Psychiatric Association Calls for Gay Marriage Recognition

Associated Press ^ | May 22, 2005 | Doug Gross

[Old Professer]

That brings me to my third point, the environmental influence of the administration of psychotropics; how much of the benefit observed is due to the physiological response versus the psychological response incorporating the administration and the administrator?

We consistently see that in a clinical setting psychotropics work wonders while released patients left to their own self-medication cause grievous failures.

[Pharmboy]

That's why they require studies that are randomized (in terms of patient selection so as to not pick the worst cases for the placebo and less severe patients for the drug), controlled (meaning that a placebo group is used), double-blind (whereas both the treater and the patient do not know which is active drug and which is placebo).

Typically in studies of depression (depending on the type of depression and severity) placebo response is 30% and response to drug is 70%. Many drug studies only look at the difference between the active and control groups in order to evaluate a drug.

[Caipirabob]

I don't remember the APA coming out with a statement condemning promiscuous homosexual behavior when AIDS was so clearly spread by that in the '80s (and still is, BTW). It seems only the PC is advocated by this group.

This is like lawyers advocating suing people.

[PeoplesRepublicOfWashington]

The APA needs therapy--badly. Talk about a group with no credibility.

[EdReform]

The infiltration of the 'professional' medical associations by homosexual activists was ( and continues to be ) part of a well planned and well financed campaign to redefine homosexuality as normal. The campaign began with the infiltration of the American Psychiatric Association, with the goal removing homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).

Make no mistake, the homosexual activists knew exactly what they were doing in the days leading up to the removal of homosexuality from the DSM. Once they had control of the American Psychiatric Association, all the other 'professional' organizations ( such as the American Psychological Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Mental Health Association, the AMA , the American Counseling Association, etc.) fell in line and now accept, and march to, the APA's pro-homosexual party line. Click here (then scroll down the page to "The American Academy of Pediatrics") for a list of other pro-homosexual 'professional' associations that toe each others' homosexual agenda lines.

Forcing the removal of homosexuality from the DSM was the homosexual community's greatest achievement. It permitted them to claim that "homosexuality is normal" and set the stage to present this "normalcy" to the general public via a well planned media campaign ( outlined in 'The Overhauling of Straight America' ), and to kids in the public schools via Kevin Jennings' homosexual organization GLSEN. Kids as young as kindergarten age are now being indoctrinated with "homosexuality is normal" propaganda.

It wasn't science, but rather pro-homosexual activism that was, and continues to be, the primary force behind policy changes and the politically correct statments made by the APA and the majority of the other "professional" medical organizations.

For documentation of homosexual activism in both the APA's and the AAP, see the following replies in scripter's "Homosexual Agenda: Categorical Index of Links (Revision 1.1)" thread:

American Psychological Association: 121, 240, 242, 300, 329, 331, 336, 357, 449, and 503.

American Psychiatric Association: 46, 139, 213, 232, 237, 239, 241, 243, 246, 300, 363, 364, 443, 449, 467, 470, 514, and 524.

American Academy of Pediatrics: 284

Additional documentation:

An excerpt from "GAY ORTHODOXY AND ACADEMIC HERESY"

An excerpt from "When Activism Masquerades as Science: Potential Consequences of Recent APA Resolutions"

Why NARTH? The American Psychiatric Association's Destructive and Blind Pursuit of Political Correctness