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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Test for ADD or ADDT

04/13/2008 04:07AM

Question:

I would like to be able to take a online test/questionaire that would allow me to guage whether or not I might have one of these. Do you have one or know of one that I could take? Thank you,

Answer:

ADHD, including the inattentive type, which is sometimes called ADD, is diagnosed by history, not by a test or questionnaire. It requires a trained clinician because one of the criteria is that the symptoms can't be better explained by a different disorder.

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Response by:

The Ohio State University L. Eugene Arnold, MD, MEd
Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry
OSU Nisonger Center
Department of Psychiatry
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University
L. Eugene Arnold, MD, MEd