Sections
Treatment of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Patients: Introduction | Definitions | Historical Perspectives | Development | Prevalence and Epidemiology | Diagnostic Considerations | Treatment Issues | Key Points | Suggested Readings | Online Resources | References
Excerpt
This chapter focuses on some issues raised in
the psychiatric treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)
patients. Before the 1970s, the psychiatric focus on LGBT patients
often aimed to 1) "cure"—that is, change
an individual's homosexual orientation to a heterosexual one—or
2) assist those with gender atypical behavior to conform to gender
stereotypes. This emphasis began to change in 1973, when the American
Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from the seventh printing
of DSM-II (American Psychiatric Association 1968).