title: [Omosexual parents: does a need exist for a reflection by mental health experts?].
abstract: The upbringing of children by couples of omosexual parents, both male and female, is a rapidly growing phenomenon in many countries, despite some differences due to variable national laws. In front of the numerical increase of new family typologies, their acceptance by the public opinion is very often a critical and this attitude is prevailingly shared also by the experts of mental health, such as psychologists and psychiatrists. Nevertheless, absolutely without any a priori prejudice, the absence of not yet available statistical data in large populations emphasizes the need to explore in depth the possible existence of specific psychological late consequences in young and adult age, in studies devoid of any cultural bias. Considering the children not as objects of the right of a couple to have sons, but as subjects of their own right to receive a well regulated and balanced affective and relational education should be a critical ethical issue.
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Bersani
authors: Angela
authors: A
authors: Iannitelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008603:Mental Health; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*