SummaryAims: To assess attitudes towards homosexuality among psychiatrists in India.Method: An informed consent form and a semi-structured proforma were sent online to 3348 psychiatrists across India. Multiple questions pertaining to age, gender, religion, type of practice, work area, and any discomfort in seeing homosexual patients and in referring patients to a homosexual colleague were sent to consenting psychiatrists. Afterwards participants were asked to complete the Heterosexual Attitude Towards Homosexuality (HATH) scale. The data thus obtained were statistically analyzed. Results:In all, 190 psychiatrists consented to the study and submitted completed forms. The mean age of the respondents was 42.9 ± 11.8 and the male/female ratio was 3.8. Most psychiatrists (n=105) reported that they see between 1 and 10 homosexual patients per year and 95.26% reported that they were comfortable doing so. Most (83.15%) were comfortable referring a patient to a homosexual colleague. The mean HATH score was 59.3 ± 4.6 and there was no significant difference across gender, age, work area and practice profile.Discussion: Attitudes towards homosexuality among psychiatrists in India appear to be neutral and do not vary across age, gender, work area and practice profile. Psychiatrists are mostly comfortable managing homosexual patients and referring patients to homosexual colleagues. homosexuality, attitude, psychiatrists, HATH, IndiaAcknowledgement:
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