The Economic Impact of Conversion Therapy Harms in the US
On this episode of Managed Care Cast, Anna Forsythe, PharmD, MSc, MBA, vice president of value and access at Cytel, explains the monetary and humanistic costs of conversion therapy among LGBTQ+ populations in the United States.
Sexual orientation and gender identity change efforts (SOGICE), more commonly known as conversion therapy, is a discredited practice opposed by a number of medical, mental health, and human rights organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Yet annually, the practice’s harms lead to estimated direct and indirect costs of $9.23 billion in the United States, according to a new study published in JAMA Pediatrics.
SOGICE can take the form of individual or group psychotherapy, inpatient treatment, or administration by religious leaders, while many individuals undergo multiple modalities, typically as youths. The practice relies on the…
