~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of March 8th, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Extensive medial frontal lobe damage on 'Theory of Mind' and cognition.

Patient GT (bilateral anterior cerebral artery infarction, without
complications) acquired dysexecutive syndrome (poor planning and memory,
tendency to confabulate) but was unimpaired in Theory of Mind.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=A14998913&lis\
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Clinicians' Guide to Adult ADHD: Assessment and Intervention
by Sam Goldstein, Anne Teeter Ellison

Mental health and education scholars discuss how the controversial
attention-deficit syndrome affects adults as well as children.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0122870492/top100
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Investigation of neuroanatomical differences between autism and asperger
syndrome.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14993117

Is there a specific polysomnographic sleep pattern in children with ADHD?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14996040

Neurometabolic functioning and neuropsychological correlates in children with
ADHD-H
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14990761

Neuroanatomic variation in monozygotic twin pairs discordant for the narrow
phenotype for autism.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14992981

Response inhibition and disruptive behaviors
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14998883

Variations in anxiety and depression as a function of ADHD subtypes defined by
DSM-IV
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14998109

A comparison of once-daily extended-release methylphenidate formulations in
children with ADHD in the laboratory school (the Comacs Study).
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14993578

Impulsivity, emotion regulation, and developmental psychopathology
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14998881

Hippocampal and hypothalamic function after chronic stress.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14993070

The effects of movement, relaxation, and education on the stress levels of women
with subclinical levels of bulimia.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15000989

Nonhuman primate models to study anxiety, emotion regulation, and
psychopathology.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14998885

Questioning the link between PTSD and cognitive dysfunction.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15000227

Prefrontal responses to drug cues
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15001989

Alcohol abuse and traumatic brain injury
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15000755

Drinking restraint, alcohol consumption and alcohol dependence among children of
alcoholics.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15000511

Genes associated with addiction
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15001815

Addiction
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14993375

Neurotrophic mechanisms in drug addiction.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15001814

Longitudinal assessment of callous/impulsive traits, substance abuse, and
symptoms of depression in adolescents
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14998895


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