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Adelaide
11-24-2012, 05:01 PM
Adults With ADHD Commit Fewer Crimes When On Medication
ScienceDaily (Nov. 22, 2012) — Criminal behaviour in people with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) dropped sharply during periods when they were on medication, according to a new extensive registry study conducted at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The study that contained of over 25,000 individuals is published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

While previous research has shown that people with ADHD are more likely to enter a life of crime, it has remained uncertain how ADHD medication affects this risk. After having studied over 25,000 individuals with ADHD from different registries over a four-year period (2006-2009), researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now been able to examine the link between ADHD medication and criminality.

The study demonstrates in a variety of ways links between ADHD medication and a reduced risk of criminality. For example, the incidence of criminal behaviour was lower amongst medicated individuals than unmedicated ones; and in the same individual comparing periods of medication with no medication, they also found that ADHD drugs were associated with a significant risk reduction of 32 per cent. This way of studying the same individual is a particular strength in that it shows that the risk reduction is probably not attributable to differences between participants on medication and those not.





Adults with ADHD Commit Fewer Crimes When on Medication (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121122095115.htm)

I remember doing an independent research study on violent young offenders who had been convicted before age 18, where I interviewed them in prisons, juvenile halls, and schools. More than a quarter reported having ADHD, closely followed by several other fairly common mental illness or behavioural disorders. I've always found ADHD very interesting... the fact that December babies are more likely to be incorrectly diagnosed with it because they're less mature than their January-Febuary-March peers (study out of BC released earlier this year), the differential diagnosis of bipolar disorder, the general public's opposition to prescribing medication, and so on.

So I found this not so much surprising, but interesting nonetheless. I suppose a major barrier towards preventing crime in individuals with ADHD would be availability of affordable medication and a willingness to be compliant with the medication.

KC
11-24-2012, 07:59 PM
Adults with ADHD Commit Fewer Crimes When on Medication (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121122095115.htm)

I remember doing an independent research study on violent young offenders who had been convicted before age 18, where I interviewed them in prisons, juvenile halls, and schools. More than a quarter reported having ADHD, closely followed by several other fairly common mental illness or behavioural disorders. I've always found ADHD very interesting... the fact that December babies are more likely to be incorrectly diagnosed with it because they're less mature than their January-Febuary-March peers (study out of BC released earlier this year), the differential diagnosis of bipolar disorder, the general public's opposition to prescribing medication, and so on.

So I found this not so much surprising, but interesting nonetheless. I suppose a major barrier towards preventing crime in individuals with ADHD would be availability of affordable medication and a willingness to be compliant with the medication.

I wonder how many of those criminals were misdiagnosed due to poor parenting. It seems crime rates and poor parenting would also be correlated, if we had a measure for the latter.

I think I was misdiagnosed. I stopped taking my meds for ADD a long time ago, but most of my problems are social or related to lack of memory.

Adelaide
11-24-2012, 11:58 PM
I wonder how many of those criminals were misdiagnosed due to poor parenting. It seems crime rates and poor parenting would also be correlated, if we had a measure for the latter.

I think I was misdiagnosed. I stopped taking my meds for ADD a long time ago, but most of my problems are social or related to lack of memory.

Do you find that symptoms reappear during high stress times? Wouldn't surprise me if it was a misdiagnosis, but it could also be that you grew out of it - which happens.

The odds are that many children up until fairly recently were misdiagnosed with ADD/ADHD. I would think/hope that this trend would be reduced now that developmental/behavioural psychologists and physicians understand the disorders better. The research study that concluded most individuals diagnosed with the disorder were born in the later months was really interesting - they were less mature than their classmates and automatically given the label. I should go find it...

There is also a book on bipolar disorder that I had to read a few years back by Demitri and Janice Papolos that had an entire portion of the book dedicated to the differential diagnosis of ADHD for bipolar disorder. So, children who are actualy exhibiting signs of a mood disorder are diagnosed with ADHD and then you've got children exhibiting signs of a behavioural/developmental disorder being diagnosed as bipolar. The medications for these disorders are entirely different classifications of drugs so it's a pretty big clinical error to make and could deeply worsen the outcomes in the long-term, especially given that reversing a diagnosis can often take years of observation, multiple failed therapy models, multiple physicians/therapists, and so on.

