Treatment of Homosexual Behavior
See also: Conversion therapyFrom 1968 to 1977, the Masters and Johnson Institute ran a program to convert or revert homosexuals to heterosexuality. This program reported a 71.6% success rate over a six-year treatment period. At the time of their earlier work, homosexuality was classified as a psychological disorder by the American Psychiatric Association, a classification which was repealed in 1973.
In April 2009, Thomas Maier reported in his biography, "Masters of Sex (Basic Books) and in Scientific America that Virginia Johnson had serious reservations about the program, and she suspected that, at worst, the results of the study may have been fabricated by William Masters.
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