Conversion Therapy
In 2014, Edward McCann and Danika Sharek from TCD and UCD published a survey of LGBT+ experiences in Ireland’s mental health services in the International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. One element of their survey addressed negative experiences, with 29 per cent reporting a negative reaction when they disclosed their LGBT identity, 21 per cent reporting comments that their identity was “just a phase”, and 13 per cent receiving advice that their orientation could be changed to heterosexual.