Posted by SLS on January 19, 2014, at 23:05:26
In reply to Re: Questionable Quizzes overdiagnosing ADD, posted by baseball55 on January 19, 2014, at 18:49:49
> > > This test pathologizes human behavior.
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> > Isn't that a bit harsh? I don't get where you are coming from. Do you believe that ADD / ADHD exists?
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> > - Scott
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> > I guess what I mean is that if I - who am not the least bit ADD - score as possibly having ADD, based on my saying I sometimes or rarely get distracted, then the test is pathologizing normal behavior. For a test to say that you "possibly" have ADD is like saying - you might want to go to a doctor and check it out. When there's nothing wrong and nothing to check out. Or possibly, you should try Adderall or Concerta and line the pockets of big pharma."Possibly" does not mean certitude. Like I said, if someone has depression, the inattentive subscale will be higher than normal. It might not be a bad idea to get a full psychiatric screening if your score is high.
Do you have depression? What was your inattentive subscore?
Do you feel that psychometric tests like the MMPI have any value?
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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