Based on this assumption she recommends therapy for egodystonic homosexuals.

These processes can be positive (egosyntonic), negative (egodystonic) or neutral.

This included several categories of 'personality disturbance', generally distinguished from 'neurosis' (nervousness, 'egodystonic).

Yes: George was already on a pornography trip, very similar to Atlanta Hope and Smiling Jim Treponema, except that in his case it was egodystonic.

The egosyntonic and egodystonic concepts are studied in detail in abnormal psychology; while 'the notion of ego syntony plays an important part in psychoanalytic ego psychology'.

The youngest of eight children born to Protestant parents, he had a puritanical and overprotective upbringing, his mother being sexually repressive (later Green would grow into an anguished and egodystonic homosexual).

Obsessive compulsive disorder is considered to be egodystonic as the thoughts and compulsions experienced or expressed are not consistent with the individual's self-perception, meaning the patient realizes the obsessions are not reasonable.

They use the WHO classification of egodystonic sexual orientation, but the People's Union for Civil Liberties reports that doctors will often diagnosis the patient as egodystonic even if the patient really is egosyntonic.

Ego-dystonic sexual orientation or egodystonic homophobia, for instance, is a condition characterized by having a sexual orientation or an attraction that is at odds with one's idealized self-image, causing anxiety and a desire to change one's orientation or become more comfortable with one's sexual orientation.

There is no known therapy for other types of ego-dystonic sexual orientations.

There are many ways a person may go about receiving therapy for ego-dystonic sexual orientation associated with homosexuality.

They focus on helping a person with ego-dystonic sexual orientation accept their sexual orientation.

MAP Therapy is designed for both the individual with ego-dystonic sexual orientation and their family members.

The American Psychological Association has officially opposed the category of ego-dystonic homosexuality since 1987.

The diagnosis of Ego-dystonic sexual orientation is dropped from the DSM.

The World Health Organization currently lists ego-dystonic sexual orientation in the ICD-10.

The World health organization replaces its categorization of homosexuality as a mental illness with the diagnosis of ego-dystonic homosexuality.

Ego-dystonic sexual orientation is a disorder where a person wishes their sexual orientation were different because of associated psychological and behavioral disorders.

The CCMD-3 retains a category of 'ego-dystonic homosexuality'.

The government of Sri Lanka has no official program to educate the public regarding homosexuality or to aid individuals with Ego-dystonic sexual orientation.

OCD symptoms are at times regarded as ego-dystonic because they are experienced as alien and repulsive to the person.

It differs from ego-dystonic sexual orientation where the sexual orientation or gender identity is repressed or denied.

The Medical Council of India uses the WHO classification of ego-dystonic sexual orientation.

The Chinese Classification and Diagnostic Criteria of Mental Disorders includes ego-dystonic homosexuality.

Sexual and gender identity disorders may be diagnosed, including dyspareunia, gender identity disorder and ego-dystonic homosexuality.

For this reason the association removed homosexuality from its 1980 Diagnostic Manual; "ego-dystonic homosexuality" was removed from the revised edition in 1987.

Additionally, the diagnosis of ego-dystonic homosexuality replaced the DSM-II category of "sexual orientation disturbance".

The WHO's ICD.10 diagnoses Ego-dystonic sexual orientation thus:

Ego-dystonic sexual orientation: Conflict between religious identity and sexual orientation identity can cause severe stress, causing some people to want to change their sexual orientation.

In general, it must be conceded that 'what is egosyntonic and what is ego-dystonic must be determined in a historical, cultural, and social context'.

One of the most significant themes in Another Country is one's willingness to ignore parts of reality (including onesself) that he or she finds unpleasant or ego-dystonic.

A category of "sexual orientation disturbance" was introduced in its place in 1974, and then replaced in the 1980 DSM-III with Ego-dystonic sexual orientation.

However, Kibel objects that in many cases the roles imposed are in fact ego-dystonic; with others pointing to how personal tendencies combine with group expectations with varying degress of fit.