Time to think : the inside story of the collapse of the Tavistock's gender service for children / Hannah Barnes.

  • Barnes, Hannah
Date:
2023
  • Books

About this work

Description

The Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS), based at the Tavistock and Portman Trust in North London, was set up initially to provide - for the most part - talking therapies to young people who were questioning their gender identity. But in the last decade GIDS has referred more than a thousand children, some as young as nine years old, for medication to block their puberty. In the same period, the number of referrals has exploded, increasing thirty-fold, while the profile of the patients has changed, from largely pre-pubescent boys to mostly adolescent girls, who are often contending with other difficulties.

Publication/Creation

[London] : Swift Press, 2023.

Physical description

xiii, 445 pages ; 24 cm

Contributors

Contents

Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) timeline -- 'Are we hurting children' -- The vision -- Ellie -- The push for puberty blockers -- Phoebe -- Early intervention -- Jack -- A new era -- Diana and Alex -- All change -- The bombshell -- How to cope -- Speed in Leeds -- Hannah -- Raising concerns -- Scapegoats and troublemakers -- The Bell report -- Bell: the aftermath -- First fears -- Jacob -- 200 miles up the M1... -- Across the sea -- The GIDS Review and outside scrutiny -- Regret and redress -- Data and 'disproportionate effort' -- Harriet -- When in doubt, do the right thing -- An uncertain future -- Conclusion.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    Medical Collection
    WA320 2023B26t
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781800751118
  • 1800751117