Watch Professor Susan Young’s (www.psychology-services.uk.com) presentation about young people and adults with ADHD who get into trouble with the law. Starting with motivations for offending, Susan goes on to talk about the offender pathway and the challenges and difficulties people with ADHD face at each stage, including when in police custody, attending court, time in prison and on probation in the community. Susan concludes that the disproportionate high rate of ADHD in prisoners (estimated to be 25%), ADHD is a condition that the prison system cannot afford to ignore. Effective interventions exist and have the potential to significantly decrease disruption in the prison system, increase the impact of rehabilitation programmes, reduce recidivism and ultimately change the trajectory of offenders. In the context of data from recent health economic analyses and the prospective savings that may be realised, attending to the needs of this at-risk group would seem to offer ‘win-win’ solutions for all stakeholders in the longer term.
For further information:
https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-018-1858-9
Professor Susan Young is a registered clinical psychologist with over 25 years experience working with children, adolescents and adults. With a special interest in mental health problems and neurodevelopmental conditions, Susan has been involved in international research collaborations and has over 150 publications in scientific journals and books. Susan has developed clinical treatment programmes for children, adolescents and adults, published in six books. She has developed numerous assessment tools, including ACE, ACE+ and DASI, to assess ADHD and autism in children and adults. With translations in over 20 languages, these tools and programmes are used across the world. For further information visit her website, which provides resources for healthcare professionals, service users and families that are free of charge to download. Go to www.psychology-services.uk.com.
http://criminaljusticecourses.net/adhd-and-the-criminal-justice-system/
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