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Tag Archives: Mental Health Mitigation

Mitigation: Psychiatric Symptoms

Criminal Law, Mitigation, Psych/Mental HealthBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Mental health problems manifest in many ways. Depression, mania, addiction and psychosis have profound effects on behavior. Sometimes substance use and psychiatric disorders interact and amplify symptoms. Some psychiatric disorders are marked by poor insight.…

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Mitigation: Substance Use

Criminal Law, Mitigation, Psych/Mental HealthBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Early or heavy substance use can have a profound impact on an individual’s brain, with resulting changes in judgment and behavior. Substances can lead to acute impairment during periods of intoxication and withdrawal. Some substances…

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Mitigation: Immaturity

Criminal Law, Mitigation, Psych/Mental HealthBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Some defendants are legally adults but are less-than-mature neurologically. Neurodevelopmental research tells us that brain maturation is not complete until mid-twenties. What are the implications of an immature brain? Impulsivity, poor judgment, decreased impulse control…

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Mitigation: Life Experiences

Criminal Law, Mitigation, Psych/Mental HealthBy Godoy Medical Forensics, Inc.

Among the life experiences that are linked to adult problems, childhood adversity is the best studied and has the most compelling data. In study after study, early life adversity is linked to medical, mental health…

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