scholarly journals Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Males in the Juvenile Justice System

10.5772/29018 ◽  
2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Eme
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder

Adolescent Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in the Secure Treatment Setting

2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 725-747 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel F. Connor ◽  
Julian D. Ford ◽  
John F. Chapman ◽  
Alok Banga
Keyword(s):  
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Juvenile Justice ◽  
Attention Deficit ◽  
Adult Adhd ◽  
Juvenile Justice System ◽  
Adolescent And Young Adult ◽  
Treatment Setting ◽  
Hyperactivity Disorder ◽  
Treatment Settings

This article examines issues related to adolescent and young adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in juvenile justice treatment settings. Characteristics of ADHD are first discussed including diagnostic criteria, gender, and prevalence in both community and secure settings. Next, the importance of adolescent ADHD to the juvenile justice system is examined, including risk for psychosocial impairments, antisocial problems, and aggressive behavior while in secure treatment settings and the issue of psychiatric comorbidity in ADHD youths. Recommendations for assessment of the ADHD adolescent are discussed. Evidence-based treatments are next reviewed and suggestions for modifying extant ADHD evaluation and treatment criteria for use with juvenile detainees are presented. Finally, we discuss issues pertaining to ethnicity in adolescent ADHD and how these issues are of importance to the evaluation and treatment of adolescent and young adult ADHD in the secure treatment setting.

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