Comments on: Survey Says 1 in 6 U.K. Psychiatrists Has Tried to ‘Cure’ A Gay http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2009/03/2581/ Fighting antigay lies and the ex-gay myth Thu, 17 May 2012 02:55:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Scott http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2009/03/2581/comment-page-1/#comment-11722 Scott Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:32:39 +0000 http://www.truthwinsout.org/?p=2581#comment-11722 Their slogan should be: "I'm a therapist, not a miracle worker". Their slogan should be: “I’m a therapist, not a miracle worker”.

]]> By: Michael Airhart http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2009/03/2581/comment-page-1/#comment-11693 Michael Airhart Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:46:57 +0000 http://www.truthwinsout.org/?p=2581#comment-11693 <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSTRE52P01120090326" rel="nofollow">Reuters</a> reports: <em>[Michael King of University College London] and colleagues asked more than 1,400 therapists if they would try to change a patient's sexual orientation if asked to do so.<br/><br/>Only 4 percent declared that they would. However, in response to further questions, one in six said that they had already tried to help patients control or change their sexual orientation through a range of therapies.</em> 4 percent of 1,400 = about 56 therapists In other words, it may be possible to conclude that of 222 therapists who at one time tried to "cure" their patients, 75 percent (about 166 therapists) determined that such efforts were ineffective, counterproductive, or harmful. Reuters reports:

[Michael King of University College London] and colleagues asked more than 1,400 therapists if they would try to change a patient’s sexual orientation if asked to do so.

Only 4 percent declared that they would. However, in response to further questions, one in six said that they had already tried to help patients control or change their sexual orientation through a range of therapies.

4 percent of 1,400 = about 56 therapists

In other words, it may be possible to conclude that of 222 therapists who at one time tried to “cure” their patients, 75 percent (about 166 therapists) determined that such efforts were ineffective, counterproductive, or harmful.

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