Title
Nursing Implications In The Application Of Conversion Therapies On Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, And Transgender Clients
Abstract
Conversion therapies, also know as reparative therapies, emphasize homosexual orientations as psychopathology in gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) clients and claim these individuals can reverse their sexual orientation through psychiatric counseling and treatment. Although professional medical and nursing organizations have branded psychiatric interventions designed to change an individual's sexual orientation as unethical, an international movement fueled largely by religious organizations promote such therapies for GLBT persons. This article explores the historical perceptions of homosexuality as psychiatric pathology, efficacy of conversion-based therapies in the changing of clients' homosexual orientations to heterosexual, positions of professional medical and nursing organizations regarding the use of conversion therapies, and ethical considerations these types of therapies pose for psychiatric and mental health nurses. Copyright © Informa Healthcare USA, Inc.
Publication Date
6-1-2008
Publication Title
Issues in Mental Health Nursing
Volume
29
Issue
6
Number of Pages
651-665
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840802048915
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
45949096672 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/45949096672
STARS Citation
Blackwell, Christopher W., "Nursing Implications In The Application Of Conversion Therapies On Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, And Transgender Clients" (2008). Scopus Export 2000s. 10186.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/10186