Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, currently in its fifth edition, is a manual of psychiatric diagnosis. The Board of Trustees of the American Psychiatric Association makes decisions, subject to ratification or rejection by the general APA membership, on what disorders are to be included in it. The first edition, published in 1952, described 11 categories of mental disorders. Homosexuality was added in the DSM-II (1968), but this was removed in 1973.
The DSM-5 sexual disorders work group abandoned its efforts to add hypersexuality (sex addiction), coercive paraphilia (rape) and hebephilia (statutory rape) as diagnosable disorders[1] when it became evident that the proposals did not have enough support from the broader APA membership. One concern was that these new diagnoses would over-medicalize human behavior.[2]
References
- ↑ DSM 5 Rejects 'Hebephilia' Except for the Fine Print, Allen J. Frances, 3 May 2012, Psychology Today.
- ↑ American Sex and American Psychiatry, Christopher Lane, 1 May 2012, Psychology Today.