Peter1469
11-25-2012, 07:37 AM
Could ADHD be related to nutritional deficiencies? I have heard that omega 3s help out.

Adelaide
11-25-2012, 11:15 AM
Could ADHD be related to nutritional deficiencies? I have heard that omega 3s help out.

There has been a lot of research coming out lately that omega 3 is overrated. But yeah, it's supposed to help ADHD symptoms.

KC
11-25-2012, 11:30 AM
Do you find that symptoms reappear during high stress times? Wouldn't surprise me if it was a misdiagnosis, but it could also be that you grew out of it - which happens.



Well if symptoms persist it isn't during high stress times, since I tend to work better under stress. I do much better in school these days, but it could just be that I adapted. Idk.

KC
11-25-2012, 11:33 AM
Could ADHD be related to nutritional deficiencies? I have heard that omega 3s help out.

Interestingly I have had an allergic to every seafood that I've tried, although that isn't many. Can't even be in the room while fish is being cooked. I think it would be kinda nuts to consider that my lack of Omega 3 is some how related to my diagnosis.

Peter1469
11-25-2012, 12:43 PM
Interestingly I have had an allergic to every seafood that I've tried, although that isn't many. Can't even be in the room while fish is being cooked. I think it would be kinda nuts to consider that my lack of Omega 3 is some how related to my diagnosis.

Nuts? http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/DHA-omega-3-linked-to-improved-literacy-for-ADHD-children-Study

KC
11-25-2012, 12:48 PM
Nuts? http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Research/DHA-omega-3-linked-to-improved-literacy-for-ADHD-children-Study

I definitely could eat more nuts. Don't really eat many as it is.

waltky
06-02-2016, 03:36 PM
Smoking during pregnancy linked to ADD, ADHD...
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Scientists Find Biological Link Between Smoking Mothers, Attention Disorders
June 01, 2016 - Nicotine exposure during pregnancy can trigger long-term genetic changes in unborn babies, according to Yale-led research


Need a good reason to quit smoking during pregnancy, aside from the prospect of cancer, lung and heart disease, stillbirth, infertility, and low birth weight? In what could have far-reaching implications for treatment, scientists at Yale University have found that nicotine exposure during pregnancy can trigger long-term genetic changes in unborn babies. These newfound genetic changes help explain why maternal smoking has been linked to a host of behavioral issues, such as ADHD.

Nicotine and genetics

Population studies have previously shown that smoking in pregnant women appeared to increase the risk of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, in children. This new research is the first time scientists have discovered the biological pathway that causes the increased risk. The study was done by Yale investigators and is published in Nature Neuroscience. Marina Picciotto, a professor of psychiatry at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, is the paper's senior author. Picciotto says there's a critical point in fetal brain development that appears to be affected by nicotine exposure.


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A woman and child walk past a "No Smoking" sign. A Yale-led study has found that nicotine exposure during pregnancy can trigger long-term genetic changes in unborn babies.

For the study, mice were tested to see if nicotine changes the way fetal brains develop. "If we expose mice to nicotine during the same window of brain development that is affected in utero in humans," she asked, "can we see changes in the brain? And the answer is yes, we see very long-lasting changes of the nerve cells of the cortex." In addition, she told VOA, these changes in the neurons were maintained even in adult mice.

Brains and behavior

And how do those changes in the brains of mice affect their behavior? After exposure to nicotine, the mice appear to have ADHD, according to Picciotto. Normal mice, she says, usually ignore a very mild foot shock. But the nicotine-affected mice, "they just actually pay attention. They are paying attention to a stimulus that is normally screened out." Investigators also are looking at whether the same genetic pathways are involved in Asperger's syndrome and autism, which can severely impact attention and executive functioning. So far, Picciotto says, there's no evidence of that.

