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The Tavistock brand has taken a bit of a shellacking recently. The London-based Tavistock Clinic’s treatment of children came under intense scrutiny during the ongoing furore over gender reassignment protocols for minors; some commentators suggested that gender dysphoria was more prevalent among the professionals working there than the young people. The ensuing fuss led to a lot of adverse publicity and forced the closure of the clinic.

The press reports spoke of children being pressured into taking medication and an organisational culture that was anything but benevolent. Some of the things being reported were,

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