Editing 1973 in science (section)

==Psychiatry==
* [[David Rosenhan]] publishes the results of his [[Rosenhan experiment|experiment into the validity of psychiatric diagnosis]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Rosenhan|first=D. L.|title=On being sane in insane places|journal=[[Science (journal)|Science]]|location=New York|volume=179|issue=4070|pages=250–8|date=January 1973|pmid=4683124|doi=10.1126/science.179.4070.250|url=http://web.cocc.edu/lminorevans/on_being_sane_in_insane_places.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041117175255/http://web.cocc.edu/lminorevans/on_being_sane_in_insane_places.htm|archivedate=2004-11-17|bibcode = 1973Sci...179..250R |s2cid=15089027 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
* The [[American Psychiatric Association]] publishes the 1st edition of its ''Principles of Medical Ethics'', incorporating the '[[Goldwater rule]]' (that it is unethical for a psychiatrist to offer a professional opinion on an individual in the public eye without an examination and consent).<ref>{{cite journal|title=The Ethics of APA's Goldwater Rule|last1=Kroll|first1=Jerome|last2=Pouncey|first2=Claire|journal=Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law|year=2016|volume=44|issue=2|pages=226–235|pmid=27236179|url=http://www.jaapl.org/content/44/2/226.long|issn=1093-6793}}</ref>
* December 15 – The [[American Psychiatric Association]] removes the definition of [[homosexuality]] as a [[mental disorder]] from the 2nd edition of its ''[[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]]'' (DSM-II).