Neuropsychological Assessment of Adult Offenders

摘要: ABSTRACT This report is primarily concerned with reporting on the normative results obtained a large sample of serious adult offenders. An expanded Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery was administered to 584 offenders (OF), 132 normal controls (NC), and 494 acute psychiatric patients (PP). Subjects were between 18 44 years age. Descriptive statistics for all neuropsychological measures are reported. Impairment analyses indicate substantial impairment in OF PP groups, especially executive function verbal capacities. The neuropsychology prefrontal cortex Attentional Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Conduct reviewed. review, context present findings, supports working hypothesis that deficits behavioral disinhibition represent heterotypic continuities brain dysfunction among some children disruptive behavior disorders. Implications research, ...