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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).

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