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Not all criminals really nasty. Some of these offenders suffering from hyperactivity and attention deficit disorder. On the villain with this disorder, there are treatments that can make it so 'not too bad'.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a disorder in which sufferers have symptoms of hyperactivity, restless, irritable and hard to focus on one thing.
The person with ADHD is not a few who end up in jail due to minor crimes associated with violence and drug abuse. Studies have found that 30-40 percent of inmates suffer from ADHD, but only a few have been successfully diagnosed and treated.
To treat ADHD, stimulant medications such as Ritalin and still debated because of side effects such as nervous system disorders and increased blood pressure. However, one study found that these drugs have a real impact lowering the crime rate in patients with ADHD.
In a report published the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers in Sweden analyzed data on more than 25,000 people with ADHD. Most of them are teenagers and young adults.
For 4 years, found 37 percent of men and 15 percent of women of all participants convicted of a crime. Whereas in the general population, the rate is only 9 percent of men and 2 percent of women.
After the treatment of ADHD, a decline of 32 per cent of cases of crime in the male participants and 41 percent of cases in women only. Overall, crime decreased about 30 percent.
"About 30 percent to 40 percent of criminals suffering from ADHD. If the opportunity to commit a crime or become recidivists can be reduced by 30 percent, it will certainly not affect the total amount of crime in society," said Prof. Paul Lichtenstein of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, as quoted Daily Mail, Sunday (25/11/2012).
In addition to crime, ADHD is also associated with a variety of problems such as low academic skills, unemployment, alcoholism, drug abuse and rift. The disorder can persist into adulthood, but the treatment has always stalled in adolescence.
If ADHD is a disorder can be overcome with good, infected will be able to find a job and do it at home. It indirectly affects aka social structure.
"If they are in jail and show aggressive or violent behavior, ADHD treatment seems to reduce aggressive behavior. I also hope to see more inmates in the rehabilitation process," said Professor Philip Asherson of the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London.
According to the British Department of Justice, nearly 27 percent of inmates are released from prisons in England and Wales were back in prison again within 1 year.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a disorder in which sufferers have symptoms of hyperactivity, restless, irritable and hard to focus on one thing.
The person with ADHD is not a few who end up in jail due to minor crimes associated with violence and drug abuse. Studies have found that 30-40 percent of inmates suffer from ADHD, but only a few have been successfully diagnosed and treated.
To treat ADHD, stimulant medications such as Ritalin and still debated because of side effects such as nervous system disorders and increased blood pressure. However, one study found that these drugs have a real impact lowering the crime rate in patients with ADHD.
In a report published the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers in Sweden analyzed data on more than 25,000 people with ADHD. Most of them are teenagers and young adults.
For 4 years, found 37 percent of men and 15 percent of women of all participants convicted of a crime. Whereas in the general population, the rate is only 9 percent of men and 2 percent of women.
After the treatment of ADHD, a decline of 32 per cent of cases of crime in the male participants and 41 percent of cases in women only. Overall, crime decreased about 30 percent.
"About 30 percent to 40 percent of criminals suffering from ADHD. If the opportunity to commit a crime or become recidivists can be reduced by 30 percent, it will certainly not affect the total amount of crime in society," said Prof. Paul Lichtenstein of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, as quoted Daily Mail, Sunday (25/11/2012).
In addition to crime, ADHD is also associated with a variety of problems such as low academic skills, unemployment, alcoholism, drug abuse and rift. The disorder can persist into adulthood, but the treatment has always stalled in adolescence.
If ADHD is a disorder can be overcome with good, infected will be able to find a job and do it at home. It indirectly affects aka social structure.
"If they are in jail and show aggressive or violent behavior, ADHD treatment seems to reduce aggressive behavior. I also hope to see more inmates in the rehabilitation process," said Professor Philip Asherson of the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London.
According to the British Department of Justice, nearly 27 percent of inmates are released from prisons in England and Wales were back in prison again within 1 year.
Source: Daily Mail
