~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of March 2nd, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Young adult follow-up of hyperactive children: antisocial activities and drug
use.

More of the hyperactive group committed antisocial acts (mostly predatory-overt
and drug-related antisocial conduct) than controls.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14982236
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The Addiction-Prone Personality (Longitudinal research)
by Gordon E. Barnes and others

Investigates to what extent there is a causal link between personality traits
and the development of alcohol abuse.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0306462494/top100
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How well do measures of inhibition and other executive functions discriminate
between children with ADHD and controls?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14977511

Neurobiology of Tourette's syndrome
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14980376

Neurophysiology of Tourette's syndrome
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14980375

Childhood Head Injury and Metacognitive Processes in Language and Memory.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14984330

A salutogenic investigation and treatment of conduct disorder (CD).
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14985149

AD/HD and the capture of attention by briefly exposed delay-related cues
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14982241

Bipolar disorder in children.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14978470

Genetics of OCDs
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14980374

Clinical correlates of episodicity in juvenile mania.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14977463

New anticonvulsant medication uses in bipolar disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14978468

Mania in six preschool children.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14977461

Major depression and conduct disorder in youth
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14982250

Trauma, PTSD symptom clusters, and physical health symptoms in postabused women.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14986288

Young adult follow-up of hyperactive children
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14982236

Prize reinforcement contingency management for treating cocaine users
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14982548

Use and abuse of opioid analgesics
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14983975

Current physical health problems and their predictors among a community sample
of crack-cocaine smokers in Ohio.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14986876

Drug treatment court opens in British Columbia.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14979237

Dimensions of publicness and performance in substance abuse treatment
organizations.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14976993


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