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Conversion therapy: History & Science

Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change an individual's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, gender identity, or gender expression to align with heterosexual and cisgender norms. Conversion therapy is ineffective at changing a person's sexual orientation or gender identity and frequently causes significant…

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Conversion therapy topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Science as prominent areas in the source structure around Conversion therapy.

Related topics
172
Source areas
10
Connected nodes
182
Extracted relationships
161
Concept neighborhoods
44
Bridge connections
182

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Theories and techniques · 58 topics
History · 33 topics
Overview · 29 topics
Terminology · 19 topics
Legal status · 10 topics
Effects and evaluation · 8 topics
In media · 6 topics
Motivations · 4 topics
Public opinion · 3 topics
Medical views · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Terminology

History

Motivations

Theories and techniques

Effects and evaluation

Legal status

In media

Medical views

Public opinion

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Conversion therapy connects Entity context

The extracted context around Conversion therapy shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Conversion therapy → Article, Commissioner, Council, Craig Purshouse, Dunja Mijatović, Europe, European Citizens' Initiative, European Commission, European Convention, European Parliament, European Union, He, Human Rights, Ilias Trispiotis, In, In February, In September, International Rehabilitation Council, July, May Another extracted example is Conversion therapy → Alfred Kinsey, American Psychiatric Association, Borrowing, Despite, German-speaking Hungarian, In, Into, Karl Maria Kertbeny, Later, Many, Robert, Sandor Rado, Sigmund Freud, Spitzer, The, The APA, This. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Conversion therapy

Top relations

related to Human rights · 25
Conversion therapy → Article, Commissioner, Council, Craig Purshouse, Dunja Mijatović, Europe, European Citizens' Initiative, European Commission, European Convention, European Parliament, European Union, He, Human Rights, Ilias Trispiotis, In, In February, In September, International Rehabilitation Council, July, May
related to Sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE) · 17
Conversion therapy → Alfred Kinsey, American Psychiatric Association, Borrowing, Despite, German-speaking Hungarian, In, Into, Karl Maria Kertbeny, Later, Many, Robert, Sandor Rado, Sigmund Freud, Spitzer, The, The APA, This
related to Legal status · 15
Conversion therapy → Albania, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, France, Germany, In, Malta, Mexico, Some, Spain, Taiwan, Thus, Vietnam
related to Bans on conversion therapy · 13
Conversion therapy → Ferguson, IESOGI, In, In March, JONAH, LGBTQ, New Jersey, Report, The, UN IESOGI, United Nations Independent Expert, US, US Supreme Court
related to Medical views · 11
Conversion therapy → American Medical Association, American Psychiatric Association, Anecdotal, For, Furthermore, Hippocratic, LGBT, National, There, They, Various
related to Terminology · 11
Conversion therapy → According, Alternative, Douglas, GICE, Haldeman, Medical, SOCE, SOGICE, SOGIECE, The American Psychological Association, Together
related to Gender exploratory therapy · 10
Conversion therapy → As, Commenting, Concerns, Florence Ashley, Gender, GET, Practitioners, Some, States, United States
related to Hypnosis · 10
Conversion therapy → Albert, Allegedly, Canadian, He, Hypnosis, In, Krafft-Ebing, Peter Roper, Richard, Schrenck-Notzing
related to Evolving phraseology · 9
Conversion therapy → Cohen, Coming Out Straight, Homosexuality, Now, Richard, Richard Fitzgibbon, Same-Sex Attachment Disorder, SSAD, The
related to Public opinion · 9
Conversion therapy → According, Florida, LGB, New Mexico, Opinion, Surveys, The, US, Virginia

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

therapy conversion gender sexual homosexuality orientation identity change practices homosexual used also same-sex treatment religious term report men may efforts

Conversion therapy relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 161 structured relationships around Conversion therapy. Examples in this analysis include Conversion therapy → is a → pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change an individual's sexual orientation and London-based International Federation for Therapeutic → instance of → The report highlights some larger groups at the center of these efforts. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Conversion therapyis apseudoscientific practice of attempting to change an individual's sexual orientation0.90text
London-based International Federation for Therapeuticinstance ofThe report highlights some larger groups at the center of these efforts0.80text
Counseling Choiceinstance ofThe report highlights some larger groups at the center of these efforts0.80text
Alfred Kinsey argued that homosexuality was a normal variation in human developmentinstance ofsexology researchers0.80text
raceinstance ofhomosexuality was not a fixed class0.80text
homophobiainstance ofPractitioners propose that their patients' dysphoria is caused by factors0.80text
social contagioninstance ofPractitioners propose that their patients' dysphoria is caused by factors0.80text
sexual traumainstance ofPractitioners propose that their patients' dysphoria is caused by factors0.80text
and autisminstance ofPractitioners propose that their patients' dysphoria is caused by factors0.80text
increased suicideinstance of9.5 billion in associated costs0.80text
substance abuseinstance of9.5 billion in associated costs0.80text
Conversion therapyhas effectThere0.60section

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Conversion therapy bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Therapy, Practices and Gender. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Conversion therapy
    • Therapy
    • Practices
    • Gender
    • Sexual
    • Report
    • Orientation
    • Found
    • Identity
    • Also
    • Same-sex
    • Religious
    • Term
  • conversion therapy
    • Therapy
    • Practices
    • Gender
    • Sexual
    • Report
    • Orientation
    • Found
    • Identity
    • Also
    • Same-sex
    • Religious
    • Term
  • sexual orientation
    • Orientation
    • Sexual
    • Identity
    • Gender
    • Efforts
    • Therapy
    • Study
    • Health
    • Practices
    • May
    • Also
    • Form
  • romantic orientation
    • Sexual
    • Identity
    • Gender
    • Efforts
    • Study
    • Therapy
    • Health
    • May
    • Also
    • Practices
    • Reparative
    • Form
  • gender identity
    • Identity
    • Orientation
    • Sexual
    • Efforts
    • Therapy
    • Medical
    • Health
    • Mental
    • Report
    • Practices
    • Human
    • Practice
  • gender expression
    • Identity
    • Sexual
    • Orientation
    • Efforts
    • Therapy
    • Medical
    • Health
    • Mental
    • Report
    • Practices
    • Form
    • Treatment
  • homosexuality
    • Treatment
    • Human
    • Therapy
    • Gay
    • Aversion
    • Religious
    • Term
    • Same-sex
    • Behavior
    • Form
    • Studies
    • Support
  • gender variance
    • Identity
    • Sexual
    • Orientation
    • Efforts
    • Therapy
    • Medical
    • Health
    • Mental
    • Report
    • Practices
    • Form
    • Treatment

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Conversion therapy, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Conversion therapy with Theories and techniques. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Conversion therapyTheories and techniques · splits 124 ⟂ 59
Conversion therapyHistory · splits 149 ⟂ 34
Conversion therapyOverview · splits 153 ⟂ 30
Conversion therapyTerminology · splits 163 ⟂ 20
Conversion therapyLegal status · splits 172 ⟂ 11
Conversion therapyEffects and evaluation · splits 174 ⟂ 9
Conversion therapyIn media · splits 176 ⟂ 7
Conversion therapyMotivations · splits 178 ⟂ 5
Conversion therapyPublic opinion · splits 179 ⟂ 4
Conversion therapyMedical views · splits 180 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Conversion therapy

Nodes183
Edges182
Triples161
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.010929
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Conversion therapy to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Science, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Conversion therapy · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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