It 'is the title of Vice President announced that the Order Psychologists Lazio, prof. Cruciani, read today, on behalf of President Zachary Marialori at the conference "I am, I skim" (School Psychology - University of Rome La Sapienza).

Here is the complete text, which you can join by signing the page Noriparative.it

"We, psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, scholars and researchers in the field of mental health, at the presence in Italy by Joseph Nicolosi at the conference" Gender Identity and freedom ", we condemn any attempt to pathologize homosexuality, that the 'World Health Organization defines a "natural variant of human behavior."

Joseph Nicolosi, founder of NARTH (Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality), claims, against all scientific evidence that homosexuality is "a mental disorder that can be cured," is "a failure of the identification of gender "and is" contrary to the true identity of the individual. "

These theories, therapies "reparative" upon which they are based, and any theory or philosophical religion that claims to define homosexuality as intrinsically disordered or pathological, not only encourage the anti-homosexual prejudice, but to discredit and delegitimize our professions our commitment to the establishment of a scientific view of homosexuality.

A therapist with anti-homosexual legislation may reinforce prejudices the negative feelings of guilt, unworthiness and shame that many homosexuals feel, and so food homophobia and minority stress, often irreparably damaging the mental health of the subject.

The homosexual person who asks to be "cured" (and family members are often involved) should be listened to and helped to understand the reasons for its difficulty to accept, but not to be deceived with promises of miraculous treatments proved ineffective. [Emphasis added-Ed Note I].

We recall that the Italian psychologists are required to comply with Articles 3, 4, 5 of the Code of Ethics, which reaffirmed, among other things, like the psychologist should work to promote the psychological well-being, refrain from imposing its system of values ​​and update His scientific knowledge constantly.

We also remember that the most important international scientific and professional associations, such as the 'American Psychological Association and the' American Psychiatric Association, recommend to refrain from trying to change the sexual orientation of an individual and (as recently confirmed by the Report of the Task Force on Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation of the 'American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, 2009) claim that the treatment of "conversion" or "repair" homosexuality are based on theories with no scientific validity and do not have the support of reliable empirical research .

And 'our duty to state emphatically that any treatment aimed at inducing / the patient to change their sexual orientation is at the outside of the spirit that animates the ethical and scientific our professions, and as such must be reported to the competent bodies, that is, the professional orders. "

The statement was signed by the President of the National Order of Psychologists, Luigi Palma, and various representatives of the scientific and institutional, and short should be made public online, with the possibility of accession by psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, etc. .

A good starting point. It's about time!

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