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Guidance Document Change: Board of Medicine guidance on conversion therapy
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12/10/19  1:51 pm
Commenter: David Wilson

No evidence that Conv. Therapy works...Only evidence that it harms young people.
 

No young person should ever be shamed by a mental health professional into thinking that who they are is wrong. Mental health professionals should provide care that is ethical and affirming for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender young people.

There is absolutely no scientific evidence that conversion therapy works, but there is plenty of evidence that it 1) causes undue harm to victims, and 2) doesn't work at all.

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