Antisocial disorders in hyperactive subjects from childhood to adulthood: predictive factors and characterization of subgroups.

A comprehensive chart review of 66 hyperactive patients, who were followed prospectively for 15 years at five-year intervals, identified four subgroups in the developmental course of antisocial behavior in adulthood: those who never presented with antisocial problems, those with continuing antisocial problems from childhood to adulthood, those who showed initial antisocial behavior that did not continue, and those who exhibited antisocial behavior initially and in adolescence, but not in adulthood.