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Association between childhood attention-deficit–hyperactivity symptoms and adulthood dissociation in male inmates: Preliminary report

  1. TOSHIHIKO MATSUMOTO md , phd1,*,
  2. FUMI IMAMURA ma 2

Article first published online: 30 JUN 2007

DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01683.x

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Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volume 61, Issue 4, pages 444–446, August 2007

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MATSUMOTO, T. and IMAMURA, F. (2007), Association between childhood attention-deficit–hyperactivity symptoms and adulthood dissociation in male inmates: Preliminary report. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 61: 444–446. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01683.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Forensic Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry and

  2. 2

    Musashi Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan

*Toshihiko Matsumoto, MD, PhD, Department of Forensic Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8553, Japan. Email: tmatsu@ncnp.go.jp

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  1. Issue published online: 30 JUN 2007
  2. Article first published online: 30 JUN 2007
  3. Received 20 March 2007; accepted 8 April 2007.

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Keywords:

  • attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder;
  • child abuse;
  • dissociative disorder;
  • inmate;
  • male

Abstract  The present study examined associations between childhood attention-deficit–hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms and adulthood dissociation in 799 male inmates using self-reporting questionnaires. Consequently, 33% of the subjects reported childhood physical abuse, and 11.8% reported childhood sexual abuse. A significant association was found between childhood ADHD symptoms and current dissociative tendency (r = 0.51, P < 0.001). Clinical implications of intervention focusing on dissociation in correctional/forensic practices for adult offenders are discussed.

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