Costing Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Impact on the Individual and Society. - Daley, David / Rasmus Højbjerg Jacobsen / Anne-Mette Lange / Anders Sørensen / Jeanette Walldorf (eds.).
Impact on the Individual and Society
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The number of people accessing care for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD has increased dramatically over the past few decades. The aim of this book is to investigate if ADHD has a detrimental effect on the lives of individuals with ADHD. The purpose of the analysis is to better understand ADHD and the costs associated with ADHD whether those costs fall upon the individual or the state. The present book finds that Adults with ADHD are performingparticularly badly on a large range of measures within educational attainment, occupational status, income, family situation, criminal record, and health. This is the case when they are compared toindividuals with a similar background and upbringing, including their own siblings. The disorder is a major problem for many individuals and for society. For Adults with untreated ADHD, the private costs borne by the individual amount to more than 8,500 euros per year. While the public costs constitute an additional 9,000 euros per year, resulting in a total cost ...
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2015Uitgever: Oxford, Univeristy Press, 2015.272 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0198745559ISBN-13: 9780198745556Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original hardcover, dustjacket. 272 pages, 19 Figures and 76 Tables ; 24x16 cm. "The Rockwool Foundation Research Unit" Text in English - Very good, as new. See picture. Back cover:'The rapid increase in recent years in the number of children and adults accessing care for ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), raises a number of questions. It is unclear whether the increase is due to an increased public and professional recognition and awareness of ADHD as a debilitating human condition or to an a...
