Homosexuality and American psychiatry : the politics of diagnosis /
"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 associatio...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
1987.
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| Series: | Princeton paperbacks
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| Summary: | "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."--Back cover. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Physical Description: | viii, 242 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-237) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0691028370 9780691028378 |