Forensic Topics
Common Topics
ADD / ADHD and Executive Function
Neuropsychological performance in adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: Meta-analysis of empirical data Claudia Schoechlin and Rolf R.Engel Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, Volume 20, Issue 6, August 2005, Pages 727-744 Abstract Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is increasingly recognized not only in children …
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 …
ADHD: Executive Functioning
ADD/ADHD’s impact on executive functioning
ADHD: Violence and Antisocial Behavior
ADHD’s impact on violence and antisocial behavior.
ADHD: Violence and Antisocial Behavior
ADHD’s correlation with violence and antisocial behaviors.
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 …
ALCOHOL: Aggression
Alcohol’s impact on aggression
Alcohol: Alcohol, Marijuana, 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 …
ALCOHOL: Blackouts
Alcohol, blackouts, and sexual assault.
ALCOHOL: Estimates
Alcohol’s effect on estimates of previous intake
ALCOHOL: Flexeril
Alcohol’s interaction with Flexeril.
ALCOHOL: Medication Interactions
Alcohol’s interactive effects with common medications.
ALCOHOL: Memory (non-blackout)
Alcohol’s impact on normal recall (non-blackout)
ALCOHOL: Memory for Crimes
Alcohol’s impact for encoding and recall of criminal events.
ALCOHOL: Native Americans
Alcohol and its impact on Native Americans
ALCOHOL: Psychosis
Alcohol-related psychosis.
ALCOHOL: Sexual Disinhibition
Alcohol’s impact on sexual disinhibition.
ALCOHOL: Sleep
Alcohol’s effects on sleep.
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 …
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). …
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 …
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 …
Borderline Personality and Memory
Borderline Personality Disorder and memory deficits