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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The real issues with incorrect diagnoses from a neuropsych could be:
1. Causing the child to receive ineffective treatment
2. It may be difficult to repeat the testing too soon due to practice effects
3. The time and energy spent including time off work and school[/quote]

Are you more or less likely to get an incorrect diagnosis if you have a neuropsych eval as opposed to not having one? Seems like more information will always aid in proper diagnosis. [/quote]

Eventually sure. The extent to which harm occurs depends on different factors. For example focusing on compliance instead of skill building for an autistic kid can make things worse.[/quote]

So how does getting more information to aid in proper diagnosis and treatment hurt?[/quote]

1) there is no guarantee that a “neuropsych” will give a proper diagnosis. People continue to not know what a neuropsychological exam is here. 
2) a diagnosis doesn’t always help with treatment 
3) what hurts is the amount of money that private practices take for this, which should be put into therapy instead [/quote]

I've done a ton of therapy that helped more than hurt because neither I nor the therapist could grasp the underlying issue[/quote]

Then you had a bad therapist. But to the point - did you do a full battery of cognitive tests to get to the under issue? [/quote]

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