Fledgling Psychopathy in the Classroom: ADHD Subtypes, Psychopathy, and Reading Comprehension in a Community Sample of Adolescents

DeLisi, Matt; Vaughn, Michael G.; Beaver, Kevin M.; Wexler, Jade; Barth, Amy E.; Fletcher, Jack Μ.

doi:10.1177/1541204010371932

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“…These empirical results have helped spawn a number of important theoretical constructs including lifecourse persistent, fledgling psychopathy, severe 5%, and serious, violent, and chronic (SVC) offenders. [14][15][16]12 Notably, not only does this distinguished subset account for the bulk of crime and social and economic burden, but also copious drug use. 17,[12][13] In one of the largest of these studies, 43,000 adult respondents from the 2001-2002 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions, a severe 5% subgroup was identified who reported high levels of antisocial behavior and drug use including amphetamines, sedatives, opioids, cocaine or crack cocaine, hallucinogens, and cannabis.…”

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Addiction and crime: The importance of asymmetry in offending and the life-course

Vaughn

Salas-Wright

Reingle-Gonzalez³

2016

Journal of Addictive Diseases

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The intersection of addiction and crime is pervasive. Not only is there a high prevalence of substance use and substance use disorders among criminal justice populations that is substantially higher than in the general population, but also offenders with substance use disorders are more likely to be rearrested. The authors believe there are several broad points that addiction researchers and criminologists have come to understand that are important to bring together. In this commentary, the asymmetrical nature of crime (i.e., a small subset account for the lion's share of offending) and the value of a developmentally sensitive life-course approach to inform criminal behavior are elucidated and discussed. These 2 themes are intertwined. High-impact offenders have extensive drug use histories and need intervention (policy or individual-level), but the form and content and ultimately the effectiveness of the intervention may depend on what period in the life-course the intervention is to be implemented.

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Section: Accepted Manuscriptmentioning

confidence: 99%

Addiction and crime: The importance of asymmetry in offending and the life-course

Vaughn

Salas-Wright

Reingle-Gonzalez³

2016

Journal of Addictive Diseases

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“…Psychopathic traits and interpersonal callousness are also significantly more common among adolescents and adults with ADHD, and associated with serious criminal behavior and recidivism (83,91,97,98). Adult psychopathy is heavily linked to childhood and adolescent history of ADHD with CD comorbidity (99, 100).…”

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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), substance use disorders, and criminality: a difficult problem with complex solutions

Knecht¹,

Alvaro

Martínez-Raga³

et al. 2015

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

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The association between attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and criminality has been increasingly recognized as an important societal concern. Studies conducted in different settings have revealed high rates of ADHD among adolescent offenders. The risk for criminal behavior among individuals with ADHD is increased when there is psychiatric comorbidity, particularly conduct disorder and substance use disorder. In the present report, it is aimed to systematically review the literature on the epidemiological, neurobiological, and other risk factors contributing to this association, as well as the key aspects of the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of ADHD among offenders. A systematic literature search of electronic databases (PubMed, EMBASE, and PsycINFO) was conducted to identify potentially relevant studies published in English, in peer-reviewed journals. Studies conducted in various settings within the judicial system and in many different countries suggest that the rate of adolescent and adult inmates with ADHD far exceeds that reported in the general population; however, underdiagnosis is common. Similarly, follow-up studies of children with ADHD have revealed high rates of criminal behaviors, arrests, convictions, and imprisonment in adolescence and adulthood. Assessment of ADHD and comorbid condition requires an ongoing and careful process. When treating offenders or inmates with ADHD, who commonly present other comorbid psychiatric disorder complex, comprehensive and tailored interventions, combining pharmacological and psychosocial strategies are likely to be needed.

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“…However, such evidence for less impaired cognitive abilities in youths with elevated CU traits has not been found in all studies [112,113] and requires further testing.…”

Section: Cognitive Factorsmentioning

confidence: 89%

Development of Psychopathy from Childhood

Uytun¹

2017

Psychopathy - New Updates on an Old Phenomenon

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Serious conduct problems are a serious mental health and public policy concern. Such conduct problems are highly related to criminal behavior and are associated with a host of other social, emotional, and academic problems. In addition, serious conduct problems in childhood predict later impairments in the domains of mental health, legal, educational, social, occupational, and physical health. In the past two decades, a signiicant body of research has emerged reining how the key features associated with psychopathy may be expressed in children and adolescents. These researches have focused largely on the presence of callous-unemotional traits, which correspond closely to the afective dimension of psychopathy-core to the construct in adult samples. Several reviews have focused on important theoretical questions related to how best to identify psychopathy in children and adolescents but do not directly address their importance for understanding, classifying, and treating youths with severe conduct problems. So, in the forefront of these studies, I aimed to review the development of psychopathy from childhood. In this chapter, topics related to psychopathy, such as diagnosis and nosology, epidemiologic studies, etiologic factors, assessment, diagnostic interviews, comorbid disorders and longitudinal outcome, treatment modalities, and treatment outcome in samples of children and adolescents, were included.

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Fledgling Psychopathy in the Classroom: ADHD Subtypes, Psychopathy, and Reading Comprehension in a Community Sample of Adolescents

Cited by 65 publications

References 75 publications

Addiction and crime: The importance of asymmetry in offending and the life-course

Addiction and crime: The importance of asymmetry in offending and the life-course

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), substance use disorders, and criminality: a difficult problem with complex solutions

Development of Psychopathy from Childhood

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