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Time to Think

The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock’s Gender Service for Children

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Time to Think

By: Hannah Barnes
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 UPDATED WITH A NEW CHAPTER

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING

'This is what journalism is for' - Observer

Time to Think goes behind the headlines to reveal the truth about the NHS's flagship gender service for children.

The Tavistock's Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) was set up initially to provide talking therapies to young people who were questioning their gender identity.

But in the last decade GIDS referred around two thousand children, some as young as nine years old, for medication to block their puberty. In the same period, the number of referrals exploded and the profile of the patients changed: from largely pre-pubescent boys to mostly adolescent girls, who were often contending with other difficulties. Was there enough clinical evidence to justify such profound medical interventions?

This urgent, scrupulous and dramatic book explains how GIDS has been the site of a serious medical scandal, in which ideological concerns took priority over clinical practice. It is a disturbing and gripping parable for our times.©2023 Hannah Barnes (P)2023 Swift Press Audio Gender Studies Social Sciences
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This is an excellent retelling of medical issues associated with children and gender dysphoria. It certainly gives thoughtful insights into the dangers of medical uncertainty, ethics and the need for more research. Very well written.

Interesting

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This book is an excellent reflection of some of the issues facing the medical profession at the current time.

Excellent

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I have given this five stars, it would have been 6 if it was 2 hours shorter.
A careful exploration of of the recent surge in children presenting with gender dysphoria that is factual and respectful and truly tragic for the (mostly) girls caught up in an untested protocol.
Excellent case study of organisational dysfunction and also the tension between the patient agenda and professional decision-making.
Recommended!

Fantastic piece of research

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