青少年的神经认知发育和决策能力与性别肯定护理有关
Orma Ravindranath1, Maria I Perica2, Ashley C Parr3
1Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Center for Neural Basis of Cognition, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Developmental cognitive neuroscience
|February 21, 2024
概括
青少年拥有关于性别肯定护理 (GAC) 的知情决策的认知能力. 推迟GAC可能会对跨性别和非二进制年轻人的心理健康产生负面影响.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 青少年心理学 青少年心理学
- 医学伦理 医学伦理
背景情况:
- 政治话语质疑青少年对性别肯定护理 (GAC) 的决策能力.
- 神经发育文献经常被引用来反对未成年人获得GAC.
- 青春期涉及神经认知发展,包括冒险行为和不断发展的决策能力.
研究的目的:
- 审查有关青少年对GAC的决策能力的神经发育文献.
- 评估青少年对GAC做出明智决策的能力.
- 权衡青春期GAC的好处与延迟或拒绝护理的成本.
主要方法:
- 审查现有的神经发育和青少年心理学研究.
- 在GAC的背景下分析决策过程.
- 考虑与GAC访问相关的心理健康结果.
主要成果:
- 青少年拥有神经认知系统,可以在成年人层面做出决策,特别是在深思熟虑的过程和支持下.
- 随着时间的推移,GAC的决策与护理人员和临床医生的支持一起发生,从而促进了知情的选择.
- 在青春期启动GAC,从青春期开始,改善了跨性别和非二进制 (TNB) 青年的长期心理健康结果.
结论:
- 许多青少年能够做出关于性别肯定护理的明智决定.
- 肯定性别的护理对于缓解TNB青少年的心理健康挑战至关重要.
- 政策,研究和临床实践应考虑青少年的决策能力和及时GAC的好处.
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