistressherguineapigfa8563
January 8, 2024 at 3:51 am
It is a very big & important process to go through, so of course there's going to be mental health changes.
@ojhuk
January 8, 2024 at 3:51 am
Kids don't need puberty blockers they need toxic social media platform blockers.
@fisherkieds6282
January 8, 2024 at 3:51 am
I have a rare genetic disorder,I've been on hormone therapy since I was 14
You idiots are playing with fire
@georgecuyler7563
January 8, 2024 at 3:51 am
Think entire fad is pushed to far, by parents, teachers and medical professionals. Just my humble opinion and it has to stop. They can wait until they reach age of majority. My opinion is tainted with bias, as i was put into the foster system in order to make me like a white person, because I was born Indian and the government is still trying to take the Indian out of the Indian. When I was placed in my final foster home I mostly spoke three Indigenous languages with some english . My parents tried to get me to speak english but I had a hard time, so my grandfather's took me and taught me Heiltsuk, Nu7lhalk and Chinook. By the time I aged out i could speak none of my ancestral languages, how i wished i could speak those languages once i found my roors again at twenty seven. That's when my moms told me i didn't speak much english when I was last taken away. Today if I'm not expecting to be spoken in either of the three languages I'll answer in english. I haven't lost them, they're sleeping within me. Now in some circles because I have learned a lot about Indigenous culture, i am considered an Elder, but i see myself as a knowledge keeper.
I was forced to live like a white man until I was 19, and I'm considered to white to live in my traditional territories.
When you force grown-ups ideals on children you marr them for life.
@ilyaizaga-brandon1017
January 8, 2024 at 3:51 am
As a trans woman living in New Zealand on one of the long acting "puberty blocker" 3 month depot injections I’m astounded by how toxic this comment section is. You’re not allowed onto them until you’re sixteen and by then your shoulders are already starting to broaden. I went on it at 17 and it saved my life. I don’t believe I would be here if it wasn’t for an understanding GP. There’s so many hoops and hurdles you have to go through and the 3 month waiting period where they do two psych evaluations and ask you extremely dehumanising questions. Like "what pornography do you masturbate to" "do you cut yourself on your genitalia" and "how do you masterbate, what do you typically use" which would never be asked of somebody who identifies with the sex they were born in. Only after then are we allowed access to gender affirming healthcare in the form of prescriptions otherwise the majority of trans people are self medicating with imported hormones, and we would rather they were in the healthcare system than not. It’s just a simple fact that my identity is being used as a political talking point when it has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with dignity and privacy. Are we not entitled to a shred of decency ?
@aarononeal9830
January 8, 2024 at 3:51 am
BBC News needs to talk about Ecosia they are a search engine that plants trees
@estebanperez4171
January 8, 2024 at 3:51 am
Biggest child abuse scandal of our lifetime
@clairhonnor6211
January 8, 2024 at 3:51 am
If you arrest the development of children, you are left with fucked up adults