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Meta-analysis of alcohol consumption and the risk of 15 diseases.

Risk for oral & throat cancers, hypertension, liver cirrhosis, pancreatitis,
stroke, and violence were associated with alcohol consumption. Consumption was
protective for coronary heart disease up to 72 g/day, but increased risk at 89
g/day.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list\
_uids=15066364
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Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry: Behavioral Sciences/Clinical
Psychiatry
by Benjamin J. Sadock, Virginia A. Sadock

Integrates biological, psychological, and sociological perspectives. Case
histories.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0781731836/top100
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Do patients with OCD and pathological gambling have similar dysfunctional
cognitions?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15033499

Comparison of three models of alcohol craving in young adults
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15049748

Predictors of treatment outcome in dually-diagnosed antisocial youth
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15048860

Typologies of drug dependence
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15036551

A meta-analysis of alcohol consumption and the risk of 15 diseases.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15066364

Co-occurrence of 12-Month Alcohol and Drug Use Disorders and Personality
Disorders in the United States
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15066894

Reduction of Purkinje cell volume in cerebellum of alcoholics.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15064131

The effect of parental alcohol and drug disorders on adolescent personality.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15056513

Gender-specific vulnerability for rCBF abnormalities among cocaine abusers.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15073517

Cocaine self-administration produces a progressive involvement of limbic,
association, and sensorimotor striatal domains.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15071103

Factor analysis of barriers to treatment for problem gambling.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15060329

Client-related predictors of early treatment drop-out in a substance abuse
clinic exclusively employing individual therapy.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15063912

Remission versus response
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15046542

An application of item response theory analysis to alcohol, cannabis, and
cocaine criteria in DSM-IV.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14992659

The role of pharmacoepidemiology in pharmacovigilance
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15073887


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