THE DECISION TO REMOVE HOMOSEXUALITY FROM THE DSM - 20 YEARS LATER

Authors
RUBINSTEIN G
Citation
G. Rubinstein, THE DECISION TO REMOVE HOMOSEXUALITY FROM THE DSM - 20 YEARS LATER, American journal of psychotherapy, 49(3), 1995, pp. 416-427
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Psycology, Clinical",Psychiatry,Psychology
Journal title
American journal of psychotherapy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029564
Volume
49
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
416 - 427
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9564(1995)49:3<416:TDTRHF>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The present study investigated the influence of the patient's sexual o rientation on 417 therapists' perception of his mental health. Partici pants were assigned case histories where a hypothetical patient was he terosexual or ego-syntonic homosexual. Attributions of severity of men tal status were found to differ as a function of the patient's sexual orientation.