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4/10/19  1:12 pm
Commenter: Sean Womack, MA, University of Virginia

Ban conversion therapy
 

There is no empirical base for conversion therapy as an efficacious treatment. However, there are documented iatrogenic effects of conversion therapy including, but not limited to, depression, anxiety, and suicide. Conversion therapy should be banned.

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