Toward a new model of treatment of homosexuality: a review.
A review of the literature of outcome studies in the psychoanalytic or behavioral treatment of homosexuality reveals limited results when "heterosexual shift" is the goal. Recently, however, a growing body of empirical knowledge has accumulated that challenges the illness or maladaptive model of homosexuality. Consequently, a new model has been emerging that is designed to assist homosexuals to recognize, accept, and value their sexual identity and to help them adjust to this identity in a predominantly heterosexual society. Unfortunatley, only a few studies exist that examine the result of this new approach.
D000328:Adult; D001348:Aversive Therapy; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group; D012106:Research