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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 139, No. 6

REGULAR ARTICLES | June 01, 1982

A prospective study of delinquency in 110 adolescent boys with attention deficit disorder and 88 normal adolescent boys

Am J Psychiatry 1982;139:795-798.

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The authors studied official arrests from childhood through adolescence in two groups of boys; one group (N = 110) was diagnosed in childhood as suffering from attention deficit disorder (ADD), and the second group (N = 88) consisted of normal control adolescents. Rates of single and multiple serious offenses and of institutionalization for delinquency were significantly higher in the ADD subjects. These findings suggest a strong relationship between childhood ADD and later arrests for delinquent behavior.

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