The prevalence of dyslexia and AD/HD in a sample of forensic psychiatric rapists

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 371-381

  Dåderman, Anna M ^a,c   Lindgren, May ^b   Lidberg, Lars ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

AD HD; Dyslexia; Forensic psychiatric rapists

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLEXIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; RAPE; READING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; COMMITMENT OF MENTALLY ILL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DYSLEXIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RAPE; REFERENCE VALUES; SWEDEN;

EID: 7944236062     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480410005936     Document Type: Article

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