TAG: ICD reform
ICD-11: media compilation
The World Health Organization will stop classifying transgender people as mentally ill – CNN Being Transgender Is No Longer Considered A Mental Disorder By World Health Organization – HuffPost A shameful history comes to a close – Equal eyes on our world World Health Organisation moves to end classifying trans identities as mental illness – TGEU Depathologisation […]
Read more
Being trans is not a mental disorder anymore: ICD-11 is officially released.
The World Health Organization has just announced the completion of the ICD-11 and released the official online version. The announcement does not mark the end of the ICD-11 process, but the beginning of a new phase focused on implementation and assessment at the country level. The new ICD version will be presented for final approval at World Health […]
Read moreProposed declassification of disease categories related to sexual orientation in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11)
SPW recommends the article Proposed declassification of disease categories related to sexual orientation in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-11), written by Susan D Cochran (Fielding School of Public Health University of California) and other authors. Read it here.
Read moreWHO adresses trans movements claim for depathologization
The World Health Organization has published its proposals on trans health in the ICD-11 Beta Draft, in which for the first time in history it includes trans issues in a separate chapter to the chapter on ‘Mental and behavioural disorders’. Learn more.
Read more