Historically, psychiatric terms have been abused by being applied to culturally disapproved behaviors that were not really disorders.Some of those that were once considered mental disorders but are not considered disorders today include which of the following?
A)childhood masturbation
B)self-defeating personality
C)homosexuality
D)all of these

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All of these behaviors were once considered mental disorders, but have since been removed from diagnostic manuals as they are now recognized as normal variations of human behavior or preferences. Childhood masturbation was considered a form of hysteria, self-defeating personality was once included as a personality disorder, and homosexuality was classified as a mental disorder until 1973.

Historically, Psychiatric Terms Have Been Abused by Being Applied to Culturally