Some patients, as in all specialities of medicine, are more faithful than others in adhering to medication schedules. Some overly confident patients drift into noncompliance. Other patients neglect specific instructions about their medication schedule. For this reason, it is advisable that as a condition of probation or parole, supervision be legally required so as to ensure strict compliance in adhering to the treatment schedule. A dozen have now been followed for between 5 and 13 years.
Improvement follows resumption of treatment.
Counseling sessions are provided weekly, at first, and then spaced to once a month. These sessions enable the patient to establish a new life-style. It is this impairment that responds to counseling therapy. In true homosexual pair-bonding, the defining characteristic is unyielding inability to fall in love with an opposite, but not same sex partner.