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The Generational Trauma Card: A Tool to Educate on Intergenerational Trauma Transmission

Adolescent parents found an educational tool on intergenerational trauma acceptable and helpful. They expressed interest in learning about how trauma impacts health and felt comfortable receiving this information from their pediatrician.

Traumatic exposuresadolescent pregnancyeducation
(2023)

Addressing Intergenerational Trauma in Black Families: Trauma-Informed Socioculturally Attuned Family Therapy

This article highlights the high rates of trauma in Black communities and families. It proposes a framework called trauma-informed socioculturally attuned family therapy to address intergenerational trauma.

intergenerational traumaBlack communitieshistorical traumarace-based traumafamily therapytrauma-informed carecultural competencecommunity mental health
(2023)

Cognitive neuroscience perspective on memory: overview and summary

Memory is a complex cognitive function with stages like encoding, consolidation, retrieval, and reconsolidation. It involves different brain systems, categorized into working, declarative, and non-declarative types.

memorycellular consolidationcognitive neurosciencehippocampussleep
(2023)

Neurofunctional underpinnings of individual differences in visual episodic memory performance

Studies on human episodic memory often don't consider individual differences in memory performance or how memorable an item is. Large-scale studies are needed to better understand brain activity's role in memory variation.

(2023)

Locating causal hubs of memory consolidation in spontaneous brain network in male mice

Researchers investigated brain networks crucial for memory consolidation after learning. They identified specific network hubs that are essential for long-term memory formation during periods of rest following new experiences.

(2023)

Mapping Home, Memory and Spatial Recovery in Forced Displacement

The UK asylum system leaves displaced people in precarious situations, intensifying psychological trauma. Creative spatial practices, like deep-mapping, can foster recovery and belonging by helping individuals remake a sense of home.

refugeesforced displacementmemoryspatial recoveryparticipatory mapping
(2023)

Attorney Perspectives of Financial Capacity Among Older Adults

Older adults face increasing financial exploitation, impacting millions annually and resulting in billions of dollars lost. This underreported public health crisis requires better detection and collaboration among professionals.

financial abusefinancial exploitationolder adultsfinancial capacitylegal fieldthematic analysisattorneysassessment methodsexperiential knowledgedetectioninterdisciplinary work
(2023)

Watkinson v. Dep’t of Corr.

The AK Supreme Court revived a solitary confinement emotional distress claim. The Court recognized isolation’s potential for psychological trauma based on medical and scientific evidence.

solitary confinementpsychological traumamedical understandingsscientific understandingsisolationmental-health harmsemotional-distress claim
(2023)

McCalop v. State

The Georgia Supreme Court accepted expert testimony on PTSD, finding it a more scientific explanation for trauma’s effects on perception and memory than battered person syndrome.

PTSDbattered person syndrometraumaperceptionmemorydefensive responseexpert testimonyscientifically grounded
(2023)

State v. Whitetail

The North Dakota Supreme Court upheld a murder conviction, finding the defendant's PTSD claim did not negate intent. Expert testimony and video evidence supported knowing and intentional conduct.

murder convictionPTSDdissociationintentexpert testimonyvideo evidenceintentional conduct knowing conduct
(2023)

Shepard v. State

The court upheld a death sentence. It found testimony on childhood trauma and PTSD was properly considered as mitigating evidence.

Death sentence upheldmitigating evidencechildhood traumaComplex PTSDpenalty phaselegal challengecapital punishment
(2023)

Internal capsule microstructure mediates the relationship between childhood maltreatment and PTSD following adulthood trauma exposure

Childhood trauma may increase the risk of adult post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by altering specific brain white matter. These brain changes were identified as potential indicators of PTSD susceptibility following a recent trauma.

Childhood traumaPTSDWhite matter microstructureFractional AnisotropyInternal CapsuleDTIPosttraumatic symptomsNeural pathwayMaltreatmentStress reactions
(2023)

Structural Inequities Contribute to Racial/Ethnic Differences in Neurophysiological Tone, but Not Threat Reactivity, After Trauma Exposure

This study found race-related differences in brain responses to threat and trauma outcomes. Socioeconomic factors partially explained these differences, which have implications for PTSD prediction and treatment.

Psychiatric disordersPsychologyNeurosciencePrognostic markersTraumatic stressPTSD racial inequities socioeconomic factorsthreat reactivity
(2023)

The Effect of Parents and Peers on the Neural Correlates of Risk Taking and Antisocial Behavior During Adolescence

This study investigated how parent closeness and deviant peer affiliation in early adolescence, along with brain activation during risky decision-making, contribute to later antisocial behavior in adolescent girls.

antisocial behavioradolescenceparentspeersrisk takingfMRl
(2023)

Impaired learning, memory, and extinction in posttraumatic stress disorder: translational meta-analysis of clinical and preclinical studies

This study found that individuals with PTSD and animal models of the condition show enhanced emotional learning but impaired neutral learning and memory, as well as reduced fear extinction.

PTSDlearninglearningfear extinctionneurobiologyemotional memoryneutral memorytreatment
(2023)