John Sadler, M.D.

John Z. Sadler, MD,  Director of the Program in Ethics in Science & Medicine, Chief of the Division of Ethics in the Department of Psychiatry and Chief of the Division of Ethics & Health Policy in the Department of Clinical Sciences, is internationally acclaimed for his work  in the field of Philosophy of Psychiatry. He is co-founder and treasurer of the Association for the Advancement of Philosophy & Psychiatry, an organization dedicated to exploring conceptual issues at the interface of psychiatry and philosophy, and is on the Executive Board of the International Network of Philosophy and Psychiatry. Dr. Sadler is co-editor of an international journal, Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology, the Current Opinion in Psychiatry section on History & Philosophy, and the Oxford University Press book series, “International Perspectives on Philosophy and Psychiatry”. A Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Dr. Sadler’s work in the philosophy and ethics of psychiatry prompted the Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians to award their Psychiatric Excellence Award to him in 2001. Dr. Sadler’s ongoing work in the education of medical students, residents, and practitioners has earned him several teaching awards, including the Nancy C.A. Roeske Certificate of Excellence in Medical Education from the American Psychiatric Association, appointment as a UT System and UT Southwestern Distinguished Teaching Professor, and election to membership in the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society anno domini. Dr. Sadler has edited or co-edited several books, several special issues of professional journals, and authored Values and Psychiatric Diagnosis and in collaboration with philosopher, Jennifer Radden, co-authored The Virtuous Psychiatrist: Character Ethics in Clinical Practice. Dr. Sadler has published dozens of articles and chapters in the area of clinical psychiatry, psychiatric education, bioethics, and the philosophy of psychiatry. Since 1985, he has served on the Parkland Hospital & Health System Institutional Ethics Committee and since 1989 has served as its co-chair and the clinical ethics consultant to the hospital. Dr. Sadler received his medical degree from Indiana University School of Medicine and trained in psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center before joining the faculty.

Medical School	Indiana University School of Medicine (1980)
Internship	UT Southwestern Medical Center (1981), Psychiatry
Residency	UT Southwestern Medical Center (1984), Psychiatry

• Clinical Research Ethics
• Medical Ethics
• Philosophy of Psychiatry

Featured Publications

Psychiatric molecular genetics and the ethics of social promise

Sadler JZ Journal of Bioethical Inquiry 2011 8 March 27-34

What is a mental/psychiatric disorder? From DSM-IV to DSM-V

Stein DJ, Phillips KA, Bolton D, Fulford KW, Sadler JZ, Kendler KS Psychological Medicine 2010 11 40 1759-1765

Can medicalization be good? Situating medicalization within bioethics

Sadler JZ, Jotterand F, Lee SC, Inrig S Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 2009 6 30 411-425

Vice and the diagnostic classification of mental disorders: A philosophical case conference

Sadler JZ Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology 2008 1 15 1-17

Issues for DSM-V: DSM-V should include a conceptual issues work group

Kendler KS, Appelbaum PS, Bell CC, Fulford KW, Ghaemi SN, Schaffner KF, Waterman GS, First MB, Sadler JZ American Journal of Psychiatry 2008 2 165 174-175

The psychiatric significance of the personal self

Sadler JZ Psychiatry 2007 2 70 113-129

Recognizing values: A descriptive-causal method for medical/scientific discourses

Sadler JZ The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 1997 22 541-565

Featured Books

Philosophical Perspectives on Psychiatric Diagnostic Classification

Sadler, J.Z., Wiggins, O.P., and Schwartz, M.A. (Ed.) (1994). Baltimore, MD, The Johns Hopkins University Press

Descriptions and Prescriptions: Values, Mental Disorders, and the DSMs

Sadler, J.Z. (Ed.) (2002). Baltimore, MD, The Johns Hopkins University Press

Values and Psychiatric Diagnosis

Sadler, J.Z. (2005). Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press

Nature and Narrative: An Introduction to the New Philosophy of Psychiatry

Fulford, K.W.M., Morris, K., Sadler, J.Z., and Stanghellini, G. (Ed.) (2003). Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press

The Virtuous Psychiatrist: Character Ethics in Psychiatric Practice

Radden, J.H., and Sadler, J.Z. (2010). New York, NY/Oxford, UK, Oxford University Press

• Alpha Omega Alpha
  Medical honorary fraternity (2008)
• Charter Member
  The UT Southwestern Academy of Teachers (SWAT) (2006)
• Member
  The University of Texas Academy of Health Science Education (2006)
• Distinguished Fellow
  American Psychiatric Association (2002)
• Psychiatric Excellence Award
  Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians (2001)

• American Psychiatric Association
• American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
• Association for the Advancement of Philosophy & Psychiatry
• North Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians
• Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians