In part 2 of the case of Nancy, readers learned how conversion disorder not uncommonly develops alongside histrionic personality disorder. The question remains, however: What makes these conditions ...

Every major medical and mental health organization opposes conversion therapy because research shows it to be harmful and ineffective. Even so, it’s important to know what individual research studies ...

Week after week, a teenage Brandon Long sat through counseling sessions that he said framed his identity as a failure. Now an ordained minister in northern Kentucky, Long told Kentucky state lawmakers ...

Theresa is the lead Morning Rounds writer, and her stories focus on gender-affirming care, reproductive health, and mental health. You can reach Theresa on Signal at theresagaff.97. At the Supreme ...

Movies about conversion therapy largely reveal something we’ve known for decades: that it’s inhumane, ineffective, and unnecessary to change anyone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. However, ...

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas participates in the Pride Parade in June 2025. Lucas is sponsoring a new ordinance to prohibit conversion therapy and what it calls other "dangerous and ...