Reference no: EM133717451

Question: Summarize the key details in this passage "Patient AB illustrates the challenging arising of race inclusive predictions of premorbid function a successful career and Logistics in both the military and Private Industry is incongruous with the pre-morbid estimate of low average intellectual functioning despite ABS history of multiple concussions pituitary adenoma PTSD bipolar disorder and his inability to perform his work up to the requirement minimum standard comparison of current intellectual functioning with the pre-morbid estimate fails to detect any functional change in this circumstance a false negative outcome arguably is worse than a false positive result. If we accept the ab has always been intellectually low average do the male memory deficits represent a decline or his base line level of function there's no universally applicable or infallible guideline when considering whether to use race inclusive normative or predictive approaches with black American patients and clinicians are advised to proceed in full knowledge of the complex interpretive challenges involved. Great Space norms and multiple regression approaches that include race as a prediction variable have the potential advantage of decreasing false positive diagnostic errors neither are race neutral and that they both lead to potentially deleterious consequences for black Americans including the possibility of a false negative conclusion do now benefits and failure to treat any recognition of the advantages and disadvantages of these approaches we recommend comparing how interpretation of a black American patients test scores might change with and without the use of race inclusive normative approaches consideration of the potential harms that might result depending upon the choice to use or not to use race inclusive approaches and explicit discussion and justification of the clinician's decision in each instance. "