Potential treatment (http://www.voanews.com/content/scientists-biological-link-smoking-mothers-attention-disorders/3357546.html)

waltky
01-13-2018, 04:35 AM
ADHD Drug Tied to Heart Defects in Babies...


ADHD Drug Tied to Heart Defects in Babies
January 11, 2018 - Pregnant women who take drugs like Ritalin and Concerta for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely than those who don't to have babies with heart deformities and other birth defects, a recent study suggests.


Researchers examined data on more than 1.8 million pregnancies in the U.S., including 2,072 women who used methylphenidate (Ritalin, Concerta, Daytrana) and 5,571 who took an amphetamine (Adderall) during their first trimester. Overall, women who took methylphenidate were 11 percent more likely to have a baby with birth defects and 28 percent more likely to have infants with heart malformations than women who didn't take stimulants for ADHD during pregnancy. There was no increased risk of birth defects in general or heart malformations specifically with amphetamines like Adderall, the researchers found. "Our findings suggest that there might be a small increase in the risk of cardiac malformations associated with intrauterine exposure to methylphenidate," said lead study author Krista Huybrechts of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "Although the absolute risk is small, it is nevertheless important evidence to consider when weighing the potential risks and benefits of different treatment strategies for ADHD in young women of reproductive age and in pregnant women," Huybrechts said by email.



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A study has found that pregnant women who take drugs such as Ritalin and Concerta for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are more likely to have babies with heart deformities and other birth defects.



An estimated 3 percent of children, teens and adults have ADHD, researchers note in JAMA Psychiatry. Stimulants like Adderall and Ritalin are among the most commonly prescribed medications for the condition, and these drugs are increasingly being used by women of childbearing age. All of the women in the current study had health insurance through Medicaid, the U.S. benefits program for the poor. Among children of women who were not taking stimulants for ADHD, 35 out of every 1,000 babies had birth defects, compared with 46 out of every 1,000 infants born to women using drugs like Ritalin. To assess whether these results were unique to the U.S. or to women on Medicaid, researchers also examined health registry data for more than 2.5 million pregnancies in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. In the Nordic data, drugs like Ritalin were also associated with a 28 percent higher risk of heart malformations in babies. The study wasn't a controlled experiment designed to prove whether or how specific ADHD drugs might cause birth defects.


Because the study only included live births, it didn't explore whether the drugs might increase the risks of severe birth defects that lead to miscarriage or stillbirths or that prompt women to terminate pregnancies, the authors note. "If a woman has mild symptoms, it might be possible to avoid use of the medicine during pregnancy," said Dr. William Cooper, a researcher at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, who wasn't involved in the study but wrote an accompanying editorial. "However, if the woman has severe symptoms that interfere with her daily function, the results of this study can help to guide decisions on whether to continue," Cooper said by email. It may also make sense for some women with ADHD to consider stopping or changing medications when they're trying to conceive, Huybrechts said. "Considering the high rate of unplanned pregnancies among young women, the potential for accidental exposure is also very high,"Huybrechts said. "Although the absolute risk is small, it is nevertheless important evidence to consider when weighing the potential risks and benefits of different treatment strategies for ADHD in young women of reproductive age and in pregnant
women.


https://www.voanews.com/a/adhd-drug-ties-heart-defects-babies/4203918.html

Captdon
01-13-2018, 10:24 AM
Do you find that symptoms reappear during high stress times? Wouldn't surprise me if it was a misdiagnosis, but it could also be that you grew out of it - which happens.

The odds are that many children up until fairly recently were misdiagnosed with ADD/ADHD. I would think/hope that this trend would be reduced now that developmental/behavioural psychologists and physicians understand the disorders better. The research study that concluded most individuals diagnosed with the disorder were born in the later months was really interesting - they were less mature than their classmates and automatically given the label. I should go find it...

