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- Title
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) among longer-term prison inmates is a prevalent, persistent and disabling disorder.
- Authors
Ginsberg, Ylva; Hirvikoski, Tatja; Lindefors, Nils
- Abstract
ADHD is a common and disabling disorder, with an increased risk for coexisting disorders, substance abuse and delinquency. In the present study, we aimed at exploring ADHD and criminality. We estimated the prevalence of ADHD among longer-term prison inmates, described symptoms and cognitive functioning, and compared findings with ADHD among psychiatric outpatients and healthy controls.
- Publication
BMC psychiatry, 2010, Vol 10, p112
- ISSN
1471-244X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1186/1471-244X-10-112