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Homosexuality and American Psychiatry

Homosexuality and American Psychiatry The Politics of Diagnosis - Princeton Paperbacks

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Publisher's Synopsis

In 1973, after several years of bitter dispute, the Board of Trustees
of the American Psychiatric Association decided to remove homosexuality from its official list of mental diseases. Infuriated by the
Board's action, a substantial number of dissident psychiatrists
charged the association's leadership with capitulating to the pressures
of Gay Liberation groups, and forced the board to submit its decision
to a referendum of the full APA membership. Ronald Bayer presents
a political analysis of the psychiatric battle involved, from the first
confrontations organized by gay demonstrators at psychiatric conventions to the referendum initiated by orthodox psychiatrists. The result is a fascinating view of the individuals who led the debate and the fundamental questions that engaged them: social and cultural values, the definition of disease, and the nature of sexuality. Available for the
first time in paperback, the book includes a new afterword by the
author.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780691028378
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 616.85834
DEWEY edition: 19
Language: English
Number of pages: 242
Weight: 312g
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 14mm