~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of May 5th, 2003 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Toward an understanding of bipolar disorder and its origin.

The role of genetic influences in bipolar disease is supported by family studies
and high concordance rates among monozygotic twins. Substance abuse, common in
bipolar disorder, interferes with diagnosis and can worsen the course of the
disease.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12720474
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The Emotional Revolution: Transform Your Life Using the New Science of Feeling
by Norman E. Rosenthal

Affective neuroscience and its impact on psychology, psychiatry, and everyday
life.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0806524472/top100
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ADHD in school-aged children
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12728144

Growth deficits and ADHD revisited
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12728081

Threat perception abnormalities in children
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12727122

OCD in adolescent schizophrenia patients.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12727709

Family disruption in childhood and risk of adult depression.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12727699

Developmental psychobiology and response to threats
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12725972

Toward an understanding of bipolar disorder and its origin.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12720474

Anxiety disorders in 318 bipolar patients
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12716276

Transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of depression.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12727683

Neuroimaging Studies of Amygdala Function in Anxiety Disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12724173

Gender differences in bipolar disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12727691

Role of psychiatric disorders in predicting drug dependence treatment outcomes.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12727692

Substance-dependent men on temperament and severity variables.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12726787

Early substance use by juvenile offenders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12723900

Individual and social/environmental predictors following substance abuse
treatment.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12726780

Parental awareness of adolescent substance use.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12726793

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