Transgender policies have been criticized amid the disproportionate violent crime rate among transgender women in comparison to biological females.
"Evidence-based clinical care, including gender-affirming care, should be noncoercive, adaptive to and centered on the needs of the individual receiving care, and rooted in psychological and clinical science, including recognition of gender diversity as a part of normal human diversity as well as recognition of limits in the current state of scientific knowledge," the policy read.
The APA also encouraged all licensed psychologists to "unite" against the spread of "misinformation" about surgical and non-surgical transgender treatments.
"Misinformation further creates distress and confusion for families and loved ones of transgender, gender-diverse, and nonbinary individuals, as they make decisions about their healthcare," the policy stated.
The policy arrives as 22 states currently have bans on gender-transition treatments for children, while in five states, medical professionals face felony charges for conducting such treatments or surgical procedures, according to data from the progressive research group Movement Advancement Project.
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The policy statement encouraged all licensed psychologists to "unite" against the spread of "misinformation" about surgical and non-surgical transgender treatments. (iStock)
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The study, titled "Can Selecting the Most Qualified Candidate Be Unfair?," examined people’s perceptions of merit-based hiring after learning more about the socioeconomic status of potential workers. While previewing the results, it argued that hiring the most qualified candidate could contribute to more inequality.
In 2019, the organization also claimed that "traditional masculinity" could be mentally damaging.
"The main thrust of the subsequent research is that traditional masculinity — marked by stoicism, competitiveness, dominance and aggression — is, on the whole, harmful," it claimed in a press release.
Fox News' Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report.
Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
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