~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of February 23rd, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Dual diagnosis: alcoholism and co-morbid psychiatric disorders.

Reviews epidemiological, diagnostic, and treatment literature on co-morbidity of
alcoholism, notably drug abuse, mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and
antisocial personality disorder.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=A14972778&lis\
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Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self- Deception
by Abraham J. Twerski

Recovery requires understanding thought processes and patterns of addiction.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1568381387/top100
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Cognitive executive dysfunction in children with mild sleep-disordered
breathing.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14737917

Thought disorder and nucleus accumbens in childhood
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14972367

Autism as early expression of catatonia.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14976444

Auditory integration training and other sound therapies for autism spectrum
disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14974028

Differentiating between memory and interpretation biases in socially anxious and
nonanxious individuals.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14975778

Inner and outer face perception in children with autism.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14972707

Autobiographical memories of anxiety-related experiences.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14975773

Depression as a communicable disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14975513

Matching the bipolar patient and the mood stabilizer.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14971866

Do we still believe in the dopamine hypothesis? New data bring new evidence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14972078

Masculine Gender Role Stress
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14972672

Pharmacologic treatment of PTSD
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14971865

Genome-wide screen for heavy alcohol consumption.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14975174

Thiamine for Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome in people at risk from alcohol abuse.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14974055

Dual diagnosis
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14972778

Cocaine revisited.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14971093

The relationship between anxiety, smoking, and gambling in electronic gaming
machine players.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14973398

Limbic and motor circuitry underlying footshock-induced reinstatement of
cocaine-seeking behavior.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14973230

Studies shed light on youth sex and drinking. Parents and teens don't see eye to
eye.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14974419


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