Good attention deficit disorder test?

[Gozu]

Does anyone know a good online test for ADD?

Thanks.

[Joey P]

Find an online copy of the DSM IV. That would be better then online test, it's what a doctor would use.
http://home.att.net/~sebloom/ADD/DSMIV.html

[Mathochist]

Does anyone know a good online test for ADD?

Thanks.

Oh I saw one the other day. Lemme just go find it...

What did you want, again?

[Stranger On A Train]

Find an online copy of the DSM IV. That would be better then online test, it's what a doctor would use.
http://home.att.net/~sebloom/ADD/DSMIV.htmlThe problem with the DSM IV criteria is that they're a) not conclusive, and b) is a laundry list that could, with a sufficienty flexible mindset, apply to pretty much anybody.

No online test is really going to give you a good measure of whether you have ADD/ADHD or not. Either you exhibit some of the symptoms to a point that it interferes with your ability to complete tasks--in which case you should go to a professional diagnostician who can perform the battery of tests necessary to make a credible assessment of whether you have some kind of attentional problem--or you don't (or at least it's not a serious problem for you.) Would you take an online test for mononucleosis, or submit to an e-mail biopsy for cancer?

Here's an old thread on the topic of ADD. I recommend reading Hallowell's Driven To Distraction (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0684801280) as a good introductory book on the topic for the layperson.

Stranger