The response of mental health professionals to clients seeking help to change or redirect same-sex sexual orientation

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Bartlett, Annie ^a   Smith, Glenn ^b   King, Michael ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MORALITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT COUNSELING; POSTAL MAIL; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PSYCHOEDUCATION; RELIGION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; UNITED KINGDOM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 65249182578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-9-11     Document Type: Article

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