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== Career ==
Turban is an assistant professor of child and adolescent psychiatry and health policy at the [[University of California, San Francisco]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> He has published studies showing that gender identity [[Conversion therapy|conversion therapies]] (attempts to make transgender people cisgender) are widespread in the US<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/nearly-200-000-trans-people-have-been-exposed-conversion-therapy-n1042891 |title=Nearly 200,000 trans people have been exposed to conversion therapy, study says |last=Aviles |first=Gwen |date= |website=NBC News |language=en |access-date=December 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.trust.org/item/20190906084639-ak920/ |title=Transgender people in U.S. still face conversion therapy attempts |last=Crist |first=Carolyn |date= |newspaper=News.trust.org |access-date=December 2, 2019}}</ref> and associated with suicide attempts.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/09/11/conversion-therapy-associated-with-severe-psychological-distress-transgender-people-study-says/ |title=Conversion therapy associated with severe psychological distress in transgender people, study says |last=Bever |first=Lindsey |date= |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newsweek.com/gender-identity-conversion-therapy-suicide-transgender-discrimination-hate-1458488 |title=Transgender conversion therapy linked to suicide attempts, with practice "rooted solely in discrimination and hate" |last=Gander |first=Kashmira |date=September 11, 2019 |website=Newsweek |language=en |access-date=December 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-jack-turban-study-transgender-cisgender-conversion-suicide-attempts-20190911-3foyoiecojcfjd4sbffmcdunm4-story.html |title=Trans adults who try professional help to change gender identity are twice likely to commit suicide, new study finds |last=Assunção |first=Muri |date= |website=New York Daily News |access-date=December 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/new-study-reveals-risks-transgender-conversion-therapy |title=New study reveals risks of transgender 'conversion therapy' |last=Wadman |first=Meredith |date=September 12, 2019 |website=Science Magazine |language=en |access-date=December 2, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/59ndz8/new-study-conclusively-ties-conversion-therapy-to-suicide-attempts |title=New Study Conclusively Ties "Conversion Therapy" to Suicide Attempts |last=Mahale |first=Jenna |date=September 14, 2019 |website=Vice |language=en |access-date=December 2, 2019}}</ref> His research has shown that access to gender-affirming medical care ([[Puberty blocker|puberty blockers]] and [[Gender-affirming hormone therapy|gender-affirming hormones]]) during adolescence is linked to better mental health outcomes in adulthood
Turban has been critical of ''Wall Street Journal'' writer [[Abigail Shrier]]'s book ''[[Irreversible Damage]],'' which alleges that a recent surge in adolescents becoming transgender is taking place, largely due to social contagion. He claimed that the book misinterpreted and omitted important scientific evidence about young people and gender identity.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New Book "Irreversible Damage" Is Full of Misinformation {{!}} Psychology Today|url=https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/political-minds/202012/new-book-irreversible-damage-is-full-misinformation|access-date=October 26, 2021|website=www.psychologytoday.com|language=en}}</ref> He subsequently co-authored a study finding that [[gender dysphoria in children]] was not caused by [[social contagion]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yurcaba |first=Jo |date=2022-08-13 |title=Gender Dysphoria in Transgender Kids Is Not Caused by 'Social Contagion,' Study Finds |url=https://people.com/health/gender-dysphoria-transgender-kids-not-caused-social-contagion-study-finds/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=Peoplemag |language=en}}</ref>
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