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Differences in assessment and treatment approaches for homosexual clients
Author(s) -
MacEwan Ian
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0959-5236
DOI - 10.1080/09595239400185731
Subject(s) - sexual orientation , psychology , clinical psychology , radiation treatment planning , orientation (vector space) , heterosexuality , homosexuality , medicine , social psychology , geometry , mathematics , psychoanalysis , radiation therapy
This study was undertaken to discover the similarities and the differences in assessment and treatment approaches for heterosexual and for homosexual clients. The purpose of the study was to investigate to what extent sexual orientation is incorporated into treatment plans and what effect this had for treatment outcomes. Responses to nine questions were obtained from 50 self‐reporting heterosexual and 50 self‐reporting homosexual clients of a range of treatment providers. Differences were found at each stage of the assessment and treatment process. There was evidence of sexual orientation not being utilized as a treatment factor. For both groups there was evidence of inadequate significant‐other involvement in treatment and post‐treatment planning.