The End Of Disorder
http://www.bilerico.com/2010/02/the_end_of_disorder.phpAntonia D'orsay
2/10/10
On February 9th, 2010, The American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, version 5 (DSM-V) revision working groups released their Proposed Revisions for the areas in the manual under consideration for deletion, removal, revision, and addition.
The current version of the DSM -- version 4, text revision, aka DSM-IV-TR, was released in 1994. The DSM-III was released in 1980.
The DSM-III revisions began in 1974, after a lengthy series of efforts by a small group of Doctors led by Joseph Nicolosi, Benjamin Kaufman, and the late Charles Socarides to prevent the delisting of Homosexuality in the DSM-II. If those three names seem familiar, it's because although they quit the APA in 1972, in 1992 they formed the organization NARTH.
During a recent fracas here at Bilerico, I pointed out that Homosexuality was never really taken out of the DSM. In light of current events described below, let's look at how it was that the GLB community was duped, and the Trans community took its place.
