Conversion Therapy: A Treatment To Homosoexual And Transgender People

The study that provides evidence that conversion therapy is both ineffective and harmful is provided by the American Psychological Association (APA) in a report entitled, Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation. The report concluded that, "efforts to change sexual

Reparative therapy, is a range of dangerous and discredited practices that falsely claim to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity or expression (Human Rights Campaign). These practices have been banned by many mental health doctors and practitioners. This particular therapy is mainly used on the youth of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

Conversion therapy, also known as reparative therapy, or Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE) has a troubled history within the United States and abroad. Conversion therapy is the use of a variety of means to attempt to change an individual’s sexual or gender orientation. Current practices include inducing vomiting or paralysis while showing a subject homoerotic images, having a subject snap a rubber band on their wrist whenever they have certain thoughts, or using tactics to create shame or aversion to same sex or transgender thoughts. Many established institutes claim that the therapy does or doesn't work and offer contradicting evidence for their position. The Movement Advancement Project, a group dedicated to providing research for the advancement of LGBT people, states in an infographic that nine states, plus the District of Columbia and a handful of municipalities have banned conversion therapy from being provided by licensed medical professionals to minors (“Kids” 1). Based on the established evidence and the overwhelming number of psychologists and sociologist that disavow conversion therapy, along with the multitude of horror stories from children who were persuaded, or forced, to participate by their parents, the federal government should ban conversion therapy for all minors.

Electroconvulsive shock therapy, copper heating wires and mind altering drugs seem like something straight out of a terrifying horror film, but these are all painful realities for some victims of conversion therapy. Conversion therapy is also known as reparative therapy, and is the widespread practice of trying to change the sexuality of gay men and women all over the world. It is an inhumane process that only hurts patients. Gay conversion therapy is a horrifying term used to rationalize physical torture, psychological damage and systematic oppression towards the LGBT community that needs to be banned.

Conversion therapy’s core beliefs are deeply rooted in outdated, obsolete, and unfounded ideals. In the past, the institutionalization of the LGBT+ people has been underrepresented, despite how

“People who have gone through conversion therapy face 8.9 times the rates of suicide ideation, face depression at 5.9 times the rate of their peers and are three times more likely to use illegal drugs and be at high risk for sexually transmitted infections.”(Stafford), even though it isn’t publically discussed to avoid controversies and public argument of the veil of abuse and homophobia throughout the United States for the LGBT community, the effects that these anti-gay therapy programs have on the youth and overall population of those in these camps is cold-hearted abuse and negligence that is plain out ignored no matter the situation. “In a poll by the Pew Research Center, roughly one-third of LGBT respondents said they had been physically threatened or attacked, while 40 percent said they had been rejected by a friend or family member because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.”, many ex-patients are encountered with rejection and hesitance from the society around them, intensifying the feelings of rejection from before and during their time in the ex-gay therapy

The goal of conversion therapy is to change a patient’s sexual orientation or the gender that they identify with using an array of techniques, extending as far as procedures like shock therapy.This pseudoscience is based on the belief that a person learns homosexual or transgender behavior. Conversion therapy holds no proof of efficacy, but what it does hold is evidence of psychological harm to patients. With no scientific support for the practice, it has been discredited by nearly all major psychological associations.

Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti was born May 2, 1660 in Palermo, Sicily and died October 22,1725 in Naples, Italy. Around the age of twelve, Scarlatti was sent to Rome to study music. While in Rome he studied with Bernardo Pasquini. Scarlatti wrote his first his first opera, Gli equivoci nel sembiante, in 1679. Queen Christina of Sweden made Scarlatti her Maestro di Cappella at the age of nineteen. He worked for the Queen until 1684. At this time Scarlatti was commissioned to write operas in Naples. As a result, he moved to Naples where he became the Maestro di Cappella of the royal service. Scarlatti worked in Naples until 1702. During his time in Naples he wrote over forty operas for the royal service. In 1702 Scarlatti moved to Florence,

People say no to therapy for various reasons and also there are negative stereotypes that accommodate treatment. Locating a clinical team that are a good match could be a challenging experience. Finding a treatment facility that works in a collaborative fashion that focuses on specific needs of clients and that works to build relationship are a large part of the therapeutic process. But then there are other factors such as clinical style and theoretical orientation which both influences how the treatment team will work with client. The majority of people locate treatment facilities based on recommendation of friends or PCP. Clarifying the therapeutic process and assisting clients in becoming more informed about the process of therapy will

Regarding access to healthcare, transgender individuals often face the most obstructive barriers when attempting to receive care. Whether they are seeking access to hormones, therapy, general health services, reproductive healthcare, or specialty healthcare, transgender patients typically cannot get what they need without jumping through many hoops or hiding their identities. This occurs especially so in cases of intersecting identities -- where an individual is not just transgender, but is transgender and a person of color, disabled, gay, indigenous, undocumented, poor, etc. These intersecting identities interact in multifaceted ways to produce even more barriers for trans individuals seeking healthcare due to healthcare provider bias, insurance requirements, and doctors’ general unwillingness to help coupled with inaccessibility founded on racism, transphobia, homophobia, mental illness stigmatization, etc.

Homosexuality has long been seen as a mental illness or disease in the past and though the times have changed, and it is no longer considered an mental illness, there are still many that agree that it is either a sin or unnatural. There have been efforts to try to convert sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual, some of these efforts are known as conversion therapy. Conversion therapy, or also known as reparative therapy or gay therapy, has brought up moral debates and has since become a controversy in the United States and other countries. Some, most being conservative Christians, still see the need to "cure" homosexuality, while mainstream practitioners see conversion therapy as harmful and unethical.

Mental health experts have said that “conversion therapy, in most cases, leads to suicidal tendencies, self harm, depression, and parental hate in minors” (“Should Gay ‘Conversion Therapy’”). None of those things have a happy ending at all. When people are forced through those kinds of things, it only makes the patient suffer, not change. The depression that sometimes develops is usually caused by the therapist making the patient feel broken or like they don’t belong in society. Many conversion therapists have been reported to belittle each patient and tell them that they would “never function with normal people in society” (“Homosexuality Cannot Be ‘Cured’”). In a “successful” conversion case, the patient four months later attempted suicide since they still had homosexual thoughts and that made them feel like they couldn’t be normal, live a happy life, or have a family. All of those things were told to them by their conversion therapist earlier. Most conversion therapy cases end in suffering or mental pain to the patient, but nothing is done to the therapist themselves. Opposers to conversion therapy, including medical and mental health officials, state that the therapy is useless and is “physically, emotionally, and spiritually

In this age of fast paced life and information overload, there is a growing need to slow down or even stop to contemplate and critically evaluate the mounting flood of activities and information that swarm our lives. Critical Reflection Analysis has not only become to me a safe haven and comforting refuge, but also a resort that showcases the function of reason and knowledge in understanding the complex nature of relationship that exist between the Healthcare System, the patient, and the Healthcare provider. For a safe and effective nursing practice, a proper knowledge and understanding of nursing code of ethics, the definitions, concepts and principles of all stakeholders need to be recognized.

On June 26, 2016 the Supreme Court ruled same-sex marriage legal in all states. Although this was a huge victory for many people across the US, many issues linger for LGBT people and the LGBT community. One such issue is the practice of conversion therapy. Also called reparative therapy or sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE), conversion therapy is a range of treatments with the aim of “converting” homosexual or transgender people to being heterosexual or cisgender. The treatments used to involve extreme measures such as institutionalization, castration, and electroconvulsive shock therapy to try and reduce same-sex attraction. While physical treatments are still utilized by some modern-day counselors, techniques have shifted to behavioral,

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