… or with family histories, etc. The real challenge, though, is probably just for doctors to be very open about false positive and negative rates and explain the issue directly. I think a lot of these issues would be easier if someone was frankly told “3 times more people receive positives on this test than actually have the disease“ instead of “it came back positive for [scary]”.
Nevermind the classic problem that was addressed in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and others: how do you prove you're sane? If the machine says you're insane, what way is there to prove otherwise?
