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Old Dec 02, 2007, 12:28 AM
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That sounds like a lot for a screening test. If it were a diagnostic test, it would be more in line. I used to do ADHD testing in a college health center where I was doing an internship. Our battery of tests for assessing for ADHD cost around $450 and included an IQ test, personality assessment, clinical interview and history, and behavioral rating scale specific to ADHD. With that experience and training behind me, I would never consider a true screening tool to be adequate for diagnosing ADHD. I'd ask your doc just what this entails. It may be he's talking about a good test but just uses the term screening .

Hope this helps.

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