Psychotherapy not used in all cases of GD treated at Careggi

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 31 - In not all cases of pediatric gender dysphoria (GD) treated at the Careggi hospital in Florence has psychotherapy been used as recommended before the administration of the drug triptorelin, according to preliminary data collected by inspectors deployed by the health ministry last week, sources told ANSA on Wednesday.
    GD is the mismatch between gender identity and the sex assigned at birth.
    Triptorelin is sometimes used to delay puberty in patients with GD to give them time to gain awareness of their gender identity and prepare for the psychological, medical, developmental, social and legal issues that may lie ahead of them.
    Last Wednesday the government sent inspectors to the Careggi to "check whether the regulations have been followed," said Health Minister Orazio Schillaci.
    "It is absolutely not a punitive gesture," he added.
    Mara Campitiello, the head of the minister's technical secretariat, told ANSA at the time that Schillaci would receive the inspectors' report within 15 days.
    Photo: Health Minister Orazio Schillaci. (ANSA).