~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of April 14th, 2003 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Current concepts on the neurobiology of ADHD

Twin studies attribute about 80 percent of the etiology of ADHD to genetic
factors, and other research implicate catecholamine-rich fronto-subcortical
systems.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12685515
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Dangerous Drugs: An Easy to Use Reference for Parents and Professionals
by Carol L. Falkowski
Describes latest drugs to hit communities: what they look like, where they come
from, and why they're dangerous.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1568389817/top100
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Does comorbid ADHD impact the clinical expression of pediatric OCD?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12679741

Responses to methylphenidate in ADHD and normal children
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12685519

Non-stimulant treatment for ADHD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12685525

Non-stimulant treatment of ADHD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12679740

Emotional responses to antisocial acts in adolescent males with conduct disorder
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12679289

Psychopharmacologic strategies for the treatment of aggression in juveniles.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12679744

Forty years of methylphenidate treatment in ADHD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12685516

Genetic animal models of anxiety.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12687420

Treating acute mania.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12676078

Kleptomania in Impulse Control Disorders, OCD, and Bipolar Spectrum Disorder
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12686000

Emotional processing in personality disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12685998

Methylphenidate and substance abuse
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12685521

Risperidone Attenuates the Discriminative-Stimulus Effects of d-Amphetamine
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12676890
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