A report on Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and Antisocial personality disorder

People with ADHD may struggle more than others to focus on tasks such as schoolwork, but can maintain an unusually intense level of attention for tasks they find rewarding or interesting
Signs of Antisocial personality disorder.
The left prefrontal cortex, shown here in blue, is often affected in ADHD.
Percent of people 4–17 ever diagnosed in the US as of 2011
Timeline of ADHD diagnostic criteria, prevalence, and treatment

Adolescents with ADHD who also have CD are more likely to develop antisocial personality disorder in adulthood.

- Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is common in this population, and children with the disorder may also engage in substance use.

- Antisocial personality disorder
People with ADHD may struggle more than others to focus on tasks such as schoolwork, but can maintain an unusually intense level of attention for tasks they find rewarding or interesting

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Orbitofrontal cortex, part of the prefrontal cortex that shapes decision-making

Impulsivity

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Tendency to act on a whim, displaying behavior characterized by little or no forethought, reflection, or consideration of the consequences.

Tendency to act on a whim, displaying behavior characterized by little or no forethought, reflection, or consideration of the consequences.

Orbitofrontal cortex, part of the prefrontal cortex that shapes decision-making

Impulsivity is both a facet of personality and a major component of various disorders, including FASD, ADHD, substance use disorders, bipolar disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and borderline personality disorder.

Conduct disorder

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Mental disorder diagnosed in childhood or adolescence that presents itself through a repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior that includes theft, lies, physical violence that may lead to destruction, and reckless breaking of rules, in which the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate norms are violated.

Mental disorder diagnosed in childhood or adolescence that presents itself through a repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior that includes theft, lies, physical violence that may lead to destruction, and reckless breaking of rules, in which the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate norms are violated.

It is often seen as the precursor to antisocial personality disorder, which by definition cannot be diagnosed until the individual is 18 years old.

Specifically, children in this group have greater levels of ADHD symptoms, neuropsychological deficits, more academic problems, increased family dysfunction and higher likelihood of aggression and violence.

A French temperance organisation poster depicting the effects of alcoholism in a family, c. 1915

Alcoholism

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Alcoholism is, broadly, any drinking of alcohol that results in significant mental or physical health problems.

Alcoholism is, broadly, any drinking of alcohol that results in significant mental or physical health problems.

A French temperance organisation poster depicting the effects of alcoholism in a family, c. 1915
Some of the possible long-term effects of ethanol an individual may develop. Additionally, in pregnant women, alcohol can cause fetal alcohol syndrome.
"The bottle has done its work". Reproduction of an etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847.
Mental health as a risk factor for alcohol dependency or abuse.
William Hogarth's Gin Lane, 1751
A man drinking from a bottle of liquor while sitting on a boardwalk, ca. 1905–1914. Picture by Austrian photographer Emil Mayer.
A regional service center for Alcoholics Anonymous.
Alcohol consumption per person 2016.
Adriaen Brouwer, Inn with Drunken Peasants, 1620s
1904 advertisement describing alcoholism as a disease.

Men with alcohol-use disorders more often have a co-occurring diagnosis of narcissistic or antisocial personality disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, impulse disorders or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

DSM-5

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2013 update to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the taxonomic and diagnostic tool published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA).

2013 update to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the taxonomic and diagnostic tool published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA).

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Antisocial personality disorder is listed here and in the chapter on personality disorders (but ADHD is listed under neurodevelopmental disorders).