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Anderson v. Kelley
Keywords mitigation; teen brain limits; PTSD; FASD; fetal alcohol disorder; investigation; ineffective assistance(2019)
Pike v. Gross
Keywords federal habeas relief; penalty-phase counsel; ineffective counsel; mitigating evidence; brain damage; bipolar disorder; PTSD; denial(2019)
Porter v. Clarke
Keywords death-row; near-solitary confinement; Eighth Amendment; psychological harm; minimal social contact(2019)
The Brain in Solitude: An (Other) Eighth Amendment Challenge to Solitary Confinement
Keywords eighth amendment; extreme isolation; neuroplasticity; punishment; social; neuroscience; solitary confinement(2019)
Schmitz v. National Collegiate
Keywords CTE; Football head impacts; latent brain injuries; cognitive decline; repeated head impacts; professional football; brain injury claims; neurological damage; concussion lawsuit(2018)
State v. Coburn
Keywords homicide sentence; FASD; ADHD; childhood trauma; legal defense; expert testimony; criminal responsibility; mental conditions(2018)
State v. Curley
Keywords vacated murder conviction; ineffective counsel; failed investigation; expert testimony; battered woman syndrome; self-defense claim; defendant deprived(2018)
Vergine v. Phillips
Keywords PTSD; clinical social worker; diagnose; objective evidence; competent(2018)
Brief of Michigan Coalition to End Domestic & Sexual Violence and End Violent Encounters, Inc. as Amici Curiae in Support of Appellant’s Application for Leave to Appeal
Keywords Michigan; courtrooms; support animals; People v Shorter; appellate court; judges; truth-seeking; crime victims; constitutional right; access to courts(2018)
Brief of Amicus Curiae Center for Victims of Torture in Support of Petitioners’ Habeas Corpus Motion
Keywords Guantánamo; detention; torture survivors; indefinite detention; national security; medical consequences(2018)
Meta-Analysis of the Association Between Autobiographical Memory Specificity and Exposure to Trauma
Keywords trauma; memory specificity; emotional disorders; PTSD; meta-analysis(2018)
Stress, Trauma, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Migrants: a Comprehensive Review
Keywords PTSD; migration; stress; trauma; mental health services(2018)
The Increased Vulnerability of Refugee Population to Mental Health Disorders
Keywords refugees; PTSD; depression; anxiety; migration; mental health risk(2018)
What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger: Psychological Trauma and Its Relationship to Enhanced Memory Control
Keywords forgetting; inhibitory control; memory suppression; resilience; trauma(2018)
Apodaca v Raemish
Keywords 8th Amendment; solitary confinement; psychological harm; outdoor exercise; mental effects; isolation(2018)