Sökning: "ADHD prison"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden ADHD prison.

  1. 1. Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Adults : Prevalence, Psychiatric Comorbidities and Long-term Outcome

    Författare :Dan Edvinsson; Lisa Ekselius; Tommy Lewander; Bo Söderpalm; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; ADHD; adults; prevalence; inmates; psychiatric comorbidity; long-term outcome; side effects; adverse events; stimulants; atomoxetine.; Psychiatry; Psykiatri;

    Sammanfattning : Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) was originally thought to occur only in children, but is increasingly recognised as causing functional impairment also in adulthood. The overall aim of this thesis was to achieve a comprehensive understanding of ADHD in adulthood. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in prison inmates

    Författare :Ylva Ginsberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Background: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is an inherited developmental disorder with early onset, chronically persisting in the vast majority of cases. ADHD is associated with pervasive cognitive, emotional and functional impairments, as well as an increased rate of coexisting disorders. LÄS MER

  4. 3. ADHD in substance use disorders : prevalence and pharmacotherapy

    Författare :Maija Konstenius; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Substance use disorders (SUD) and Attention deficit /hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are persistent and prevailing disorders that conjointly are associated with negative lifeevents and mental distress. The overall aim of this thesis was to examine the rate of ADHD in substance using populations and to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of methylphenidate pharmacotherapy for treatment of co-existing ADHD and SUD. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Delineating the construct of psychopathy : psychometric evidence of alternative measures

    Författare :Malin Pauli; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Psychopathy is a complex construct with various definitions featuring both personality traits, such as egocentricity, lack of empathy and guilt, dishonesty, callousness, and interpersonal dominance, as well as maladaptive behavior patterns. PCL-R is currently the most commonly used method of assessment. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Unfit to live among others : Essays on the ethics of imprisonment

    Författare :William Bülow; Till Grüne-Yanoff; Christopher Bennett; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Applied Ethics; Collateral Harm; Communicative Theory of Punishment; Democratic Self- determination; Doctrine of Double Effect; Felon Disenfranchisement; Imprisonment; Legal Punishment; Practical Philosophy; Philosophy of Punishment; Privacy; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis provides an ethical analysis of imprisonment as a mode of punishment. Consisting in an introduction and four papers the thesis addresses several important questions concerning imprisonment from a number of different perspectives and theoretical starting points. LÄS MER