How Is ADHD Diagnosed?
Hear from expert Tom Brown on what goes into diagnosing ADHD, including who can make an ADHD diagnosis and the various segments of the ADHD testing process. Learn more about ADHD symptoms,...
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[How Is ADHD Diagnosed?] [Understood, for learning and attention issues][Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D. - Associate Director, Yale Clinic for Attention and Related Disorders] Parents often wonder howcan you get a diagnosisabout whether or not a child has ADHD or doesn't.There is no one testthat makes the determination does a person have ADHD.There is no imaging picture that you can take of their brain.There is no blood test. There is no computer test.There's no electroencephalogram.This is not something which is determinedby any one single test.What's really involved in learningabout somebody enough to knowif they have a diagnosis is a well-conducted interviewof a mental health or medical professionalwho understands ADHD with the parents,with the child, a...
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[How Is ADHD Diagnosed?] [Understood, for learning and attention issues][Thomas E. Brown, Ph.D. - Associate Director, Yale Clinic for Attention and Related Disorders] Parents often wonder howcan you get a diagnosisabout whether or not a child has ADHD or doesn't.There is no one testthat makes the determination does a person have ADHD.There is no imaging picture that you can take of their brain.There is no blood test. There is no computer test.There's no electroencephalogram.This is not something which is determinedby any one single test.What's really involved in learningabout somebody enough to knowif they have a diagnosis is a well-conducted interviewof a mental health or medical professionalwho understands ADHD with the parents,with the child, a...
