ADHD treatment 'may reduce risk of criminal behaviour'

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20414822


Giving medication to people with ADHD in the criminal justice system may reduce crime

People with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder who are involved in crime are less likely to reoffend when on treatment than not, a Swedish study shows.

Earlier studies suggest people with ADHD are more likely to commit offences than the general population.

Providing better access to medication may reduce crime and save money, experts and support groups say.

Researchers say the benefits of the drugs must be weighed against harms.

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1. Unbelievable...!!!

Just the same, it must be comforting that you have Medical Science working hard to solve all the Social Science problems.

Prof Philip Asherson, a psychiatrist and president of the UK Adult ADHD network, who was not involved in the study says:

"....There are of course a lot of people with ADHD in the population who are not involved in crime."

Prof Sue Bailey, president of the Royal College of Psychiatry, welcomes the study saying it "reminds us in an era of psychological therapies that medication can have a positive impact too".

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