Queer diagnoses revisited: The past and future of homosexuality and gender diagnoses in DSM and ICD

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 386-395

  Drescher, Jack ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS-DRESSING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DSM-5; DSM-II; DSM-III; DSM-III-R; DSM-IV; DSM-IV-TR; GENDER DYSPHORIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSEXUAL DISORDER; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; TRANSSEXUALISM; CLASSIFICATION;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GENDER DYSPHORIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES;

EID: 84947870845     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2015.1053847     Document Type: Review

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