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

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EEG deficits in chronic marijuana abusers during abstinence

During early abstinence, marijuana abusers show reduced theta and lower alpha
rhythm activity during eyes closed compared to controls. These reductions
persisted for the entire month of monitoring.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12853297
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Guide to Neuroimaging in Psychiatry
by C Fu, T Russell, C Senior, Dl Weinberger, R Murray

Paperback guide to the increasingly important role neuroimaging plays in
differential diagnoses, treatment, and prevention in psychiatry.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/184184229X/top100
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Emotion regulation during separation procedure: addicted mothers
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12848434

Developmental processes and brain imaging studies in Tourette syndrome.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12842227

Assertive speech acts produced in autism, Asperger syndrome, and normal
development.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12848436

Prenatal cocaine/polydrug exposure and infant performance on an executive
functioning task.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12850756

Assessing adult ADHD
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12845287

Neurocircuitry of anxiety disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12857529

Neurobiology and mechanisms of antidepressant treatment response in anxiety.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12858145

Effectiveness of psychotherapy and combination treatment for chronic depression.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12858430

Can adults with ADHD be distinguished from those with comorbid bipolar disorder?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12842302

Treatment for mood and anxiety disorders
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12857536

Open trial of bupropion for the treatment of adults with ADHD and bipolar
disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12842303

Evolutionary mismatch, neural reward circuits, and pathological gambling.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12856479

Research findings on psychotherapy of addictive disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12857660

Depression and trail making test scores in a sample of cocaine abusers.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12856485

Biological background knowledge and learning from a drug and alcohol education
program.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12856812

Biological markers of cocaine addiction
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12850771
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