Rapid-onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD) Archives - Stats for Gender https://statsforgender.org/category/rapid-onset-gender-dysphoria-rogd/ Providing reliable and accessible information on gender and transition. Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:15:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://statsforgender.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/favicon-150x150.png Rapid-onset Gender Dysphoria (ROGD) Archives - Stats for Gender https://statsforgender.org/category/rapid-onset-gender-dysphoria-rogd/ 32 32 Recent cohorts show a marked increase in adolescent referrals with pre-existing psychiatric morbidity. https://statsforgender.org/recent-cohorts-show-a-marked-increase-in-adolescent-referrals-with-pre-existing-psychiatric-morbidity/ Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:15:43 +0000 https://statsforgender.org/?p=3306 In a nationwide Finnish study, referrals to gender identity services increased substantially after 2010, with a growing proportion of adolescents already receiving specialist psychiatric treatment prior to referral. While the study does not examine rapid-onset gender dysphoria as a diagnostic construct, it documents a clear shift in referral patterns and clinical profiles over time, including […]

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]]> In a nationwide Finnish study, referrals to gender identity services increased substantially after 2010, with a growing proportion of adolescents already receiving specialist psychiatric treatment prior to referral. While the study does not examine rapid-onset gender dysphoria as a diagnostic construct, it documents a clear shift in referral patterns and clinical profiles over time, including a higher baseline mental health burden in more recent cohorts.

Ruuska, S.-M., Tuisku, K., Holttinen, T., and Kaltiala, R. (2026). “Psychiatric Morbidity Among Adolescents and Young Adults Who Contacted Specialised Gender Identity Services in Finland in 1996–2019: A Register Study,” Acta Paediatrica: 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.70533.

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