science @lemmy.world Dragon Rider (drag) @lemmy.nz 1mo ago

According to the Medical Journal of Iran, 57% of trans people have Narcissistic Personality Disorder

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov The frequency of personality disorders in patients with gender identity disorder

Background: Co-morbid psychiatric disorders affect prognosis, psychosocial adjustment and post-surgery satisfaction in patients with gender identity disorder. In this paper, we assessed the frequency of personality disorders in Iranian GID patients. ...

WTF Iran???

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Iran

"Currently, Iran is the only country confirmed to execute gay people"

I mean what did you expect.
- Drag expected a bare minimum of academic integrity from people whose job is to help others.
  
  You actually expected integrity from a country that beats and kills women for refusing to wear a hijab. Wow.
"... as opposed to 70% of non-trans people."

Statistics without context are meaningless, even if it is biggotted propaganda.
- Yes, drag is very concerned they didn't use a control group. The peer review process should have caught that mistake.
11-17 web site says nih. shrug scroll

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