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New report calls for an end to ‘conversion therapy’ for youth
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent behavior letter
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7575
pISSN - 1058-1073
DOI - 10.1002/cbl.30088
Subject(s) - sexual orientation , conformity , mental health , psychology , psychological intervention , gender identity , orientation (vector space) , substance abuse , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , psychiatry , social psychology , geometry , mathematics
Interventions aimed at a fixed outcome, such as gender conformity or heterosexual orientation, including those aimed at changing gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation, are coercive, can be harmful, and should not be part of behavioral health treatment, according to the findings of a report released October 15 by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).