scholarly journals ADHD-Related Mental Health Issues of Young Adult Male Prisoners in Pravieniškės Correction House-Open Colony (Lithuania)

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 155798831987097
Author(s):  
Jūratė Kuzmickaitė ◽  
Darius Leskauskas ◽  
Ona Gylytė
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Adhd Symptoms ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Dsm 5 ◽  
Young Adult Male ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Clinically Significant ◽  
Male Prisoners

The aim of this study was to evaluate mental health issues related to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in young adult male prisoners. The study was performed in the Pravieniškės Correction House-Open Prison Colony and represents the first study on adult ADHD in Lithuania. The sample consisted of 100 young males imprisoned for mild to moderate crimes. ADHD symptoms were assessed using the Adult Self-Report Scale v1.1 (ASRS v1.1) and Wender Utah Rating Scale (WURS) self-rating scales. Related mental health issues were evaluated using the DSM-5 Level 1 Cross-Cutting Symptom Measure, the Personality Inventory for DSM-5, and data from both medical files and offenses-incentives lists. Clinically significant ADHD symptoms were found in 17% of the respondents. Prisoners with ADHD were younger and had shorter incentives lists. Personality traits of negative affect, antagonism, disinhibition, and psychoticism with increased personality dysfunction were more prevalent in the respondents with ADHD. Medical files of prisoners with ADHD more frequently included data on substance abuse, psychiatric diagnoses, and psychopharmacological treatment. None of the respondents had been diagnosed or treated for this disorder. Clinically significant ADHD symptoms were highly prevalent among imprisoned males, but ADHD was not diagnosed or treated correctly. These findings show that the problem of ADHD in young male adults with increased risk for criminal behavior needs recognition by the politicians and professionals responsible for health care in Lithuania in order to better care for prisoners with this psychopathology.

scholarly journals Young Adulthood Outcomes of Joint Mental Health Trajectories: A Group-Based Trajectory Model Analysis of a 13-Year Longitudinal Cohort Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aja Louise Murray ◽  
Daniel Nagin ◽  
Ingrid Obsuth ◽  
Denis Ribeaud ◽  
Manuel Eisner
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Exclusion ◽  
Late Onset ◽  
Adhd Symptoms ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Trajectory Data ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
Externalising Problems ◽  
Internalising Problems ◽  
Trajectory Modelling

AbstractDevelopmental trajectories of common mental health issues such as ADHD symptoms, internalising problems, and externalising problems can often be usefully summarised in terms of a small number of ‘developmental subtypes’ (e.g., ‘childhood onset’, ‘adolescent onset’) that may differ in their profiles or levels of clinically meaningful variables such as etiological risk factors. However, given the strong tendency for symptoms in these domains to co-occur, it is important to consider not only developmental subtypes in each domain individually, but also the joint developmental subtypes defined by symptoms trajectories in all three domains together (e.g., ‘late onset multimorbid’, ‘pure internalising’, ‘early onset multimorbid’). Previous research has illuminated the joint developmental subtypes of ADHD symptoms, internalising problems, and externalising problems that emerge from normative longitudinal data using methods such as group-based trajectory modelling, as well as predictors of membership in these developmental subtypes. However, information on the long-term outcomes of developmental subtype membership is critical to illuminate the likely nature and intensity of support needs required for individuals whose trajectories fit different developmental subtypes. We, therefore, evaluated the relations between developmental subtypes previously derived using group-based trajectory modelling in the z-proso study (n = 1620 with trajectory data at ages 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15) and early adulthood outcomes. Individuals with multimorbid trajectories but not ‘pure’ internalising problem elevations showed higher levels of social exclusion and delinquency at age 20. These associations held irrespective of the specific developmental course of symptoms (e.g., early versus late onset versus remitting). There was also some evidence that intimate partner violence acts as a form of heterotypic continuity for earlier externalising problems. Results underline the need for early intervention to address the pathways that lead to social exclusion and delinquency among young people with multiple co-occurring mental health issues.

scholarly journals MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS IN THE YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
P K. Tkachenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adult ◽  
Young Adult Literature ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Mental Health Issues

The article analyzes the various mental health issues that are addressed in the Young Adult literature. This article describes books that talk about these issues.

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