A brief historicity of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Issues and implications for the future of psychiatric canon and practice

The DSM refers to hundreds of different diagnoses; the number has grown from the first to the fifth edition, from about 100 to 300. https://t.co/7l2WQ32yFa

>>The history of the DSM has been characterized by a shift in the conceptualization of mental health and illness, reflecting an attempt to adhere to the ontological claims and canon of "biomedicine" and sustain psychiatry's medical identity. https:/

In December 1973, the American Psychiatric Association permanently removed the "homosexuality” heading from the list of psychiatric "disorders" included in the group’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). https://t.co/g73N306QxL

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