~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of January 19th, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Neurobiological consequences of childhood trauma.

Adverse early-life experiences have a profound effect on the developing brain,
and the consequences of early-life stress are reviewed.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=A14728093&lis\
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Attention Deficit Disorder : A Different Perception
by Thom Hartmann, Edward M. Hallowell, Michael Popkin

Argues that ADDers are uniquely gifted individuals in their own right.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1887424148/top100
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Neurobiological Consequences of Childhood Trauma.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14728093

Neural underpinnings of dyslexia as a disorder of visuo-spatial attention.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14720113

A comparison of lay-beliefs about autism and OCD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14727695

Specifying PDD-NOS
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14726723

The ADHD spectrum and everyday life
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14717253

Computer-aided CBT self-help for anxiety and depressive disorders
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14724922

Mental disorder, violence, and gender.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14724956

Quality of Life in Children With Psychiatric Disorders
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14726730

Schizotypy
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14718773

Recent advances in the neurobiology of alcoholism
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14729391

Alcohol and drug treatment for women
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14685959

Heroin and cocaine co-use in a group of injection drug users in Montreal.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14719049

Eating disorders and substance use
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14696288

The relations of PTSD symptoms to alcohol use and coping drinking in volunteers
who responded to the Swissair Flight 111 airline disaster.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14725868

Risk of injury after alcohol consumption
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14723913

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