Jack Drescher

Jack Drescher (born 1951) is an American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst best known for his work on sexual orientation.

Education and affiliations

Drescher earned his B.A. in Biology from Brooklyn College in 1972 and his M.D. from University of Michigan Medical School in 1980. After completing his internship in psychiatry at St. Vincent’s Hospital & Medical Center in 1981, he accepted a residency at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, becoming Chief Resident and Clinical Instructor there in 1984. In 1987 he became Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at SUNY Downstate. From 1988 to 1992 Drescher was Candidate in Psychoanalysis at the William Alanson White Institute. Since 2006 he has been Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at New York University and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at New York Medical College.

Drescher is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and a member of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, the American College of Psychiatrists and the New York Academy of Medicine. He is an elected member of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and the International Academy of Sex Research, and he serves on the Board of Directors for the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry.

Ex-gays and conversion therapy

Drescher is an outspoken critic of the ex-gay movement and conversion therapy, calling it "questionable in its efficacy" and citing potential harms of therapy to suppress or change sexual orientation. Associated Press (July 10, 2007). [http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-07-10-gays-psychologists_N.htm Psychologists to review stance on gays] . "USA Today"] In addition to writing about the ethical concerns, [Drescher, Jack (2001). "Ethical Concerns Raised When Patients Seek to Change Same-Sex Attractions". Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy 5 (3/4): 183. Haworth Press.] Drescher has likened attempts to suggest there is a professional debate about this to creationism: "You create the impression to the public as if there was a debate in the profession, which there is not."Luo, Michael (February 12, 2007). [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/12/nyregion/12group.html Some Tormented by Homosexuality Look to a Controversial Therapy] . "New York Times"] Drescher was one of the major critics of work by Robert Spitzer claiming some gay people can alter their orientation.Duin, Julia (May 9, 2001). New psychiatric study says gays can alter orientation. "Washington Times"]

elected publications

*"Transgender Subjectivities: A Clinician's Guide." Leli, U. & Drescher, J., editors. (2004), New York: Harrington Park Press.
*"Addictions in the gay and lesbian community". Jeffrey R. Guss, Jack Drescher, editors. New York: Haworth Medical Press, c2000. ISBN 0789010380
*"British lesbian, gay, and bisexual psychologies: theory, research, and practice". Elizabeth Peel, Victoria Clarke, Jack Drescher, editors Binghamton, NY : Haworth Medical Press, c2007. ISBN 0789032511
*"Crystal meth and men who have sex with men: what mental health care professionals need to know". Milton L. Wainberg, Andrew J. Kolodny, Jack Drescher, editors. New York: Haworth Medical Press, c2006. ISBN 0789032473
*"Ex-Gay Research: Analyzing the Spitzer Study And Its Relation to Science, Religion, Politics, and Culture". Jack Drescher, Kenneth J. Zucker (Editors). Harrington Park Press ISBN 1560235578
*"Gay and lesbian parenting". Deborah F. Glazer, Jack Drescher, editors. New York: Haworth Medical Press, c2001. ISBN 0789013509
*"A gay man's guide to prostate cancer". Gerald Perlman (Editor), Jack Drescher (Editor) Binghamton, NY: Haworth Medical Press, c2005. ISBN 1560235535
*"Handbook of LGBT issues in community mental health". Ronald E. Hellman, Jack Drescher, Binghamton, NY: Haworth Medical Press, c2004. ISBN 0789023091
*"Mental health professions and homosexuality: international perspectives". Vittorio Lingiardi, Jack Drescher, editors. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Medical Press, c2003. ISBN 0789020580
*"Psychoanalytic therapy and the gay man". Jack Drescher. Hillsdale, NJ: Analytic Press, 1998. ISBN 0881632082
*"Sexual and gender diagnoses of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM): a reevaluation". Dan Karasic, Jack Drescher (Editor). New York: Haworth Press, c2005. ISBN 0789032139

References

External links

* [http://www.jackdreschermd.net/ Jack Drescher, M.D. official site]