Was the gender identity disorder of childhood diagnosis introduced into DSM-III as a backdoor maneuver to replace homosexuality? A historical note

Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-42

  Zucker, Kenneth J ^a   Spitzer, Robert L ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; TRANSSEXUALISM;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERMINOLOGY; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 11244316242     PISSN: 0092623X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00926230590475251     Document Type: Review

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