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Child psychiatrist question? is conversion therapy for teens effective?
10 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
No - its dangerous: Assuming you mean attempts to change sexual orientation these intervention usual do not work in the long run, cause enormous distress to the teen and have been specifically disapproved by several mental health grouops.
Answered 9/28/2016
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No : I am assuming that " therapy to convert ones sexual orientation " if it is somethimg else than sorry . There is a section of therapist that may claim otherwise but general agreement in academia is that it is not.
Answered 11/28/2017
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