A college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues
A new survey from BMC Psychiatry found that 4-17% of therapists surveyed offer some form of therapy designed to reduce homosexual attractions. From the article in the BBC News: A significant minority of mental health professionals had agreed to help at least one patient “reduce” their gay or lesbian feelings when asked to do so. … Continue reading “Reorientation therapies in the UK: Survey results”
As in year’s past, I have enjoyed reviewing the posts from the year and coming up with the top ten stories. 1. Cancelation of the American Psychiatric Association symposium – Amidst threat of protests, the APA pressed to halt a scheduled symposium dedicated to sexual identity therapy and religious affiliation. Whipped up by a factually … Continue reading “Year in review: Top ten stories of 2008”
Time to wrap up 2008 with a review of the stories told and topics covered. I also will give the top ten posts based on page views. By far the election was the broad topic which generated the most page views. Aside from the Berg vs. Obama thread, readers prefer to comment on the sexual … Continue reading “Top ten posts by number of comments and page views – 2008”
I am not a very consistent blogroller. Up to now, my list of links has been an after thought. I am not sure I will stay on top of things but I have added some new ones. I want to mention four of the new links. First, go visit John Shore’s blog – Suddenly Christian. … Continue reading “Spreading some love to fellow travelers and bloggers”
This will be short. This morning I spoke at the Christian Medical Society breakfast along with Dr. Al Mohler. We presented abbreviated versions of the remarks originally planned for the APA symposium. From there, I had conversations with several psychiatrists who were quite enthusiastic about the Sexual Identity Therapy Framework. Without naming names, I learned … Continue reading “APA travelogue”