Actually Larry you are wrong again. The manual as you put it is for specially trained people in that area, and it is up to those people from the results of the test, to diagnose and identify what is wrong with someone.
Now as I said before, I am no expert but I am very closely related to someone who had this test, and has ADHD (mild case) but has been diagnosed with aspergers. Now the report is very detailed based on this manual and yes I have read the report, and it outlines the problems with the person in great detail. My point is that, people who go and get tested for ADHD, might not be ADHD and yet show some of the characteristics of ADD/ADHD but in actual fact be in the higher functioning autistic. And that is what it is all about. Andrew Scott Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 8676 4223 Mobile: 0404 998 273 -----Original Message----- From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 22 December 2006 11:42 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Education (Was: Pet Peeve) >Well first of all, you need to see one who specialise in that field to be >tested. And the test is called DSM-IVR, which is then used to treat you. Now >this test identifies not that you have one or the other, but identifies >everything that is needed to cure ones problem. Remember what the DSM stands for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual - its a document that's a committee compromise (actually about 20 committees) with representation mostly from psychiatrists under the American Psychiatric Association. The DSM-IVR does not suggest treatment. Only if the client fits certain diagnostic categories, they are classified into certain categories. And quite a few fit into my "Huh?" classification - in other words you've got to be kidding, such as undifferentiated oppositional disorder. Moreover it really doesn't identify everything that's needed to cure a problem. That's simply impossible. What it does do is provide a minimally necessary diagnosis that will satisfy insurance, Medicare or government providers. For instance where are the prescribed treatments for drug addiction in the DSM-IVR? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:223057 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
