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Mental Heath EXPERTS still trying to find cures for gays! See, even the experts admit homosexuality is nothing more than a mental illness. Praise!
Experts still try ‘cures’ for gays
By MILES ERWIN - Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Nearly a fifth of therapists admit having tried to 'cure' gay patients of their sexual orientation – even though there is no evidence their 'treatments' have any effect and despite the ethical questions posed.
The mental health professionals – most of whom work for the NHS – said they had gone further than simply counselling a young person on how to cope with homosexual feelings.
The findings have outraged medical experts and gay campaign groups, who say such an approach is unethical and may harm patients.
Derek Munn, from Stonewall, said: 'So-called gay cure therapies are wholly discredited. What lesbian and gay people need is equal treatment by society, not misguided treatment by a minority of health professionals.'
The findings come from a survey of 1,400 therapists questioned by researchers from University College London.
It revealed 17 per cent of mental health workers admitted trying to 'cure' homosexual patients.
Three-quarters of these workers said a medical service should be set up to carry out the 'treatment'.
One therapist told the researchers: 'Although homosexual feelings are usual in people, their physical expression and being a person's only way of having sexual relations is problematic.
'The physical act for male homosexuals is physically damaging and is the main reason in this country for Aids/HIV. It is also perverse.'
Many of the therapists told researchers they had treated clients who felt they would 'lose God' or had been ostracised by their communities.
The trend had not diminished with time, concluded the researchers, whose study was published in the journal BioMed Central Psychiatry.
By MILES ERWIN - Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Nearly a fifth of therapists admit having tried to 'cure' gay patients of their sexual orientation – even though there is no evidence their 'treatments' have any effect and despite the ethical questions posed.
The mental health professionals – most of whom work for the NHS – said they had gone further than simply counselling a young person on how to cope with homosexual feelings.
The findings have outraged medical experts and gay campaign groups, who say such an approach is unethical and may harm patients.
Derek Munn, from Stonewall, said: 'So-called gay cure therapies are wholly discredited. What lesbian and gay people need is equal treatment by society, not misguided treatment by a minority of health professionals.'
The findings come from a survey of 1,400 therapists questioned by researchers from University College London.
It revealed 17 per cent of mental health workers admitted trying to 'cure' homosexual patients.
Three-quarters of these workers said a medical service should be set up to carry out the 'treatment'.
One therapist told the researchers: 'Although homosexual feelings are usual in people, their physical expression and being a person's only way of having sexual relations is problematic.
'The physical act for male homosexuals is physically damaging and is the main reason in this country for Aids/HIV. It is also perverse.'
Many of the therapists told researchers they had treated clients who felt they would 'lose God' or had been ostracised by their communities.
The trend had not diminished with time, concluded the researchers, whose study was published in the journal BioMed Central Psychiatry.
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