Cure for gayness

How being gay went from a mental disorder to a human-rights movement. was the 50th anniversary of American Psychiatric Association declassifying homosexuality as a diagnosis. The revision. The most common treatment (from the early s to early s, with one case in ) was behavioural aversion therapy with electric shocks (11 participants). Nausea induced by apomorphine as the aversive stimulus was reported less often (four participants in the early s).

The treatment demonstrated efficacy in a recent randomized controlled trial, making it one of the first evidence-based LGB-affirmative mental health treatments that specifically addresses unique issues in gay and bisexual men’s mental health. Gay therapy does not aim to change sexuality but instead helps with issues being faced by gay people.

The next year, the

Find out about gay treatment, how to find gay therapists. The next year, the APA removed “homosexuality” from its list of diagnosable disorders, giving thousands of gay people an instant cure. “It altered the course of my life”. Asia correspondent CordeliaSkyNews.

Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player. Widely discredited around the world, conversion therapy - which aims to change someone's sexual orientation - is still legal in India but the practice of it by doctors is banned. Above a second-hand car shop on a bustling Delhi street, sits the office of the Indian capital's self-proclaimed "best sexologist".

Dr Shriyans Jain is smartly dressed in a crisp white shirt and black waistcoat with a jet black moustache adorning his upper lip. His thick, dark hair is swept across his forehead. I'm going undercover to investigate claims he offers gay and lesbian people a cure for their sexuality. He is trained in modern medicine MBBS qualified but also practises ayurvedic medicine a traditional type of Indian medical system.

He's also registered with the Delhi Medical Council. His website proudly ets his credentials, and lists several of the conditions he treats with herbal medicine. They include premature ejaculation, erectile dysfunction and even infertility. But the service he offers gay and lesbian patients doesn't appear to be advertised. Widely discredited around the world, conversion therapy - which aims to change someone's sexual orientation - is still legal in India , just as it is in the UK.

It can involve the use of medication, treatments like electric shock therapy and even violence. It wrote to all the State Medical Councils empowering them to take disciplinary action against any medical practitioners who undertake it. In some cases, they could lose their licences. Posing as a gay woman enquiring about whether I could change my sexuality, I arrive at Dr Jain's office. The waiting room walls are lined with framed pictures of him with various dignitaries and awards.

Inside, the blinds are drawn and a security camera nestles in the corner. Above his desk hangs an imposing metal sculpture of seven horses pulling the sun. Air India warned by watchdog over pilot scheduling breaches. How are investigators looking into the Air India crash - and how long could they take? I sit down and, to my surprise, it's mere minutes before Dr Jain tells me about his "lifelong cure" that will make me straight by altering my hormonal balance and "mental activity".

The treatment will take a maximum of three months and is totally safe, he assures me. He says he's treated countless numbers of gay and lesbian patients. While he can't recall the exact figure he seems confident of success. Some patients feel the effects in 15 days, he adds. Your curiosity will develop. A low immune system and poor dietary habits such as eating meat are possibly the cause of my sexuality, says Dr Jain.

He moves his head from side to side as if he's pondering a host of potential causes. A medical exam is carried out. Then, I am directed to stand on a vibration machine in the waiting room for about 10 minutes - it looks like the ones used for muscle strengthening and weight loss.