Cuomo issues crackdown on LGBT conversion therapy

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(02-08-2016, 12:40 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Anyone know if there are actually any numbers out there about the "success rate" of this type therapy?

Or are there any stories from the people who actually underwent the therapy?

Seems like we have all just taken sides without knowing a lot about this therapy.

Just a wild guess, but I'll bet there are some people who claim it worked and others who claimed it was just a form of torture that filled them with self-loathing and despair.

I don't think there is any way to tell for sure and it definately depends on what one deems as "successful".

For instance NARTH has published papers that point to a success rate of 23-50%. yet Zerker just mentioned a success rate of less than 3%.

There are stories from folks that have had "successful" and "unsuccessful" therapy. My issue is what data did this state use to decide they were no longer going to not allow insurance to cover this therapy when similar measures have failed at the Federal level.