Beware of Online Drug and Alcohol Assessments
Posted on August 3, 2018
by Thaddeus Camlin, Psy.D.
Online Drug and Alcohol Assessments: The Experiment
I did a little experiment this week. To indulge my amateur investigative spirit, I went to multiple rehab websites and took some so-called online drug and alcohol assessments that claim to determine through a brief series of questions whether or not someone is an addict/alcoholic. The premise of the so-called assessments had me skeptical going in. After completing a dozen or so, I was downright angry.
The Results
In the online drug and alcohol assessments I completed, I experimented with many different combinations of answers. Almost all combinations of answers resulted in the definitive conclusion that I was an addict/alcoholic, and that I needed to contact the treatment center immediately to “get my ...
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