ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) is common among prison inmates, and not a diagnosis confined to paediatric psychiatry;Hyperaktivitetssyndrom vanligt bland interner: ADHD inte bara en barnpsykiatrisk diagnos

Lakartidningen

Volumn , Issue 26-27, 1998, Pages 3078-3080

  Dalteg, Arne ^a   Gustafsson, Peik ^b   Levander, Sten ^c,d  

^a Psykiatriska Kliniken   (Sweden)

^b Barnpsykiatriska Kliniken   (Sweden)

^c Allmänpsykiatrin   (Sweden)

^d Forensic Psychiatric Unit   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CRIMINOLOGY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032562838     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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