Saturday, May 19, 2012

4:23 PM 5/19/2012 - Psychiatrist who championed 'gay cure' admits he was wrong - The Guardian

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New York Times

Psychiatry Giant Sorry for Backing Gay 'Cure'
New York Times
Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, considered by some to be the father of modern psychiatry, lay awake at 4 o'clock on a recent morning knowing he had to do the one thing that comes least naturally to him. He pushed himself up and staggered into the dark.
Psychiatrist who championed 'gay cure' admits he was wrongThe Guardian
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Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Doctor disavows research on 'gay cure'
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
“People with a shared worldview basically came together and created their own set of experts to offer alternative policy views,” said Dr. Jack Drescher, a psychiatrist in New York and co-editor of “Ex-Gay Research: Analyzing the Spitzer Study and Its ...
Psychiatrist disavows 'gay cure' researchWND.com
It's Time to Ban Reparative TherapyHuffington Post
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Everyday Health
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via psychiatry - Google Blog Search by EMB on 5/18/12
Psychiatry seems endlessly political. Having read Ronald Bayer's excellent chronicle of the story of homosexuality being read out of psychiatry's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual I was puzzled when I read the New York ...


Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Noted psychiatrist apologizes for study on gay 'cure'
Waterloo Record
And then it was done: a short letter to be published this month, in the same journal where the original study appeared. “I believe,” it concludes, “I owe the gay community an apology.” The idea to study reparative therapy at all was pure Spitzer, ...
Pioneer Pyschiatrist Robert Spitzer Apologizes For 2001 Ex-Gay Study. Should ...Queerty

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Noted psychiatrist apologizes for study on gay 'cure'
Waterloo Record
And he would learn later that a World Health Organization report, released Thursday, calls the therapy “a serious threat to the health and well-being — even the lives — of affected people.” Spitzer's fingers jerked over the keys, unreliably, ...

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Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Doctor disavows research on 'gay cure'
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, considered by some to be the father of modern psychiatry, turns 80 next week. Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, considered by some to be the father of modern psychiatry, who turns 80 next week, lay awake at 4 o'clock on a recent morning ...

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(NEW YORK TIMES) — The simple fact was that he had done something wrong, and at the end of a long and revolutionary career it didn't matter how often he'd been right, how powerful he once was, or what it would mean for ...


Austin American-Statesman

Noted psychiatrist apologizes for study on 'gay cure'
Austin American-Statesman
As part of a technology change, commenting will not be available on some articles for a number of months. Read more about the change here. By Benedict Carey PRINCETON, NJ — The simple fact was that he had done something wrong, and at the end of a long ...
Researcher apologizes for study of gay therapyThe Seattle Times
Psychologist Recants Gay Cure StudyEveryday Health

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After more than 13000 international psychiatrists signed a petition objecting to the way the manual was being revised, the US psychiatrist heading the review committee, in an opinion piece in The New York Times this week, ...

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Doctor recants claim that reparative therapy can "cure" homosexuality
Denver Post
By Benedict Carey PRINCETON, nj —Dr. Robert Spitzer, considered by some to be the father of modern psychiatry, lay awake at 4 o'clock on a recent morning knowing he had to do the thing that comes least naturally to him.
Researcher recants study supporting gay 'cure'Sacramento Bee
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The Guardian

Doctor recants claim that reparative therapy can "cure" homosexuality
Denver Post
By Benedict Carey PRINCETON, nj —Dr. Robert Spitzer, considered by some to be the father of modern psychiatry, lay awake at 4 o'clock on a recent morning knowing he had to do the thing that comes least naturally to him.
Researcher recants study supporting gay 'cure'Sacramento Bee
Doctor disavows research on 'gay cure'Sarasota Herald-Tribune

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Austin American-Statesman

Dr. Robert Spitzer recants study on 'curing' gays
San Francisco Chronicle
Dr. Robert Spitzer, 79, considered by some to be the father of modern psychiatry, lay awake on a recent morning knowing he had to do the one thing that comes least naturally to him. Spitzer suffers from Parkinson's disease and has trouble walking, ...
Noted psychiatrist apologizes for study on 'gay cure'Austin American-Statesman
Researcher apologizes for study of gay therapyThe Seattle Times
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Clck Here to Read: Psychiatry Giant Sorry for Backing Gay 'Cure' by By Benedict Carey in The New York Times on May 18, 2012. Dr. Robert L. Spitzer is a major architect of the modern classification of mental disorders.

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Psychiatry Giant Sorry for Backing Gay 'Cure' New York Times Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, considered by some to be the father of modern psychiatry, lay awake at 4 o'clock on a recent morning knowing he had to do the one thing that comes least ...


The Guardian

Noted psychiatrist Robert Spitzer apologizes for study on gay 'cure'
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And he would learn later that a World Health Organization report, released Thursday, calls the therapy "a serious threat to the health and well-being — even the lives — of affected people." Spitzer's fingers jerked over the keys, unreliably, ...
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A Noted Psychiatrist Said Gays Can Become Straight. Now He Says He's Wrong ...
Huffington Post
In 1999, Dr. Robert L. Spitzer, considered by some to be "the father of modern psychiatry," interviewed 200 men and women who had undergone "conversion" therapy. Now, 11 years later, he's recanted and apologized. His study was flawed, he says.

At the heart of the issue is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) – psychiatry's diagnostic “bible” (see main story). Allen Frances, who headed the last major rewrite of the manual – DSM-IV – fears ...

via psychiatric diagnosis - Google Blog Search by Tim Desmond, LMFT on 5/5/12
Is there Any Value In Psychiatric Diagnosis? The medical model of diagnosis has become a dominant idea in the field of mental health, but it hasn't always been this way. As a therapist, I will explore whether mental health ...

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