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

Socpus ID

45949096672 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/45949096672

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