~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of June 30th, 2003 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Mixed lateral preference and parental left-handedness: risk for PTSD?

118 right-handed male combat veterans were evaluated on PTSD. Right-handed
participants with mixed lateral preference and those with a left-handed parent
were more likely to have PTSD.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12819553
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The Addiction-Prone Personality
by Gordon E. Barnes

Investigates to what extent there is a causal link between personality traits
and the development of alcohol abuse using longitudinal study.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0306462494/top100
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Sustained performance and regulation of effort in clinical and non-clinical
hyperactive children.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12823330

The neurology of learning and behavioural problems in pre-adolescent children.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12823165

Underlying processes in the poor response inhibition of children with ADHD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12821876

Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12817670

Attributions of children with ADHD for their problem behaviors.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12821875

Attention and emotion
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12821791

Metabolic Differences in Frontal Brain of Depressive Patients
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12821853

Depression Anxiety Stress Scales
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12828802

Mixed lateral preference and parental left-handedness
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12819553

Epidemiology of major depressive episodes
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12830306

Child and adolescent depression
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12830309

Prenatal stress and cognitive development and temperament in infants.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12829109

Family Transmission of Marijuana Use, Abuse, and Dependence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12819443

Marijuana alters the human cerebellar clock.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12821798

Monitoring and reporting alcohol and drug use trends in California
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12825754

Neuroadaptations to chronic exposure to drugs of abuse
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12829420

Accessibility of addiction treatment
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12822917
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