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**It turns out homosexuality was not eliminted by the APA as a mental illness in 1973, it was downgraded to "sexual orientation disturbance". <ref>Mayes, R. & Horwitz, AV. (2005) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=15981242 DSM-III and the revolution in the classification of mental illness]. J Hist Behav Sci 41(3):249-67. </ref>
**It turns out homosexuality was not eliminted by the APA as a mental illness in 1973, it was downgraded to "sexual orientation disturbance". <ref>Mayes, R. & Horwitz, AV. (2005) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=15981242 DSM-III and the revolution in the classification of mental illness]. J Hist Behav Sci 41(3):249-67. </ref>
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There are problems here with international classifications. A disease in China or Japan, for instance, may only be regarded as a disorder in the US byt the APA. It may help to put parameters on the discussion from the outset. Bascially, what is commonly refered to as "mental illness" has three classifications,
*mental disease
*mental disorder
*mental disturbance
Depression is a good example. While it had been considered a disorder, since the mid 80s it is now considered organically based (bipolar). Some say this is part of the [[pharmacuetical]] industry conspiracy to bilk the public & government with high priced prescription meds, the psychiatrists are basically being paid off to write prescriptions for the rest of the patients life vs the old days where two years of therapy was considered enough. But that's a whole different debate. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 14:22, 30 April 2007 (EDT)