Research

Publication-oriented scientific work spanning medicine, neuroscience, psychiatry and ophthalmology, with current projects centred on retinal biomarkers, NSSI and developmental processes.
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Sex Differences in the Clinical Correlates of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Adolescents+
A narrative review examining sex differences in the clinical correlates of NSSI in adolescents.
Genetic Mirroring in Adoptees: Toward a Formal Construct Definition, Nomological Network, and Operationalization Framework+
A theoretical construct proposal developing a formal definition, nomological network and operationalization framework for genetic mirroring in adoptees.
When the Environment Is the Risk Factor: A Narrative Review of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Juvenile Detention+
A narrative review examining environmental and institutional factors in nonsuicidal self-injury among young people in juvenile detention.
The Retina as a Window into Neuropsychiatric Disease: A Neuropsychiatric Retinal Biomarker Framework+
A neuropsychiatric retinal biomarker framework considering neuroinflammation, neuronal integrity, microvascular dysfunction and neurotransmitter alterations across neuropsychiatric disease.
Genetic Mirroring in Adoptees: Toward a Formal Construct Definition, Nomological Network, and Operationalization Framework+
The current submitted version of the project.
When the Environment Is the Risk Factor: A Narrative Review of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Juvenile Detention+
The current submitted version of the juvenile-detention review.
Beyond the Eye: Spaceflight-Associated Neuro-Ocular Syndrome, Intracranial Pressure Dynamics, and Neuropsychiatric Risk in Long-Duration Spaceflight+
A developing framework connecting SANS, intracranial pressure dynamics, neuro-ocular physiology and neuropsychiatric risk during long-duration spaceflight.
Disorganized Attachment, Power Exchange, and Emotion Regulation+
A framework exploring consensual power exchange as a possible co-regulatory experience in adults with disorganized attachment histories.
Genetic Mirroring as a Biological Scaffold for Identity: A Three-System Framework for Understanding Its Absence in Adoptees+
A continuation of the genetic mirroring construct work, extending it into a broader developmental and identity framework.
The Last Territory: Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Juvenile Detention and the Agentive Inversion Hypothesis+
A theoretical proposal treating institutional constraint as a condition that may invert the ordinary relation between self-injury, agency and environment.