title: The sexual deviations and the Diagnostic Manual.
abstract: This paper presents an historical account and a critical analysis of the diagnostic problems surrounding our understanding of the sexual deviations and their position in our classification system. Appropriate therapy can only be based on accurate diagnosis. Exceptions of this principle of psychiatric care cannot be made for social/political reasons without incurring formidable difficulties both for the diagnostician and the patient as well.
mesh_terms: D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation