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Criticisms of Conversion Therapy Research
Claims regarding the effectiveness of conversion therapy have faced widespread criticism from the scientific community. These critiques primarily focus on serious methodological flaws in the underlying research, including significant concerns with how the studies were designed, the methods used to recruit experimental participants, and the inaccurate interpretation of the resulting data.
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Criticisms of Conversion Therapy Research