- Benjamin Kaufman
Dr. Benjamin Kaufmann (1962), also referred as Ben Kaufman, is a former Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at The
UC Davis School of Medicine with a practice inpsychiatry andpsychoanalysis . He was a founding officer ofNARTH [NARTH : "Regent University Law Review Challenges Mainstream Gay-Rights Perspective", viewed 2008-05-25. ] and now serves as Chairman of The Board of NARTH.Benjamin Kaufman: REGENT UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW [Vol. 14:423] [http://web.archive.org/web/20051127142443/http://www.regent.edu/acad/schlaw/lawreview/articles/14_2kaufman.PDF Why NARTH? The American Psychiatric Association's Destructive and Blind Pursuit of Political Correctness] (PDF via archieve.org) pp. 423.] [NARTH : [http://www.narth.com/menus/officers.html NARTH Officers] , (with Photo) viewed 2008-05-25.]He practices at
Sacramento, California . Kaufman is certified by Board of Neurology and Psychiatry, as well as certified in the practice of psychoanalysis by The American Psychoanalytic Association. Kaufman served on the Mind Institute Board of TheUniversity of California and The Board of Directors of The University Organ Transplant Program. He has served as a pastpresident of TheSierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society .He is critisized towards his attitude to homosexuality: "Regardless of politics, homosexuality is what it is: a behavioral pattern associated with what, by any reasonable standard, must be regarded as an unacceptable prevalence of medical and emotional illness." [Citation|author-link=Benjamin Kaufman|contribution =cited according to Daniel S. Gonzales: "Letter to the editor"|journal=Mustang Daily| date=2002-06-06 |url= [http://www.exgaywatch.com/blog/archives/2006/03/nicolosi_asked_1.html exgaywatch.com] .]
Literature
* Helio Elkis, Lee Friedman, Peter F. Buckley, Hong Shick Lee, Christine Lys, Benjamin Kaufman and Herbert Y. Meltzer: "„Increased prefrontal sulcal prominence in relatively young patients with unipolar major depression“", Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, volume 67, issue 2, 31 July 1996, pp 123-134, DOI|10.1016/0925-4927(96)02744-8
* Benjamin Kaufman: "„Dr. Charles Socarides, Lover Of Humanity“", online at NARTH [NARTH: [http://www.narth.com/docs/soctribute2.html "„Dr. Charles Socarides, Lover Of Humanity“"] , published 20 February 2008, visited 25 May 2008.]
*Charles Socarides , Benjamin Kaufman,Joseph Nicolosi ,Jeffrey Satinover andRichard Fitzgibbons , "Don't Forsake Homosexuals Who Want Help," The Wall Street Journal, 9 January 1997, auch online [www.leaderu.com: Reprint of [http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/narth/wsjletter01.html Don't Forsake Homosexuals Who Want Help] , from the The Wall Street Journal, 9 January 1997, visited 2008-05-25.]Sources
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