Charles W. Socarides

Charles William Socarides was an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, physician, educator, and author. He focused much of his career on homosexuality, which he believed to be "a mental illness which has reached epidemiological proportions”, but one that could be altered. He helped found the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) in 1992 and worked extensively with the organization until his death.