North Country Forum
Dr. Carney’s most recent posts are to be found here. He is in the process of compiling a complete archive of all articles he has written since his retirement from professional social work practice in 2010. All his blogs have as their focus issues pertaining to social justice; are generally placed in their historical context; and, ultimately, are subjected to in-depth analyses whose aim is to promote a full understanding of the issues being addressed.
The DSM-5 Field Trials: Inter-Rater Reliability Ratings Take a Nose Dive
Does anybody know what’s going on around here? Groucho probably had the best answer: “I don’t know what they have to say, It makes no difference anyway, Whatever it is, I’m against it. No matter what it is or who commenced it, I’m against it. Your proposition may be good, But let’s have one thing understood, Whatever it is, I’m against it. And even when you’ve changed it or condensed it, I’m against it…” (The Marx Brothers, Horse Feathers, 1932) The American Journal of Psychiatry (January, 2103) recently published a series of articles that analyzed the outcomes of the field trials that were conducted by the DSM-5 Task Force, to determine...