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Epidemiology and possible causes of autism.

Changing diagnostic practices are responsible in large part for the apparent
sudden rise in autism cases.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=A14695031&lis\
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Adult Children of Alcoholics: Expanded Edition
by Janet Woititz

Information for all adult children of dysfunctional families.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1558741127/top100
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Epidemiology and possible causes of autism.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14695031

ADHD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14694701

Affective, behavioral, and cognitive functioning in adolescents with multiple
suicide attempts.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14695054

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)--life insurance implications.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14694825

Child psychiatric disorders among primary mental health service attenders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14694698

TOCA-R Scores During the Elementary School Years in Identifying Later Violence
Among Adolescent Males.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14691364

Suicide after suicide attempt in severe depression
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14695053

Does writing reduce PTSD symptoms?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14695022

Treatment of anxiety, tension and restlessness states with Kava special extract
WS 1490 in general practice
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14692723

Development and verification of validity and reliability of a short screening
instrument to identify psychiatric morbidity.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14691593

The Children's Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14692851

Are there any clinical characteristics of depression in elderly people that
could be useful for case finding in general practice?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14695071

Clinical practices in the pharmacological treatment of comorbid psychopathology
in adolescents with alcohol use disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14693259

Patterns of substance abuse among treatment-seeking pathological gamblers.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14693255

Association between sweet preference and paternal history of alcoholism in
psychiatric and substance abuse patients.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14691380

Performance measures for outpatient substance abuse services
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14693256

Therapists' adherence and competence and treatment discrimination in the NIDA
Collaborative Cocaine Treatment Study.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14692007

Exploratory findings from the Reasons for Drinking Questionnaire.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14693258


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