ego-dystonic

I begin to wonder about your vehemence, have you ever heard the term ego-dystonic homosexuality?

On Same-Sex Couples and Catfish Derbies 2009

As part of the decision, the APA nominated a new disease, ego-dystonic homosexuality, which occurs when a gay person is distressed by his or her sexual orientation.

MANUFACTURING DEPRESSION Gary Greenberg 2010

ABLOW: One thing that became clear on the show is that while there are pedophiles for whom the desire to be with children sexually is ego-dystonic, in other words they don't like it.

CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2006 2006

When their self-injurious or maladaptive behaviors are ego-syntonic, rather than ego-dystonic, they do not experience anguish or anxiety.

Clinical Work with Adolescents Judith Marks Mishne 1986

This ego-dystonic reaction to her symptoms reflected still intact portions of an observing ego.

Clinical Work with Adolescents Judith Marks Mishne 1986

Jackel 1963 stated that an initial treatment aim is to make ego-syntonic traits and behaviors ego-alien, or ego-dystonic, in the context of building a relationship.

Clinical Work with Adolescents Judith Marks Mishne 1986

The recent DSM-III distinguishes between patients who present ego-dystonic or ego-syntonic affects about their homosexuality, with only those in the former group viewed as exhibiting any form of psychopathology.

Clinical Work with Adolescents Judith Marks Mishne 1986

You won't even find ego-dystonic homosexuality-meaning, homosexual impulses that cause an individual to feel distressed and which that individual does not want to give into-in the DSM, anymore.

FOXNews.com 2011

The DSM then replaced homosexuality with "ego-dystonic homosexuality," which they defined as persistent lack of heterosexual arousal and distress from homosexual arousal.

CNSNews.com Headlines 2010

American Psychiatric Association decided by a small majority (58%) to remove it as an illness category, although "ego-dystonic homosexuality" remained until 1987.

Psychology Wiki - Recent changes [en] 2010