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-Induced Blackout as a Criminal Defense or Mitigating Factor:
An Evidence-Based Review and Admissibility as Scientific Evidence

Alcohol-Induced Blackouts: A Review of Recent Clinical Research with Practical Implications and Recommendations for Future Studies

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