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==Opposition and skepticism to reparative therapy==

==Opposition and skepticism to reparative therapy==

In general, the therapeutic community in the United States has refused to consider the possiblity that RT is effective:

In general, the therapeutic community in the United States has refused to consider the possiblity that RT is effective:

*"NARTH offered to join with the  American Psychological Association (APA) in conducting a detailed study of the effectiveness of reparative therapy. The APA refused to cooperate."<ref>[http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_nart.htm#study Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance]</ref>

{{cquote|"NARTH offered to join with the  American Psychological Association (APA) in conducting a detailed study of the effectiveness of reparative therapy. The APA refused to cooperate."<ref>[http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_nart.htm#study Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance]</ref>}}

However, no objective authority has ever been able to demonstrate the effectiveness of reparative therapy. The only study to demonstrate its effectiveness appears to have been premised on subjective information only, and was never published in a peer reviewed journal,<ref>[http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_nart.htm#study]</ref> The other dominant study in the field proved only that reparative therapy seemed to cause depression and suicide in "patients" subjected to it.<ref>http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_exst.htm#sch</ref>

==References==

==References==