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Article: Removing gender identity disorder from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: a call for action.(COMMENTARY)(Report)
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- Social Work
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- April 1, 2009
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In 2012, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) plans to release the next edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V). In July 2007, APA named a 27-member task force to oversee development of the new edition, which will constitute the first major revision of the document's diagnostic categories since 1994. Gender identity disorder (GID) is probably the most widely contested diagnosis in the current DSM; APA's revision process provides social workers with the opportunity to weigh in on the debate about GID, and it is imperative that we do so. This diagnosis, which is used to justify "treatment" for gender-nonconforming children and for ...
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