Article: Pentagon time warp.(Editorials)(Homosexuality still listed as a 'mental disorder')(Editorial)

Article: Pentagon no longer views homosexuality as mental ...
Xinhua News Agency;  June 28, 2006 ;     413 words ...Pentagon no longer views homosexuality as mental disorder WASHINGTON, June 28 (Xinhua) -- The Pentagon said Wednesday that ... a statement, the Pentagon said homosexuality ... characterized as a mental disorder in an appendix of ...

Article: Pentagon document lists homosexuality as mental ...
AP Worldstream;  June 19, 2006 ;     578 words ... ... Dateline: WASHINGTON A Pentagon document classifies homosexuality as a mental disorder, decades after mental ... reference underscores the Pentagon's failing policies ... homosexuality as a 'mental disorder' more than 30 years ... members noted that other Pentagon regulations ...

Article: Homosexuality a mental disorder, Pentagon ...
Contemporary Sexuality;  August 1, 2006 ;     463 words ... ... homosexuality was not a mental disorder. Thirty-four years ... position. Internal Pentagon documents reveal that ... homosexuality as a mental disorder, along with mental ... homosexuality as a mental disorder over 30 years after ...

Article: A Patient Prosecuted; Doctors at Walter Reed Say She Has a ...
The Washington Post;  December 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... gunshot wound diagnosed her with a severe mental disorder, possibly triggered by the stresses ... that stigmatizes mental illness. The Pentagon has allocated hundreds of millions of ... health in Rosslyn. But outside the Pentagon, the military still largely deals with ...

Article: Defense Seeks Mental Disorder Testimony
AP Online;  January 25, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Moussaoui want to call a doctor who will testify he has a major mental disorder, likely schizophrenia, in their bid to save him from the ... 2001 al-Qaida attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Last April, he pleaded guilty to six conspiracy charges ...

Article: ARMY RECRUITS AUTISTIC HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; MENTAL ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  May 7, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... recruiting targets for an unpopular war. Tracking by the Pentagon shows that complaints about recruiting improprieties are ... autism. Military rules prohibit enlisting anyone with a mental disorder that interferes with school or employment, unless a recruit ...

Article: Strain on VA health care; Increased stress, mental ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  September 24, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... officials said the increase in soldiers complaining of stress or mental disorder symptoms also may suggest that efforts to reduce the stigma ... teams working with military units. Dr. Joyce Adkins, the Pentagon's director of stress management programs, said there has ...