It reminds me of a study I read about in grad school. It was done on the unusually high number of persons with visible "deformities" who were diagnosed as Paranoid, and the ditto number of hearing impaired people diagnosed as Schizophrenic.
Come to find out, their diagnoses were based on answers to questions on the same instrument.
The people doing the studies went over the instrument with a fine-toothed comb, and pinpointed two questions as likely culprits:
"When I go out in public, I often feel like people are staring at me." well, yes, I have to admit, that's true. for some reason.
and "I sometimes hear voices." Yes. Usually I don't, but in the right conditions, I can.
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Date: 2008-01-04 02:13 am (UTC)Come to find out, their diagnoses were based on answers to questions on the same instrument.
The people doing the studies went over the instrument with a fine-toothed comb, and pinpointed two questions as likely culprits:
"When I go out in public, I often feel like people are staring at me."
well, yes, I have to admit, that's true. for some reason.
and
"I sometimes hear voices."
Yes. Usually I don't, but in the right conditions, I can.