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A Treatable Compulsive Disorder
The homosexual community correctly points out that the American Psychiatric
Association (APA) in 1973 changed its designation of homosexuality from
‘abnormal and a mental illness’ to ‘normal’. The hope is that we will
...believe that the changes in the scientific opinion were
due to new scientific evidence, and not due to irrelevant non-scientific
factors. It is clear that the change in the APA designation was not due
to new findings, but had everything to do with the lobbying pressure and
tactics of the homosexual community. When the change was made, ‘only one-quarter
of the proposed members of the APA voted on the proposed change.’ It came
after intense pressure was brought on the group. ... According to Richard
Isay, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Cornell Medical College
and chair of APA’s Committee on Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Issues, there
is a ‘continuing conviction among most, although not all, dynamically oriented
psychiatrists in general and psychotherapists in particular, that homosexuality
can and should be changed to heterosexuality....’ Thus, the change in the
APA’s classification cannot be construed to mean that there is anything
close to a consensus among mental health professionals regarding the normalcy
of homosexuality. 1
In addition, of the 25% who voted on the measure, only 58% voted for the
change. That is, only about 15% (3,200 of 25,000) APA members voted
for the change in designation. Most of the remaining 85% believed
that homosexuality could and should be treated. The good news for
homosexuals seeking reparative therapy is that the evidence supports this
common belief, as seen by the following:
Dr. Reubin Fine, director for the New York Center for Psychoanalytic
Training says: It is paradoxical that even though politically active homosexual
groups deny the possibility of change, all studies from Schrenck-Notzing
on have found positive effects, virtually regardless of the kind of treatment
used...a considerable percentage of overt homosexuals became heterosexual.
2
Homosexuals seeking reorientation therapy can contact the
National
Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH).
Contact information is available on their web site at http://www.narth.com.
NARTH is a growing non-profit organization of mostly mental health professionals,
and other concerned individuals, who advocate the use of reorientation
therapy for those homosexuals seeking treatment. There appears to be an
adversarial relationship between NARTH and the APA due to their differing
perspectives. The APA, and many other health care professional associations,
have given into the pressure tactics of the homosexual movement, and are
now operating from a gay advocacy perspective. Many members of
these professional associations are giving in to the unscientific pressure
tactics of the homosexual movement, while many others have chosen to join
NARTH and stand by the well established scientific research which has demonstrated
that homosexuality is a treatable compulsive disorder.
1Homosexuality
in America: Exposing the Myths, 1994 The American Family Association,
pp. 11
2Homosexuality
in America: Exposing the Myths, 1994 The American Family Association,
pp. 12
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