Medical organizations unanimously oppose the practice as families report lasting psychological and relational damage ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Conversion therapy was tied to higher systolic and diastolic BP and systematic inflammation levels. Researchers ...

Scientific studies on conversion therapy show that it's harmful and ineffective. All major medical and psychological associations oppose it. Every major medical and mental health organization opposes ...

The Supreme Court announced Monday it will hear a case regarding whether state bans on “conversion therapy” trying to change minors’ sexual orientation or gender identity are legal—a case that could ...

Conversion therapy might harm a young person's long-term heart health, a new study says. Young adults assigned male at birth were nearly three times as likely to be diagnosed with high blood pressure ...

A new study claims that being subjected to conversion therapy may damage a young person’s long-term heart health. According to the study, published in the online medical journal JAMA Network Open, ...

I’m a conversion-therapy survivor. I know firsthand the impossible task, and death-dealing effects, of trying to “pray the gay away.” Today, I’m also a researcher who focuses my work on conversion ...

Gay men, transgender women, and nonbinary people who’ve undergone efforts change their sexual orientation and/or gender identity show signs of worse cardiovascular health in young adulthood, according ...

Psychotherapy became more popular in outpatient mental health care in recent years, while psychotropic medication without psychotherapy became less common. (American Journal of Psychiatry) Universal ...

On Oct. 7, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in Chiles v. Salazar, a lawsuit challenging Colorado’s ban on licensed health care professionals practicing ...

Every major medical and mental health organization opposes conversion therapy because research shows it to be harmful and ineffective. Even so, it’s important to know what individual research studies ...