There is also a book on bipolar disorder that I had to read a few years back by Demitri and Janice Papolos that had an entire portion of the book dedicated to the differential diagnosis of ADHD for bipolar disorder. So, children who are actualy exhibiting signs of a mood disorder are diagnosed with ADHD and then you've got children exhibiting signs of a behavioural/developmental disorder being diagnosed as bipolar. The medications for these disorders are entirely different classifications of drugs so it's a pretty big clinical error to make and could deeply worsen the outcomes in the long-term, especially given that reversing a diagnosis can often take years of observation, multiple failed therapy models, multiple physicians/therapists, and so on.

You never grow out of ADD. You make go arounds to hide it. This just shows waht a little information does.
I'm ADD and not misdiagnosed.I have trouble remembering names so i don't address people by name. I have trouble thinking quickly so I always hesitate before answering even if I have the answer right in front of me.I'm terrible at math( usually true with ADD) so I consider the calculator as a God send. Doctors know less about ADD that they do the common cold.

People with ADD tend to be very blunt. They don't have a real trigger guard when they think. What I think is what i say too many times. What I think sometimes needs better wording that most people do naturally.

Go find an ADD group and see how mistaken you are. No one who really has ADD would recognize what you posted.

waltky
05-15-2018, 06:55 PM
Kids antibiotic use is down...
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Kids Are Taking Fewer Antibiotics, More ADHD Meds
May 15, 2018 • Doctors are prescribing fewer drugs to children, especially antibiotics. But use of certain drugs, including ADHD medications, has increased.


Children and adolescents are getting fewer prescription drugs than they did in years past, according to a study that looks at a cross-section of the American population. "The decrease in antibiotic use is really what's driving this overall decline in prescription medication use that we're seeing in children and adolescents," says Craig Hales, a preventive medicine physician at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics and lead author of a study published Tuesday in JAMA. Hales says that's a good thing. "Thirty percent of antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary and potentially dangerous," he says. They're often given for colds and other viral infections, where they are useless. And they may have side effects. Antibiotic overuse also increases the risk that these drugs lose their curative powers.

The study is based on data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Study, which included more than 38,000 children and adolescents. The study compared prescription drug use from 1999 to 2002 with prescriptions given in 2011 to 2014, the last period for which data were available. Overall, the proportion of children and teenagers getting prescriptions dropped from about 25 percent to 22 percent. Prescriptions for some drugs increased, such as for treatments for asthma, contraception and attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). The survey also noted a large gap in prescription use among children and adolescents who were insured versus those who weren't. Some 23 percent of insured youth had recently taken a prescription of some sort, compared with 10 percent of those who were uninsured.


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It's hard to know how exactly to interpret many of the findings, says Gary Freed, a pediatrician and researcher at the University of Michigan Medical School, who was not involved with the research. That gap could be a sign of overuse among the insured or underuse in the uninsured. "It's very common for people who don't need things but want to pay for them, to be able to get them," Freed says. "It's also possible that some children who really need medications, if they're uninsured, don't get them." The study doesn't provide information that can address key questions like that. For example, antihistamines are widely overused or inappropriately used in children, Freed says. The study shows a decline in prescriptions for antihistamines, but that may simply be because many of these drugs came available without a prescription during the study period. "So the fact that the prescribing went down may mean something good or it may simply mean that people are going to the drugstore and buying those same medications," Freed says.

Freed says he can't even say whether the overall use of prescription drugs in children and teen-agers, at 22 percent in a typical 30-day period, is a sign of overuse or underuse. "The danger is thinking 'oh my goodness that's so many kids getting medications,' " he says. "But at the same time, before we make that conclusion we have to know whether those were appropriate or not appropriate. "More children than ever are alive today because they've survived diseases that require medical treatment, he notes. Yet certain drugs are still overused. And in other instances, such as ADHD drugs, there's disagreement about when treatment is appropriate. Those questions require more directed – and more expensive – studies. Hales hopes that his broad-brush findings will stimulate that further research.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/05/15/611264777/kids-are-taking-fewer-antibiotics-more-adhd-meds

Lummy
05-16-2018, 09:45 AM
"Let's rob a bank ..."

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"... tomorrow ..."