The American Journal of Psychiatry retracted a study published in October which claimed that transgender individuals who underwent gender-affirming surgery were less likely to seek mental health treatment for depression and anxiety disorders or attempt suicide afterward.
 
A second look at the research showed little to no improvement in patients, with authors
Richard Bränström, Ph.D., and John E. Pachankis, Ph.D., issuing a reversal that read, “the results demonstrated no advantage of surgery in relation to subsequent mood or anxiety disorder-related health care.” This is particularly significant in light of another of the study’s original findings that there were also no benefits from hormonal therapy.
 
Dr. Ryan Anderson, the William E. Simon Senior Research Fellow in American Principles and Public Policy at The Heritage Foundation, stated the following about the earlier study, “Human error is a possibility here. But there's also the possibility that there was a preferred outcome for the study. So they wanted the study to say a certain thing. Obviously, we don't know in this particular instance whether this was just an honest mistake or if this was motivated research, motivated reasoning to lead to a certain conclusion."
 
The correction was published after a deluge of criticisms and letters to the journal’s editor. 

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