~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of March 29th, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Stability of resting frontal electroencephalographic asymmetry in depression.

Asymmetry scores displayed good internal consistency and exhibited modest
stability over the 8- and 16- week assessment intervals in depressed
individuals.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=A15032992
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Anxiety and Its Disorders, 2nd Ed: The Nature and Treatment of Anxiety and Panic
by David H. Barlow

Model of panic and anxiety based on recent developments in emotion theory,
cognitive science, and neuroscience.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1572304308/top100
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Training of slow cortical potentials in ADHD
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15039008

Autism as a disorder of neural information processing
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15037868

Who first suggests the diagnosis of ADHD?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15043379

ADHD treatment across the life cycle.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15046532

Effortful control, attention, and aggressive behavior in preschoolers at risk
for conduct problems.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14998890

Use of the Progressive Figures Test in evaluating brain-damaged children,
children with academic problems, and normal controls.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15010093

Regional Glucose Metabolism within Cortical Brodmann Areas in Healthy
Individuals and Autistic Patients.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15034226

The stability of resting frontal EEG asymmetry in depression.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15032992

Functional neuroimaging studies of human emotions.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15048050

Clinical disorders of brain plasticity.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15036425

Lithium and Valproate Protect against Dextro-amphetamine induced Brain Choline
Concentration Changes in Bipolar Disorder Patients.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15048634

The Danish PET/depression project
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15033182

Suicide attempts and suicidal ideation
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15038930

The presence of magical thinking in OCD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15033500

Impact of ADHD and its treatment on substance abuse in adults.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15046534

Typologies of drug dependence
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15036551

Prospective association of anxiety, depressive, and addictive disorders with
high utilization of primary, specialty and emergency medical care.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15047073

Do patients with OCD and pathological gambling have similar dysfunctional
cognitions?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15033499

Hepatitis C Incidence-a Comparison Between Injection and Noninjection Drug Users
in New York City.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15047780

Possible epistatic role of ADH7 in the protection against alcoholism.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15048643

Identification of novel and downregulated biomarkers for alcoholism by surface
enhanced laser desorption/ionization-mass spectrometry.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15048998


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