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SUMMARY:On validators for psychiatric categories - Miriam Solomon (Temple 
 University)
DTSTART:20191023T120000Z
DTEND:20191023T133000Z
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CONTACT:Matt Farr
DESCRIPTION:The concept of a validator for a psychiatric category develope
 d in the second half of the 20th century and is still in use. Surprisingly
 \, the term 'validator' has never been explicitly defined in the psychiatr
 ic literature. Moreover\, although lists of different kinds of validators 
 have often been stated\, there has been no explicit discussion in the lite
 rature about how different kinds of validator evidence should be aggregate
 d in a decision about how to create\, revise or remove a psychiatric categ
 ory. The goal of this paper is to trace the development of the concept of 
 a psychiatric validator\, showing how our understanding has changed over t
 ime. With this in mind\, I evaluate possible recommendations for aggregati
 ng validator evidence.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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