~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of March 15th, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Neural mechanisms of language-based learning impairments

Nearly 1 in 10 children exhibit unexplained delays and impairments in acquiring
language skills; ongoing research may reveal underlying anomalous neural
functioning.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=A15006291&lis\
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Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain
by Antonio Damasio

Argues how the feeling brain is crucial for survival and sense of self.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0151005575/top100
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Neural mechanisms of language-based learning impairments
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15006291

Methylphenidate Abuse and Psychiatric Side Effects.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15014637

Some psychoanalytic viewpoints on neuropsychiatric disorders in children.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15005897

Learning disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14743658

Understanding the social context of violent and aggressive incidents on an
inpatient unit.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15009492

Violence exposure in real-life, video games, television, movies, and the
internet
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15013258

Online computer gaming
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15013262

Obsessive-compulsive bipolar comorbidity
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15013241

Musical Hallucinations
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15003072

Dimensional structure of the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale in patients with
OCD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15006440

Anxiety and Depression
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15014652

The Mood Disorder Questionnaire
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15014728

Cocaine and Psychiatric Symptoms.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15014683

Twelve-Step Programs as an Adjunct to Psychotherapy and Psychopharmacology.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15014647

Internet abuse in the workplace
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15006175

Learning by doing
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15004453

Gender and other factors associated with the nonmedical use of abusable
prescription drugs.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15002942

Artificial neural networks for adolescent marijuana use and clinical features of
marijuana dependence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15002946

Severity of prenatal cocaine exposure and child language functioning through age
seven years
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15002943


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