[Heartlogic-dev] Re: DSM biographical info

[William L. Jarrold]

On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Joshua N Pritikin wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 11:29:44PM -0600, William L. Jarrold wrote:
> > On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Joshua N Pritikin wrote:
> > > Before accepting ratings, we need to ask OHL participants if
> > > they have any clinical problems such as autism.  How to
> > > phrase this question?
> >
> > Here's my gut:  If the person is appropriatly informed
> > of that fact that this info may be public then informed consent
> > has been given.  That's the general rule.  We need to understand
> > the general rule.  Also I should ask my diss advisor about it before
> > we go "live".  So, if we get significant numbers of hits, e.g. 10 per day
> > or more, then we should either get at least a go ahead from Diane
> > or I ask that you take it down.  I have added
> >
> > ** BEFORE GOING LIVE: ask Diane about ethical use of data at website.
> >    E.g. ask for diagnosis.  See e.g. "Subject : Re: DSM biographical
> >    info" around 2003-12-31 or 2004-01-11.
> >
> > to my ohl-to-do list.
>
> Yah but we aren't going to reveal identities, are we?  I mean, I've
> been assuming that the email address of participants will not be
> available in the public dataset.  Or are you thinking that simply
> collecting the information over a non-secure channel is enough to
> warrent concern?

Maybe you know better now that you've got the APA ethics code.  Better
to be over cautious rather than under cautious.

>
> > But, best to get a more grounded opinion for general issues.  I need to
> > read this someday, in my copious free time (-:.  I think it would help
> > alot if you could read it and maybe browse around there.  I read it in one
> > minute and it seems pretty open ended and non-specific but it references
> > many other ethical codes, with which I should be familiar if I wish
> > to get a license.
> >
> > http://www.apa.org/ethics/stmnt01.html
> >
> > to check out...
> >
> > http://www.apa.org
> >
> > ...,dare i say it, "drill down" along anything having to do with ethics.
>
> Wow, I didn't know the book was freely available:
>
>   http://www.apa.org/ethics/code2002.html
>
> I'll definitely read through it as time permits.

Great.

>
> > Sorry, to your specific querstion....
> >
> > The wording is good enough for gov't work but why not be a little more
> > friendly...how about...
> >
> > If you have any clinical problems described in the Diagnostic and
> > Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) then we invite you to
> > check the corresponding boxes on this page.
> >
> > NOTE: It is not in any necessary to include such information which
> > many would rightly consider sensitive.  Nonetheless, we appreciate it
> > because it enriches our data.  But please, for your sake and yours, do
> > not include any identifying info.  Thanks.
> >
> > If some of your diagnosis is not listed then fill in the
> > appropriate data here: [         ].
> >
> > +++
> >
> > Sounds OK?
>
> Yah.
>
> I'll whip something up soon.

Cool.

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