LGBT Quick and Important fact (Part 1)

1) Homosexuality is NOT mental illness

 

American Psychological Association (APA), the world's largest body of psychologist declared in 1975 and removed it from DSM III.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

China's Chinese Psychiatric Association declared and removed it from third edition of the Chinese Standards for Classification and Diagnosis of Mental Disorders (CCMD-3) in 2001.

 

2.Sexual Orientation is NOT a choice and cannot be changed

• Efforts to change sexual orientation are UNLIKELY to be successful and they involve some risk of harm to the clients (APA) S
• Some therapies also did not distinguish gay from bisexual in their works.

3.Not all LGBT individuals have issues and need professional help.

4.Most of the time, parents and family members need time in accepting a LGBT family members

5.There are LGBT individuals who are religious and conservative.

6.Being LGBT is different from being a paedophile.

References

Chinese Psychiatric Society. (2001). The Chinese Classification of Mental Diorders (3rd ed). Shandong: Shandong Publishing House of Science and Technology.
 

APA (American Psychiatric Association). (1973). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (2nd ed). Washington, DC: Author.

Choong B. (2011). Handling sexuality issues. Singapore: Oogachaga.

Lee S. (2001) From diversity to unity: The Classification of mental disorder in 21st Century China. Psychiatric Clinics of North American, 24, 3.

PFLAG, Metrol DC. (2005a). Answers to youths' questions brochure. Washington, DC: Author.