HYPERACTIVITY
- 1 February 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
- Vol. 166 (2) , 79-87
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005053-197802000-00001
Abstract
Histories of hyperactive symptoms were evaluated for 2 samples of young men and women under treatment for drug abuse or psychiatric disorders. More than 1 in 5 had shown hyperactivity but almost all of these developed pictures of other psychiatric problems, frequently the antisocial personality, by late adolescence. This reflected inaccurate use of hyperactive labels in difficult-to-handle children. The potential consequences of these practices were discussed.Keywords
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- Specific reading retardation, hyperactive child syndrome, and juvenile delinquencyActa Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 1976