Understanding sexual, paraphilic, and gender dysphoria disorders in DSM-5.
With every Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders that has been published, there has been controversy within controversy; however, what appears to be lacking is the importance of truly understanding what, why, and how the changes impact the community at large. Issues such as homosexuality, the five axial diagnostic system, and transitioning from a medical model to a biopsychosocial model have been hot topics that have led clinicians to challenge the reliability and validity of the manual throughout history. As clinicians and medical professionals, it is important to objectively look at the manual and become educated on how and why these changes exist. With that being said, this commentary aims to challenge the article "


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Problems with the Sexual Disorders Sections of DSM-5" by Colin A. Ross (2015). The structure of this commentary purposefully mirrors the structure of the commentary that it is challenging.
a The Chicago School of Professional Psychology , Irvine , California , USA.
Jennifer
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D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual; D000068116:Gender Dysphoria; D006801:Humans; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology
DSM-5; gender dysphoria; paraphilia; sexual dysfunction; sexual orientation