Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) among longer-term prison inmates is a prevalent, persistent and disabling disorder

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Ginsberg, Ylva ^a   Hirvikoski, Tatja ^a   Lindefors, Nils ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PERFORMANCE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRISON; PRISONER; PSYCHOPATHY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WORKING MEMORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CRIMINAL LAW; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TIME;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CRIMINAL LAW; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650314875     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-10-112     Document Type: Article

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