~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of January 26th, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Perceptual defense in anxiety disorders.

Anxious subjects exhibit perceptual strategies different from nonanxious
subjects, with selective facilitation of processing for stimuli specific to the
disorder.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=A14738366&lis\
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Night Falls Fast : Understanding Suicide
by Kay Redfield Jamison

Jamison focuses on under 40s' suicides in particular.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0375701478/top100
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EEG biofeedback vs. placebo treatment for ADHD
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14738180

Multiple pathways regulate MeCP2 expression in normal brain development and
exhibit defects in autism-spectrum disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14734626

Return to school after brain injury.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14736628

The policy and ethical implications of genetic research on attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14731189

Sleep problems as possible predictors of intensified symptoms of autism.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14733976

Evidence-based pharmacotherapy for ADHD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14733627

The significance of subsyndromal depression in geriatrics.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14738701

Screening for depression in clinical practice
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14738351

Augmenting treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder with Antonovsky's sense of
coherence theory.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14737822

Differential-diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in the borderline
personality disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14735873

Relationship between psychological type and sensitivity to anxiety.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14738341

Opioid therapy in patients with a history of substance abuse.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14731056

Prevalence and correlates of past-year substance use, abuse, and dependence in a
suburban community sample of high-school students.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14732431

Social reinforcement of substance abuse treatment aftercare participation
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14732421

Association of substance abuse and depression among adolescent psychiatric
inpatients.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14733458

Risk factors for pathological gambling.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14732420

The association between moderate drinking and heart rate variability in healthy
community-dwelling older women.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14737923


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