~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of June 23rd, 2003 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Childhood ADHD and alcohol dependence: 1-year follow-up.

Four-fifths of childhood-ADHD adults relapsed compared with about half of those
without childhood ADHD, with relapse occuring nearly 3 months earlier in the
former group.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12814903
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Treatment-Resistant Mood Disorders
by Jay D. Amsterdam, Mady Hornig, Andrew A. Nierenberg

The clinical problem of treatment-resistant mood disorders, followed by
discussion of the biological basis, including psychoneuroendocrine aspects, role
of estrogen for women, sleep abnormalities, brain imaging, and immunologic
factors.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521593417/top100
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EEG investigation of methylphenidate in children with and without ADHD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12811642

Neurocognitive Impairment in Early Adolescence Following Prenatal Alcohol
Exposure
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12815514

Childhood disruptive behavior disorders and substance use
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12814279

Prenatal alcohol exposure on infant mental development
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12814894

Individual differences on the neural circuitry underlying sadness.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12814585

Child and adolescent survivors of suicide.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12809146

Educational interventions to improve management of depression
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12813120

Childhood ADHD and alcohol dependence
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12814903

Anxiety in predicting drinking behaviour.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12814905

Sources of distress among women in treatment with their alcoholic partners.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12810147

Some theoretical models generic to substance abuse prevention programs for teens
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12815271

Role of natural recovery in alcoholism and pathological gambling.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12815270
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