Homophobia a Mental Disorder??
Mental health practitioners say they regularly confront extreme forms of racism, homophobia and other prejudice in the course of therapy, and that some patients are disabled by these beliefs. As doctors increasingly weigh the effects of race and culture on mental illness, some are asking whether pathological bias ought to be an official psychiatric diagnosis....
"When I see someone who won't see a physician because they're Jewish, or who can't sit in a restaurant because there are Asians, or feels threatened by homosexuals in the workplace, the party line in mental health says, 'This is not our problem,' " the psychologist said. "If it's not our problem, whose problem is it?"
Read the entire article at the WaPo.
I personally do not agree with this at all. Is a person's fear irrational? Yes. Are there other mental issues that would create this fixation - yes. If homophobia is a metal illness, then people would be able to use it as a defense when killing a gay person. Think about it.
Head on over to AmericaBlog to read John's insight and to discuss.
"When I see someone who won't see a physician because they're Jewish, or who can't sit in a restaurant because there are Asians, or feels threatened by homosexuals in the workplace, the party line in mental health says, 'This is not our problem,' " the psychologist said. "If it's not our problem, whose problem is it?"
Read the entire article at the WaPo.
I personally do not agree with this at all. Is a person's fear irrational? Yes. Are there other mental issues that would create this fixation - yes. If homophobia is a metal illness, then people would be able to use it as a defense when killing a gay person. Think about it.
Head on over to AmericaBlog to read John's insight and to discuss.
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ByActually homosexuality is a mental disorder but I guess you don't want to consider that as an option.
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Actually that's a fine piece of propaganda you're repeating there.
Lucky for me, the medical world is not currently run by people as ignorant as you. The American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Counseling Association, the American Psychological Association, and organizations representing
1,500,000 American health professionals (doctors, psychiatrists,
psychologists, counselors, and educators) have said
clearly that homosexual orientation is as natural as heterosexual.
The point is not that no one WANTS to consider the damaging misinformation that you have posted. The point is that it is immoral to accept such nonsense as fact, since this sort of deceit has staggering repercussions on the lives of others.
Since you have obviously not taken the time to educate yourself from any reliable medical resource, I'm happy to offer you some information and links.
"Psychologists, psychiatrists and other mental health professionals agree that homosexuality is not an illness, mental disorder or an emotional problem. Over 35 years of objective, well-designed scientific research has shown that homosexuality, in and itself, is not associated with mental disorders or emotional or social problems. Homosexuality was once thought to be a mental illness because mental health professionals and society had biased information."
Homosexuality is not an illness:
http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/answers.html#mentalillness
Damage caused:
http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbc/publications/justthefacts.html#2
http://www.apa.org/releases/gaymarriage.html
So tell us- did you honestly not KNOW this stuff- or have you heard it all before and decided you’re better off just being a bigot?
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