COUNTERING Counterintuitive Testimony (Child, handout)
Handout for a three-hour CLE provided to the State Bar of Arizona
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Forensic Topics
PTSD and Substance Abuse
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual – version 5 (DSM-5) cautions that “Individuals with PTSD are 80% more likely than those without PTSD to have symptoms that meet diagnostic criteria for at least one other mental disorder (e.g., depressive, bipolar, anxiety, or substance use disorders). Comorbid substance use disorder and conduct disorder are more common among
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Memory and Drift
Warning signals, receiver psychology and predator memory Michael P.Speed Animal Behaviour. Volume 60, Issue 3, September 2000, Pages 269-278 Abstract This review identifies four receiver psychology perspectives that are likely to be important in the design and evolution of warning signals. Three of these perspectives (phobia, learning and prey recognition) have been studied in detail,
Dissociative Disorder and Malingering
Susceptibility of common self-report measures of dissociation to malingering. Gilbertson, Alan D., et.al. Dissociation: Progress in the Dissociative Disorders, Vol 5(4), Dec, 1992. pp. 216-220. Abstract: Examined the extent to which common self-report measures of dissociation may be consciously distorted and the relationships between the Perceptual Alterations Scale, the Dissociative Experiences Scale, and the Questionnaire
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Borderline Personality and False Allegations of Sexual Assault
This topic paper examines the relationship between Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and false allegations of sexual assault. We’ll first review what are the common features of BPD, then discuss the prevalence of unfounded and false sexual assault allegations, and finally explore research findings regarding the intersection of BPD and false allegations. What Constitutes “Borderline Personality
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Borderline Personality and Cutting
Self-mutilation: A review. Conn, Lois M.. and Lion, John R. Psychiatric Medicine, Vol 1(1), Jan, 1983. pp. 21-33. Abstract: Discusses diagnostic groupings of self-mutilators as an aid to the clinician. Self-mutilation in anxiety (neurotic) and borderline personality disorders includes self-inflicted dermatoses and wrist-cutting. The more dramatic occurrences of self-harm are generally associated with psychotic, most
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Bipolar Disorder and Substance Abuse
Bipolar affective disorder and substance abuse. Brady, Kathleen T. and Lydiard, R. Bruce Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, Vol 12(1, Suppl), Feb, 1992. pp. 17-22. Abstract: Addresses the issue of comorbidity of bipolar affective disorder (BPAD) with substance abuse disorders (SBADs). Data are presented concerning prevalence in the community and treatment-seeking samples, the genetics of these
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BDSM
Consensual Sadomasochistic Sex (BDSM): The Roots, the Risks, and the Distinctions Between BDSM and Violence Eva Jozifkova Curr Psychiatry Rep (2013) 15:392 Abstract When practiced consensually, sadomasochistic sex is being increasingly accepted as an alternative sexuality. Here I suggest the possible evolutionary roots of the preferences, draw distinctions between violent, abusive and “healthy” practitioners’ partnership,
Alcohol, Marijuana and Blackouts
Marijuana, gender, and health-related harms: Disentangling marijuana’s contribution to risk in a college ‘party’ context. Weiss, Karen G. and Dilks, Lisa M.. Sociological Spectrum, Vol 35(3), May, 2015. pp. 254-270. Abstract: This study examines marijuana’s contribution to ‘risky partying’ and the health-related harms experienced by college students in a ‘party’ context. Data from a self-report
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ADD/ADHD and Violence
It is well established in the research literature that individuals with ADHD have difficulty with “executive functioning” – the processes that reside in the frontal lobes. They enable recall of tasks that need accomplishing, organization to accomplish these tasks, assessment of consequences of actions, prioritization of thoughts and actions, keeping track of time, awareness of
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