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Homosexuality:A Psychological Perspective


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1 Kasturaba Medical College, Manipal University Manipal, Karnataka, India
2 Haryana State AIDS Control Society, Health Department, Haryana, India
     

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Since long back, homosexuality was the major subject of research for various Psychologists and Physicians and after the various research carried out in the field of behavioral, medical, and social sciences, it is matter of subject for various psychologists and physicians either homosexuality is a medical disability or it is cause of social development. Moreover, the scientist has envisaged that the classification of homosexuality is neither a cause of medical illness nor deficiencies of psychological development. Most of scientist has emphases on the matter and tried to describe the issue on based of various researches and studies.

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Homosexuality, Psychological Factors, Medical Illness.
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Authors

Shreya Singh
Kasturaba Medical College, Manipal University Manipal, Karnataka, India
Veena Singh
Haryana State AIDS Control Society, Health Department, Haryana, India
Vinod Kumar
Haryana State AIDS Control Society, Health Department, Haryana, India

Abstract


Since long back, homosexuality was the major subject of research for various Psychologists and Physicians and after the various research carried out in the field of behavioral, medical, and social sciences, it is matter of subject for various psychologists and physicians either homosexuality is a medical disability or it is cause of social development. Moreover, the scientist has envisaged that the classification of homosexuality is neither a cause of medical illness nor deficiencies of psychological development. Most of scientist has emphases on the matter and tried to describe the issue on based of various researches and studies.

Keywords


Homosexuality, Psychological Factors, Medical Illness.

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