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Parents BEWARE:
More ‘JUNK SCIENCE’
revealed as Department of Defense put common Rating Scales to test!!!
Parents:
So
you've learned that a school or doctor wants to test your child for ADHD.
Here are some facts that you need to be aware of:
Are
you aware that there are NO OBJECTIVE SCIENTIFIC tests validated by any
Federal, State or local Governments anywhere in the World? Objective, scientific
tests would include those for blood, urine, bile or bodily fluids, which
reveal biologic or organic problems. To restate, objective tests
further reveal real traceable problems that can be found by any legitimate lab
through reliable repeatability.
“Rating
scales”, “checklists”, “surveys”, and “questionnaires” being used
to diagnose a child with ADHD/ADD are entitled CPT's or Continuous Performance
Tests. Sadly, in many instances these above measures are being
misrepresented to parents as accurate tests, which reveal whether a child has
ADHD/ADD or not. Read what
an independent Medical Organization, Tricare, has revealed about the 'value' of
these testing mechanisms. The
Department of Defense had hired Tricare to evaluate the reliability of these
measures and all parents need to see the results!!! Click below link to
read document in its entirety.
Summary
excerpts below: ..."the utility of the CPT as a
stand-alone diagnostic tool is not high. Even
so, we would not expect the diagnostic utility of any test or behavioral rating
scale to be high when it is used as the sole instrument for diagnosis."
...We identified only one guideline that
addressed the issue of CPTs and medication for ADHD. The guideline questioned whether the behaviors measured by
CPT tests were representative of behaviors likely to be expressed by children in
more natural settings (e.g., home or school).
The guideline concluded that the applicability of CPTs to monitor treatment for ADHD is
“unproven or even absent.”
..."Although there is clinical evidence indicating that the dose of
methylphenidate given to a child affects CPT performance, these trials did not
validate the CPT by correlating its results to diagnosis of ADHD or to
individual treatment related outcomes such as school performance."
..."All
of the guidelines we retrieved advised against use of CPT scores alone for
diagnosis of ADHD. Although some
guidelines recognized some usefulness of the CPT during diagnosis and
management, none specified any particular
purpose for CPTs other than research."
Click
Here to read document in full.
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