Effective January 1, mental health practitioners are prohibited from performing sexual orientation change efforts - known as reparative or conversion therapy - for anyone under 18.
The therapies "have no basis in science or medicine and they will now be relegated to the dustbin of quackery," Mr Brown said in a statement.
Mainstream associations representing psychiatrists and psychologists have dismissed reparative therapy in recent decades. A number of mental health associations in California - including the state's Board of Behavioural Sciences, the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and the California Psychological Association - supported the legislation.
The therapies "have no basis in science or medicine and they will now be relegated to the dustbin of quackery," Mr Brown said in a statement.
Mainstream associations representing psychiatrists and psychologists have dismissed reparative therapy in recent decades. A number of mental health associations in California - including the state's Board of Behavioural Sciences, the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and the California Psychological Association - supported the legislation.
But some organisations and ministries continue to use counselling and prayer to try to help conflicted Christians rid themselves of unwanted homosexual inclinations. Gay rights activists have said the damage they inflict on individuals can be deep and lasting and can put youth at higher risk of depression and suicide.
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