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Asylum-Seeking Children in Shutdown: Neurobiological Models
Keywords asylum-seeking children; shutdown state; trauma; neuroscience; polyvagal theory; dissociation(2021)
Associations Between Memory Loss and Trauma in US Asylum Seekers: A Retrospective Review of Medico-Legal Affidavits
Keywords asylum seekers; trauma; memory loss; PTSD; depression(2021)
Neural Correlates of Emotional Reactivity and Regulation in Traumatized North Korean Refugees
Keywords North Korean refugees; trauma; emotional reactivity; emotion regulation; fMRI; PTSD(2021)
Predisplacement Abuse and Postdisplacement Factors Associated With Mental Health Symptoms After Forced Migration Among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh
Keywords PTSD; refugee; Bangladesh; abuse; pre and post displacement(2021)
People v. Bennett
Keywords juvenile life without parole; childhood abuse; PTSD; delayed brain development; successful rehabilitation; permanent incorrigible; vacated sentence; youth sentencing; brain development(2021)
How Trauma May Magnify Risk of Involuntary and False Confessions Among Adolescents
Keywords adolescent; juvenile; trauma; interrogation; confession(2021)
Emotional Conflict and Trauma: The Recovery of Stolen Memory Using a Mixed-Methods Approach
Keywords forced removal; Portomarín; Galicia; intergenerational dialogue; heritage education; community identity; traumatic history; local history(2021)
Wells v. State
Keywords Death sentence upheld; mitigation evidence; childhood trauma; developmental trauma; brain abnormalities; violent behavior; capital punishment(2020)
State v. Kinney
Keywords rape trauma syndrome; victim behavior; Daubert; false rape reports; credibility; expert testimony; legal evidence; sexual assault; evidence(2020)
Burr v. Department of Corrections
Keywords due process violations; solitary confinement; coercive segregation; prolonged segregation; human rights; prisoner's rights; legal precedent(2020)
Brief of 21 Amici Curiae Groups Interested in Domestic Violence Issues and Women's and Immigrants' Rights, In Support of Petitioner
Keywords domestic violence; withholding of removal; immigration judges; dangerousness; mental health; trauma(2020)
Brief of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellant and Reversal
Keywords Capital defense; mitigating evidence; death penalty; childhood abuse; brain damage; neurological dysfunction; penalty phase strategy(2020)
Early-Life Trauma and Resilience: Insights From Developmental Neuroscience for Policy
Keywords childhood trauma; resilience; developmental neuroscience; caregiving; frontolimbic circuitry; early intervention; mental health; youth policy(2020)
An Overview of Systematic Reviews on Mental Health Promotion, Prevention, and Treatment of Common Mental Disorders for Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Internally Displaced Persons
Keywords refugees; asylum seekers; IDP; PTSD(2020)
Affective Working Memory Capacity in Refugee Adolescents
Keywords refugee adolescents; PTSD; trauma; working memory; cognitive functioning; affective processing(2020)