Citation

Matsumoto T, Imamura F. Psychiatry Clin. Neurosci. 2007; 61(4): 444-446.

Affiliation

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

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01683.x

PMID

17610673

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.

Language: en