Post by addisona on Feb 11, 2022 13:44:41 GMT
Woman says doctor gave her outdated diagnosis based on her sexuality
The diagnosis of "ego-dystonic lesbianism" was once used by doctors for patients, and associates being a lesbian with mental illness. It's been removed from the medical field for more than 30 years -- but there it was when Tatiana Arena-Villareal checked her MyChart on Beaumont.
Arena-Villareal said she went to her primary care doctor, who FOX 2 is not naming, in Troy for a routine checkup. She said she was there with her 6-month-old and her wife.
During the appointment, her sexuality never came up and her wife had the same physical with the same doctor.
The only difference, Arena-Villareal said, was when she checked her chart on Beaumont's site.
"I went to my chart and I looked at my last year's results and saw I was diagnosed with ego-dystonic lesbianism," Arena-Villareal said. "It's a discriminatory diagnosis, and that was deemed over 30 years ago."
The term that was used in psychiatry described being a lesbian as a mental illness and was removed from the medical field in the late 1980s.
www.fox2detroit.com/news/woman-says-doctor-gave-her-outdated-diagnosis-based-on-her-sexuality
The diagnosis of "ego-dystonic lesbianism" was once used by doctors for patients, and associates being a lesbian with mental illness. It's been removed from the medical field for more than 30 years -- but there it was when Tatiana Arena-Villareal checked her MyChart on Beaumont.
Arena-Villareal said she went to her primary care doctor, who FOX 2 is not naming, in Troy for a routine checkup. She said she was there with her 6-month-old and her wife.
During the appointment, her sexuality never came up and her wife had the same physical with the same doctor.
The only difference, Arena-Villareal said, was when she checked her chart on Beaumont's site.
"I went to my chart and I looked at my last year's results and saw I was diagnosed with ego-dystonic lesbianism," Arena-Villareal said. "It's a discriminatory diagnosis, and that was deemed over 30 years ago."
The term that was used in psychiatry described being a lesbian as a mental illness and was removed from the medical field in the late 1980s.
www.fox2detroit.com/news/woman-says-doctor-gave-her-outdated-diagnosis-based-on-her-sexuality