~~~~~~ CD ALERT ~ Week of March 15th, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Cocaine and Psychiatric Symptoms.

Paranoia occurs in as many as 5/6ths of patients using cocaine. Cocaine-related
violent behaviors occur in half of the patients; one-fifth of suicides.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list\
_uids=15014683
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Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain
by Antonio Damasio

Argues how the feeling brain is crucial for survival and sense of self.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0151005575/top100
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T H I S W E E K 'S
T O P A R T I C L E S______________________________________

Cocaine and Psychiatric Symptoms.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15014683

Twelve-Step Programs as an Adjunct to Psychotherapy and Psychopharmacology.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15014647

Internet abuse in the workplace
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15006175

Learning by doing
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15004453

Gender and other factors associated with the nonmedical use of abusable
prescription drugs.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15002942

Artificial neural networks for adolescent marijuana use and clinical features of
marijuana dependence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15002946

Severity of prenatal cocaine exposure and child language functioning through age
seven years
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15002943

Adolescents with substance diagnoses in an HMO
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15002680

Acculturation, familism, parental monitoring, and knowledge as predictors of
marijuana and inhalant use in adolescents.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15008680

Gene expression profile of the nucleus accumbens of human cocaine abusers
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15009677

Is ecstasy MDMA? A review of the proportion of ecstasy tablets containing MDMA,
their dosage levels, and the changing perceptions of purity.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15007594

Therapist rotation--a new element in the outpatient treatment of alcoholism.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15002947

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Addiction recovery resources http://www.eegspectrum.com/addiction/
More news: http://start.eegspectrum.com/alert.htm

Neurofeedback Training Courses for Professionals
L.A. Mar25-8; Boston Apr15-18 http://www.eegspectrum.com/Training/

Neurofeedback Yellow Pages
http://www.skiltopo.com/nfyp/

Mind/Brain Books
http://solo17.abac.com/whatsnew/books/psych/

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