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Extended-Release vs Sublingual Buprenorphine in Pregnancy Through 12 Months Post Partum A Randomized Clinical Trial
A clinical trial found extended-release buprenorphine to be as effective and safe as sublingual buprenorphine for treating opioid use disorder in pregnant people. This extended-release option helps improve adherence and reduce misuse risks.
Long-term relapse: markers, mechanisms, and implications for disease management in alcohol use disorder
Research on alcohol use disorder often focuses on short-term relapse. However, factors influencing long-term relapse after sustained remission are largely unknown, despite its importance for ongoing recovery.
Culture, Trauma, and Memory in Investigative Interviews
This article examines how cultural differences and trauma affect memory, disclosure, and communication in cross-cultural investigative interviews. It offers guidance for interviewers, aiming to improve rapport-based interviewing.
Developing a strong sense of coherence as a pathway beyond intergenerational trauma: Narratives of adult children of Vietnamese boat refugees
This study found that adult children of Vietnamese boat refugees can recover from intergenerational trauma. They achieve this through culturally responsive care, finding meaning in their past, and separating from unhealthy family patterns.
People v. Evans
The court reversed a 90-year juvenile sentence. The judge did not properly consider evidence of childhood trauma, abuse, neglect, and youth brain development as required by state law.
The relationship between childhood trauma, personality, and subjective well-being in early and late adolescence: a network analysis
Childhood trauma significantly predicts lower subjective well-being in adolescents. Trauma hinders positive personality development and fosters negative traits, which in turn reduces well-being.
State v. Mann
The court found that repeated similar events can create "script memories," allowing recall of patterns even when specific details of individual events are forgotten.
United States v. Hemani
The Supreme Court ruled that disarming a lawful gun owner for regular marijuana use violates the Second Amendment. The government did not show a historical tradition for such a restriction.
DiFraia v. Ransom
The court ruled prison officials did not violate the Eighth Amendment or ADA by stopping an inmate's Suboxone treatment after suspected misuse. However, his state negligence claim was sent back to a lower court.
Gonzales v. Battelle Energy All.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed a jury's verdict favoring an employee in an ADA case. The court found evidence supported disability and retaliation claims, and the employer forfeited its exhaustion defense.
State v. Huante
The court excluded expert testimony on false confessions. This was because research could not reliably show when interrogation tactics or memory gaps cause false confessions, nor could it distinguish them from true confessions.
United States v. Zappey
The court found expert testimony on memory reliability is different from eyewitness identification testimony. Such expert testimony can help juries, though limits on its scope were upheld.
United States v. Middleton
The First Circuit affirmed allowing expert testimony on trauma and memory neurobiology. This information was beyond common juror knowledge and did not improperly support the victim's credibility.
United States v. Walton
Walton was denied pretrial release due to charges of sexually exploiting minors while providing them with drugs and alcohol. The court found his actions posed too great a danger for release.
James v. State
The Florida Supreme Court upheld James's death sentence. The court rejected arguments that brain damage, mental illness, or substance use made execution cruel and unusual.