~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of September 1st, 2003 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Time course and significance of cannabis withdrawal.

A typical addiction withdrawal pattern was observed in heavy pot smokers --
aggression, anger, anxiety, decreased appetite, irritability, sleep problems,
etc -- peaking 2 to 6 days, lasting up to 2 weeks.
More info:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstra\
ct&list_uids=12943018
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The Parallel Brain: The Cognitive Neuroscience of the Corpus Callosum
by Eran Zaidel, Marco Iacoboni

Summarizes current research on the human corpus callosum, including animal
models, normal human studies, and clinical evidence.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262240440/top100
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Outcome-based comparison of Ritalin versus food-supplement treated children with
AD/HD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12946241

Anatomic brain abnormalities in monozygotic twins discordant for attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12944348

Childhood adversities and adult depression
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12943939

PTSD in children with motor vehicle-related injuries.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12942888

Occupation choices of adults with and without symptoms of dyslexia.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12940301

Interactional significance of formulas in autistic language.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12945605

Psychophysiology of anxiety disorder
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12946114

Directed forgetting following mood induction in chronic PTSD patients.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12943029

Self-rating inventory for PTSD (SRIP) in the community of older adults.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12943953

Pathological gamblers with and without substance abuse treatment histories.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12940499

The time course and significance of cannabis withdrawal.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12943018

Prior opiate injection and incarceration history predict injection drug use
among inmates.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12930213

Do noncontingent vouchers increase drug use?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12940498

Advances in statistical methods for substance abuse prevention research.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12940467

Models of standard and intensive outpatient care in substance abuse and
psychiatric treatment.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12940684

Estimating the client costs of addiction treatment
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12927658


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