http://www.apa.org/releases/therapeutic.html?imw=Y"Contrary to claims of sexual orientation change advocates and practitioners,
there is insufficient evidence to support the use of psychological interventions to
change sexual orientation," said Judith M. Glassgold, PsyD, chair of the task force.
"Scientifically rigorous older studies in this area found that sexual orientation was
unlikely to change due to efforts designed for this purpose. Contrary to the claims
of SOCE practitioners and advocates, recent research studies do not provide
evidence of sexual orientation change as the research methods are inadequate to
determine the effectiveness of these interventions." Glassgold added: "At most,
certain studies suggested that some individuals learned how to ignore or not act
on their homosexual attractions. Yet, these studies did not indicate for whom this
was possible, how long it lasted or its long-term mental health effects. Also, this
result was much less likely to be true for people who started out
only attracted to people of the same sex."
