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I imagine its hard to get good data on mental illness let alone a good definition of what "mental illness" is across societies. Is homosexuality still considere
by Kinnard 11y ago
I imagine its hard to get good data on mental illness let alone a good definition of what "mental illness" is across societies. Is homosexuality still considered a mental illness in most of the world?
- DanBC 11y agoHomosexuality was listed in ICD 9 and earlier. ICD 9 was created in about 1975 - 1978. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Statistical_Classification_of_Diseases_and_Related_Health_Problems#ICD-9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Statistical_Clas... Homosexuality was removed from ICD 10. ICD 10 was created in about 1983 - 1990 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Statistical_Classification_of_Diseases_and_Related_Health_Problems#ICD-10 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Statistical_Clas... Individual countries may be using their own definitions. EG US uses DSM. DSM included homosexuality in the first version published in about 1952, but it was scrutinised early and homosexuality was removed from DSM in 1973. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality#Psychology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homosexuality#Psychology Things like conversion therapy have been weirdly hard to stop, even with clear advice from professional bodies and regulators that it's probably harmful and has no evidence of efficacy or usefulness. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_therapy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_therapy