The relationship of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and conduct disorder to juvenile delinquency: Legal implications

Bulletin of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 333-345

  Foley, Heather A ^a   Carlton, Christopher O ^a   Howell, Robert J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LAW SUIT; MALE; MINIMAL BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029843092     PISSN: 0091634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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