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Alvarado v. Westchester County
Keywords heroin withdrawal; cold-turkey; methadone; Suboxone; rights violation; Monell claim; Eighth Amendment(2014)
Phasic Dopamine Neuron Activity Elicits Unique Mesofrontal Plasticity in Adolescence
Keywords Brain development; mental health; brain activity; teenagers; adolescents; adults; brain scans; neuroscience; neuroplasticity; adolescence; dopmaine; frontal cortex; in vivo imaging; optogenetics; phasic activity(2014)
Sharing and Giving Across Adolescence: an Experimental Study Examining the Development of Prosocial Behavior
Keywords Children; adolescents; teenagers; emotional control; friends; peers; friendship; behavior; prosocial behavior; fairness; trust; reciprocity; peer relationships(2014)
Socioeconomic Status and Structural Brain Development
Keywords Brain scans; neuroscience; brain development; environment; socioeconomic status; memory; emotional control; structural imaging; environmental variation(2014)
Is Adolescence a Sensitive Period for Sociocultural Processing?
Keywords Adolescents; Brain development; Risk taking; Cognition; social cognition; mentalizing; adolescent brain development; plasticity; sensitive period(2014)
The Role of the Anterior Insula in Adolescent Decision Making
Keywords Adolescence; Risky decision making; Neural development; Anterior insula(2014)
Teens Impulsively React Rather Than Retreat from Threat
Keywords Adolescents; Fear; Impulsivity; Control; Threat; Brain scans; Adolescence; Limbic circuitry; Orbitofrontal cortex; Medial prefrontal cortex(2014)
The Prevalence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) in the Lives of Juvenile Offenders
Keywords Adolescents; Trauma; Health; Young offenders; Childhood; Juvenile offenders; prevention; victimization; maltreatment(2014)
Adolescents Let Sufficient Evidence Accumulate Before Making a Decision When Large Incentives Are at Stake
Keywords Impulsivity; Incentives; Teenage behavior; Reward; Adolescent decision-making; Choice evaluation(2014)
Perceived Discrimination Among African American Adolescents and Allostatic Load: a Longitudinal Analysis with Buffering Effects
Keywords Adolescents; Black; Racism; Stress; Health; allostatic load; development; discrimination(2014)
Stalcup v. State
Keywords vehicular homicide; expert testimony; trauma; memory repression; EMDR therapy; reliable evidence; relevant evidence; conviction reversed(2013)
Evans v. State
Keywords murder conviction; PTSD expert; due process; expert testimony; juvenile defendant; trauma; mental state(2013)
Asylum Seekers, Violence and Health: A Systematic Review of Research in High-Income Host Countries
Keywords asylum seekers; violence; mental health; PTSD; detention; high-income countries; systematic review(2013)
Gissendaner v. Seaboldt
Keywords ineffective lawyer; childhood sexual abuse; trauma; PTSD diagnoses; mitigation investigation; adequate; evidence(2013)
Walker v. Shult
Keywords extreme overcrowding; unsanitary conditions; constant noise; severe sleep loss; sleep deprivation; Eighth Amendment(2013)