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The DSM-III, published in 1980, established autism as its own separate diagnosis and described it as a “pervasive developmental disorder” distinct from schizoph
by pasiaj 7y ago
The DSM-III, published in 1980, established autism as its own separate diagnosis and described it as a “pervasive developmental disorder” distinct from schizophrenia.
- soup10 7y agoThe DSM is largely a tool for billing insurance, it has so many different "disorders" listed that everyone falls into at least one category or another at some point in their lives.
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- thelasthuman 7y agoWasn't homosexuality still considered a disease in the DSM-III?
- mftrhu 7y agoAlmost. It was declassified as a disease by the American Psychiatric Association in 1973 [1] (and by the American Psychological Association in 1975 [2]), and the DSM-III has been the first edition to not include homosexuality. It still contained ego-dystonic homosexuality (TL;DR: "I don't want to be gay") - which was opposed by the APA in 1987 [3] - until 1988, with the publication of the DSM-III-R. [1]: https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/16/archives/psychiatrists-in-a-shift-declare-homosexuality-no-mental-illness.html https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/16/archives/psychiatrists-in... [2]: https://www.apa.org/about/policy/discrimination https://www.apa.org/about/policy/discrimination [3]: https://www.apa.org/about/policy/diagnoses-homosexuality-archived https://www.apa.org/about/policy/diagnoses-homosexuality-arc...