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CATEGORIES:Grand Rounds
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SUMMARY:Psychiatry Grand Rounds
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 The Problem of Classification in Psychiatry:  
 Instrumental Validity and Ethical Foundations\n
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 Ronald 
 W. Pies, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry 
 and Lecturer in Bioethics and Humanities, 
 Upstate Medical University, and Clinical Professor 
 of Psychiatry, Tufts University School 
 of Medicine, Boston, MA and Robert W. Daly, 
 M.D., Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and of 
 Bioethics and Humanities, SUNY Upstate Medical 
 University, Syracuse, NY\n
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 This talk will 
 review the general concept of "diagnosis" in 
 clinical medicine; explore ideal features of 
 diagnosis (such as reliability and validity); 
 discuss the philosophical underpinnings of 
 psychiatric diagnosis; and present an ethics-based 
 concept of diagnosis, founded on the construct 
 of "instrumental validity."  I will 
 present some of the pros and cons of categorical, 
 dimensional, and prototypical diagnostic 
 schemes.  Finally, I will argue that the ultimate 
 goal of psychiatric diagnosis is not "carving 
 Nature at its joints", but rather, the 
 effective relief of human suffering and incapacity. 
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 Drs. Pies & Daly do not have financial 
 relationships with commercial interests. 
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 Sponsor: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences\n
 Homepage: http://www.upstate.edu/psych/\n
 Contact: Kristen King\n
 Phone: 464-1706\n
 E-Mail:: kingk@upstate.edu\n
LOCATION:PBS Building, TU#3, 2nd Flr
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