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Dr. Lorandos cross, demonstrates how to expose problems with the DSM IV
LORANDOS: Doctor, your ethical code obligates you to testify truthfully, honestly, and candidly in any and all legal proceedings, correct?
Witness: Yes.
LORANDOS: And in particular, standard 7.04a of your ethical code states: a) in forensic testimony and reports, psychologists testify truthfully, honestly, and candidly and, consistent with applicable legal procedures, describe fairly the bases for their testimony and conclusions. Now my question; this standard applies to your professional work, correct?
Witness: Oh yes, yes.
LORANDOS: And standard 7.04b of your ethical code states, When necessary to avoid misleading, psychologists acknowledge the limits of their data or conclusions. Now my question; and you are obligated to comply with these ethical standards, correct?
Witness: Yes.
LORANDOS: Now the relevant research identifies many problems related to the various diagnostic classifications of the DSM Four, correct?
Witness: Yes.
LORANDOS: Consider, for example, a 1999 article that appeared in the journal, The American Psychologist. Youre familiar with The American Psychologist, are you not?
Witness: Oh yes.
LORANDOS: And, first of all, The American Psychologist is the flagship journal of the American Psychological Association, isnt it?
Witness: Yes.
LORANDOS: Each and every member of the American Psychological Association does not necessarily receive all of the journals of the American Psychological Association.
Witness: No.
LORANDOS: But every member of the American Psychological Association receives The American Psychologist, correct?
Witness: That is correct.
LORANDOS: And a 1999 article by Peterson and Trierweiler published in The American Psychologist entitled, Scholarship in Psychology: The Advantages of an Expanded Vision, could be related to your testimony in this matter, couldnt it?
Witness: Could be.
LORANDOS: Now, consider the following statement from Peterson and Trierweilers 1999 article and Ill read a quote, It is hard to think of any academic or professional colleague who does not discuss the DSM Four with a skeptical grain of salt as simply a modestly useful convention to be observed. Now my question; ethically you would agree with this, would you not?
Witness: Well I dont know. There may be some accuracy to it.
LORANDOS: Thank you. And you have not published anything in a peer review journal that would necessitate reconsidering Peterson and Trierweilers position with respect to the DSM Four, have you?
Witness: No.
LORANDOS: And you cannot cite any data published in a peer review journal that would necessitate reconsidering Peterson and Trierweilers position. Correct?
Witness: Well, spontaneously as I sit here off the top of my head, no.
LORANDOS: Thank you. Thats what were doing here; were asking you questions today, right now. And if the DSM Four amounts to no more than a modestly useful convention, ethical standards 7.04a and b obligate you to respond accordingly, correct?
Witness: If thats the case, yes.
LORANDOS: Now The American Journal of Forensic Psychology is a generally accepted peer review journal in your field, correct?
Witness: Yes.
LORANDOS: In a 1999 article by Campbell published in The American Journal of Forensic Psychology entitled, Challenging the Evidentiary Reliability of DSM Four, could be relevant to your opinions in this case, correct?
Witness: It could be.
LORANDOS: Now please consider the following statement from Doctor Campbells 1999 article; let me just read a portion. As a psychologist, I am ethically obligated to 1) express significant reservations regarding the accuracy or limitations of my interpretations, and 2) to acknowledge the limits of my data and conclusions. Now my question; according to your ethical code, you are obligated to act in the same way, correct?
Witness: Yes.
LORANDOS: Now please consider this statement from the 1999 article by Campbell published in The American Journal of Forensic Psychology. And Ill quote, Consequently, ethically mandated considerations of truth and candor related to my work obligate me to make the following disclaimer: there are many limitations related to DSM Four in general and an unknown margin of error associated with any DSM Four diagnostic classification in particular. Now my question doctor; according to your ethical code, you are obligated to acknowledge these same problems with the DSM Four, correct?
Witness: Yes.
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This guy irritates me.
roughouser13 1 year ago