~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of December 8th, 2003 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Quantitative spectral analysis of EEG in psychiatry revisited

QEEG was abnormal in 83% of 340 patients, and 12% of 67 normal subjects.
Decrease in delta and theta bands were most indicative of brain dysfunction.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=A14652089
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New Hope for People with Borderline Personality Disorder
by Neil R. Bockian, Nora Elizabeth Villagran, Valerie Porr

Presents methods for building self-esteem and minimizing negative thoughts,
early intervention for children with BPD symptoms, alternative and complementary
therapies
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0761525726/top100
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Cortical abnormalities in children with ADHD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14643117

Childhood ADHD and adolescent substance use
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14640825

What the rodent prefrontal cortex can teach us about ADHD
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14643458

Problem behaviors and suicide and homicide.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14650672

Is there a link between adolescent cigarette smoking and pharmacotherapy for
ADHD?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14640830

Effects of early childhood supplementation on the educational achievement of
women.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14595062

Magnetic resonance volumetric study of the temporal lobe structures in
depression.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14655115

Priming stimulation enhances the depressant effect of low-frequency repetitive
transcranial magnetic stimulation.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14645480

Functional and effective frontotemporal connectivity and genetic risk for
schizophrenia.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14643085

Assessing the impact of SSRI antidepressants on popular notions of women's
depressive illness.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14652053

Treating child abuse-related posttraumatic stress and comorbid substance abuse
in adolescents.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14644054

Depression in adult women
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14652335

Substance Use, Dependence, and Service Utilization Among the US Uninsured
Nonelderly Population.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14652338

Assessing consequences of substance use
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14640829

Childhood behaviour as related to subsequent drinking offences and violent
offending
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14654865

Neighborhood effects on drug reporting.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14651502

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