Out of DSM: Depathologizing Homosexuality

• Published in: Behavioral sciences Vol. 5; no. 4; pp. 565 - 575
• Main Author: Drescher, Jack
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI 04.12.2015; MDPI AG
• Subjects: American Psychiatric Association (APA); diagnosis; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM); gender beliefs; gender binaries; homosexuality; psychiatry; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM); homosexuality; gender beliefs; gender binaries; diagnosis; psychiatry; American Psychiatric Association (APA)

In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) removed the diagnosis of “homosexuality” from the second edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM). This resulted after comparing competing theories, those that pathologized homosexuality and those that viewed it as normal. In an effor...