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Defenders and critics of the controversial Spitzer study analyze
its methodologies and findings In 2001, Robert L. Spitzer, MD,
presented his study on sexual conversion therapy with its
controversial findings that some homosexuals can change their
sexual orientation. The resulting media sensation and political
firestorm enraged the study's critics and emboldened its
supporters. Ex-Gay Research: Analyzing the Spitzer Study and Its
Relation to Science, Religion, Politics, and Culture presents
leading experts examining Spitzer's research methodology and
findings to discern whether the study itself deserves deeper
consideration or outright dismissal. Every facet of the study is
reviewed to discuss the positive or negative aspects of the
results, its significance in political and social terms, and the
implications for the future. Dr. Spitzer himself was an
instrumental figure in the American Psychiatric Association's
decision in 1973 to remove homosexuality as a mental illness
listing from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-III. His later
study that states that in some individuals, homosexuality may be
more fluid than previously thought stirred controversy in the
psychiatric community and society at large. His study is presented
here to allow the reader to evaluate and consider it for
themselves. Leading experts then voice their own pro or con views
on the methodology and findings. Ex-Gay Research: Analyzing the
Spitzer Study and Its Relation to Science, Religion, Politics, and
Culture fearlessly illustrates the sometimes fuzzy boundary between
science and politics, courageously spotlighting the culture wars
now dividing our society. Ex-Gay Research: Analyzing the Spitzer
Study and Its Relation to Science, Religion, Politics, and Culture
discusses: the ex-gay movement the nature of scientific inquiry the
relationship between science and politics the results of sexual
conversion therapies gay and lesbian rights Ex-Gay Research:
Analyzing the Spitzer Study and Its Relation to Science, Religion,
Politics, and Culture is essential reading for sex researchers,
mental health professionals, pastoral counselors, political
activists, and any person asking if one can truly change his or her
homosexuality.
This up-to-date volume effectively links attachment theory and
method to clinical understanding, exploring recent advances that
have significantly enhanced our ability to explain and predict
psychopathology. Contributing authors, comprising leading
international experts, present research into a relatively recently
discovered form of attachment--the disorganized pattern--as well as
new technologies for classifying attachment security beyond
infancy, and apply these innovations to pioneering studies of
atypical populations. Exploring attachment processes in diverse
samples including divorced mothers, chronically ill infants,
Romanian adoptees, children of women with anxiety disorders, and
individuals with a variety of psychiatric disorders, chapters
provide invaluable clinical insights and highlight areas of
theoretical innovation and controversy.
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