What is it about?
In this article, the authors review the history of computerised CPT tests and their potential role in the diagnosis and management of children and adolescents with ADHD. It supplements the more traditional but most subjective methods of assessing patients for ADHD.
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Why is it important?
Recent advances in computerised continuous performance task (CPT) tests have greatly improved their clinical utility in ADHD. We hereby present a review of the literature about the history, utility and potential limitations of the CPT tests as adjuncts to clinical judgment for the assessment of ADHD.
Perspectives
Diagnosis of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is traditionally based on subjective assessments of behaviour by clinicians and carers in different settings, but this approach is prone to biases. There is a search for more objective methods with scientific evidence of validity and reliability to improve the diagnostic process. The CPT tests provide one of such evidence-based objective diagnostic tool.
Dr Michael O Ogundele
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Postgraduate Medical Centre
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This page is a summary of: Role of computerised continuous performance task tests in ADHD, Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry, May 2011, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/pnp.198.
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