ABSTRACT

On May 9, 2001, Spitzer presented the [study that is being discussed in this book], in oral form, at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in New Orleans and created an international media sensation (Lund and Renna, 2003). With the study’s publication, history may repeat itself. Given the manner in which subjects were recruited, much of this study’s social impact hinges on whether or not one believes their accounts. Spitzer not only believes his subjects, he offers his own belief as “evidence” that some people can change a homosexual orientation.