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Psychiatrist found guilty of trying to ‘cure’ his gay clients with gay sex
Doctor found guilty of trying to 'cure' patients of their homosexuality
A psychiatrist has been found guilty of trying to ‘cure’ his gay clients with gay sex.
Dr Melbyn Iscove is a renowned spokesperson in Toronto for the condemned practice of conversion therapy.
The 72-year-old was found to have sexually abused two of his male patients, promising to ‘cure’ them of their homosexuality.
Psychiatrist tried to ‘cure’ his gay clients with gay sex
He had oral and anal sex and mutual masturbation with some...
Robert Leopold Spitzer, psychiatrist who excluded homosexuality from Mental Disorder list, dies
Robert Leopold Spitzer, a psychiatrist who played a major role in eliminating homosexuality from the list of mental disorders died December 25, 2015 in Seattle, aged 83. His wife, Columbia University Professor Emerita Janet Williams, Dr. Spitzer declared that he died from a heart disease.
Dr. Spitzer had a major contribution in classifying mental disorders working on several editions of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (D.S.M.). In 1973, Dr. Spitzer came to the conclusion that homosexuality should be removed...
