Sexual Orientation and Mental Health: Incremental Progression or Radical Change?
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2014
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Wyatt-Nichol, H. (2014). Sexual Orientation and Mental Health: Incremental Progression or Radical Change?. Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, 37(2), 225-241.
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Abstract
This manuscript provides a critical historic analysis of the status of
sexual orientation nondiscrimination within the context of the mental
health profession. The declassification and reclassification of
homosexuality in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders is addressed. While the DSM reclassifications represent a
slow shift toward the acceptance of homosexuality within the fields of
psychiatry and psychology, the APA of the present represents a radical
shift from the past