TY - JOUR
T1 - Hindsight, foresight, and having it both ways
T2 - A rejoinder to R. L. Spitzer
AU - Sadler, John Z.
AU - Hulgus, Joseph F.
AU - Agich, George J.
PY - 2001/9/11
Y1 - 2001/9/11
N2 - Using the methods of philosophical analysis, we provide a rejoinder to R. L. Spitzer's (2001) response to our own consideration of the DSMs first published in 1994. Then as now, our major contention has been that the DSM contents and process have been insufficiently explicit in their various value commitments, choices, and decisions. Spitzer raises four major points in his commentary, concerning our claims about the "value naivete" of past DSMs, his contention that the goals of DSM-III and III-R were not "inherently" in conflict, about our allegations of the DSM architects preferring reliability over validity, and various DSM critics' failure to offer a viable alternative to the DSMs. We address each of Spitzer's main points in turn, appealing to Spitzer's own work while acknowledging his leadership role in addressing value issues in mental disorder classification.
AB - Using the methods of philosophical analysis, we provide a rejoinder to R. L. Spitzer's (2001) response to our own consideration of the DSMs first published in 1994. Then as now, our major contention has been that the DSM contents and process have been insufficiently explicit in their various value commitments, choices, and decisions. Spitzer raises four major points in his commentary, concerning our claims about the "value naivete" of past DSMs, his contention that the goals of DSM-III and III-R were not "inherently" in conflict, about our allegations of the DSM architects preferring reliability over validity, and various DSM critics' failure to offer a viable alternative to the DSMs. We address each of Spitzer's main points in turn, appealing to Spitzer's own work while acknowledging his leadership role in addressing value issues in mental disorder classification.
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U2 - 10.1097/00005053-200108000-00001
DO - 10.1097/00005053-200108000-00001
M3 - Review article
C2 - 11531200
AN - SCOPUS:0034860467
SN - 0022-3018
VL - 189
SP - 493
EP - 497
JO - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
JF - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
IS - 8
ER -