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Childhood Identification and Prophylaxis of Antisocial Personality Disorder

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Physiological and psychological characteristics show considerable similarity between children with Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity (ADDH) and adults with Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD). Prospective studies of ADDH children, with or without Conduct Disorder (CD), show a high outcome of ASPD. Recently, other forms of treatment have been added to the traditional psychopharmacological agents used for ADDH. If medication and new treatment modalities are administered for a period of 3 years, a recent controlled study indicates that the mean number of arrests for felony offenses and the mean number of institutionalizations are reduced at a p < 0.0001 level (1.32 vs. 0.19 and 0.49 vs. 0.00, respectively).

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    Lewis Bloomingdale & Eileen Bloomingdale

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  1. Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, USA

    Richard Rosner M.D. (Clinical Associate Professor, Fellow, Diplomate, Medical Director) (Clinical Associate Professor, Fellow, Diplomate, Medical Director)

  2. American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry, USA

    Richard Rosner M.D. (Clinical Associate Professor, Fellow, Diplomate, Medical Director) (Clinical Associate Professor, Fellow, Diplomate, Medical Director)

  3. American Board of Forensic Psychiatry, USA

    Richard Rosner M.D. (Clinical Associate Professor, Fellow, Diplomate, Medical Director) (Clinical Associate Professor, Fellow, Diplomate, Medical Director)

  4. Forensic Psychiatry Clinic for the New York Criminal and Supreme Courts (First Judicial Department), New York, New York, USA

    Richard Rosner M.D. (Clinical Associate Professor, Fellow, Diplomate, Medical Director) (Clinical Associate Professor, Fellow, Diplomate, Medical Director)

  5. Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, USA

    Harold I. Schwartz M.D. (Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Chief) (Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Chief)

  6. Psychiatric Outpatient Services, USA

    Harold I. Schwartz M.D. (Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Chief) (Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Chief)

  7. Program in Psychiatry and Law, Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York, USA

    Harold I. Schwartz M.D. (Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Chief) (Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Chief)

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Bloomingdale, L., Bloomingdale, E. (1989). Childhood Identification and Prophylaxis of Antisocial Personality Disorder. In: Rosner, R., Schwartz, H.I. (eds) Juvenile Psychiatry and the Law. Critical Issues in American Psychiatry and the Law, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5526-7_5

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