Issues and nonissues in the gay-affirmative treatment of patients who are gay, lesbian, or bisexual

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-28

  Davison, Gerald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay; Homosexuality; Lesbian; Sexual conversion therapy; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; BISEXUALITY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LESBIAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 14644445154     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clipsy/bpi013     Document Type: Article

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