Homosexuality and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints a cure and ... become normal again." The pamphlet taught that church leaders may assist gay members by reciting scripture; appealing to their reason; encouraging them to abandon gay lovers and associates; praying with them; and encouraging them to replace any sexual expression of their homosexual feelings with heterosexual expressions like opposite-sex dating. The pamphlet emphasized that "[h]omosexuality CAN be cured." In 1973 the American Psychiatric Association’s removed homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and in 1990 the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from the list of disorders classified in the tenth edition of the International
ICD-10 Chapter V: Mental and behavioural disorders ICD-10 Chapter V: Mental and behavioural disorders ICD-10 is an international statistical classification produced by the World Health Organization. It is used in health care and related industries in several countries around the world. Some have gone on to develop their own national enhancements, building off the international version of the classification. The fifth chapter of ICD-10 contains the "International Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders." It is actually the official mental health system for the US as well, but even many professionals do not realize this due to the dominance of the DSM. WHO have made Chapter V available