Pronóstico ADHD sin Tratamiento (Inglés)

......The failure to immediately implement these basic recommendations will result in an increasing number of persons with AD/HD as well as AD/HD and co-occurring disorders in juvenile and adult corrections and criminal justice settings. Treatment failures, school failure, and social and behavioral difficulties, particularly when combined, have resulted in unnecessary placements of persons with these disorders in the criminal justice system.

In the Surgeon General's Report on Youth Violence, risk factors identified included psychological conditions such as hyperactivity, restlessness, difficulty concentrating and risk taking.

All of these are indications of AD/HD (Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General, Chapter 4, January 2001). In addition, according to the Coalition for Juvenile Justice's 16th Annual Report to the President, the Attorney General and Congress, "Between 50 to 75 percent of incarcerated youth have a diagnosable mental health disorder; . . . up to 45 percent have Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)."

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