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Out of DSM: Depathologizing Homosexuality
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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 effort to explain how that decision came about, this paper reviews some historical scientific theories and arguments that first led to the placement of homosexuality in DSM-I and DSM-II as well as alternative theories that eventually led to its removal from DSM III and subsequent editions of the manual. The paper concludes with a discussion of the sociocultural aftermath of that 1973 decision.
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- Authors
- Drescher, J.
- Affiliations
- William Alanson White Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Drescher, Jack
- ORCID
- Drescher, Jack
- Venue
- Behavioral Sciences
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2015-12-04
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 565-575
- ISSN
- 2076-328X (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4695779
- OpenAlex
- W2183304066
- Cited by
- 735
- References
- 54
- Citations by year
- 2026: 34 · 2025: 66 · 2024: 102 · 2023: 95 · 2022: 91 · 2021: 84 · 2020: 133 · 2019: 61 · 2018: 46 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 78.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- dx.doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Behavioral Sciences (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › General Psychology › Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices
- Keywords
- homosexuality, depathologization, American Psychiatric Association, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-II, DSM-III, history of psychiatry, psychiatric diagnosis, sexual orientation, socio-cultural impacts
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