BELLE MEAD, N.J. (AP) -- The disclosure by a doctor and former New York City health official that he has been a homosexual for 30 years drew praise from fellow physicians.
Dr. Howard J. Brown, 49, received sustained applause Wednesday from about 600 medical men at a symposium here on human sexuality.
Dr. Gustav R. Schmiege, a Cherry Hill, N.J., psychiatrist, said it was refreshing to hear such a disclosure from "an intelligent person in a responsible position . . . who is not seeking publicity. It's a lot better than noisy demonstrators."
Brown, a bachelor, urged doctors to help patients accept rather than conceal homosexuality. He said medicine should forget the idea that homosexuality can be treated by psychotherapy, adding "there is very little indication that it can be treated."
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