Get the latest on the controversies of the sexual and gender diagnoses contained in the current DSMThe revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) is an ongoing process, and changes in criteria or terminology can have significant implications for diagnosis and treatment. Sexual and Gender Diagnoses of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM): A Reevaluation provides a range of viewpoints from noted authorities on gender and sexuality issues presently included in the DSM. Arguments for or against revisions of various gender and sexual diagnoses are presented-some may have repercussions regarding insurance reimbursement and patient access to care. This book is certain to raise questions for mental health professionals interested in how cultural influences affect psychiatric diagnoses.Sexual and Gender Diagnoses of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) reviews those controversial gender issues previously seen as being a disorder. The book critically evaluates the medical, psychotherapeutic, and civil rights issues in the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of GID in children, adolescents, and adults, and presents evidence and debates for its exclusion from the next DSM. Arguments for and against removal of paraphilias from the DSM are explored in detail. Finally, sexual pain criteria for diagnoses are examined, reviewing the latest studies that support or criticize the view that dyspareunia and vaginismus may be better classified as a pain disorder.Sexual and Gender Diagnoses of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) presents controversial debate from experts such as: Robert Spitzer, MDCharles Moser, MD, and Peggy J. Kleinplatz,PhDWalter O. Bockting, PhD, and Randall Ehrbar, PsyDKelley Winters, PhDArlene Istar Lev, CSW-R, CASACPaul Jay Fink, MDand other respected authorities!Sexual and Gender Diagnoses of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) is thought-provoking, enlightening reading for psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health workers, epidemiologists, researchers, educators, and students."This could be AN INDISPENSABLE BOOK FOR STUDENTS OF SOCIO-MEDICAL POLICY, challenging the current understanding of DSM IV criteria and clinical behaviors and exposing the emerging controversies that influence effective health care outcomes. No aspect of human existence is as fundamental and as contentious as the realm of human sexuality and gender. This text offers a window through which readers may observe a small but very telling portion of the battlefield: the intersection of psychiatric judgment and psycho-physical health." — Jamison Green, PhD(c), Chair, Sandra S. Cole, PhD, and Dallas Denny, MA, Gender Education and Advocacy, Inc."This collection of well-researched and referenced papers is A MUST READ for those of us who have long suspected that the APA and its flagship publication, the DSM, is more interested in preserving socially conservative notions of sex and gender than scientific rigor when it eschews even its own definition of a mental illness in order to label a large group of gender and sexual minorities as mentally ill." — Anne Vitgale, PhD, Editor of Notes on Gender Role Transition

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