~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of April 19th, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Peculiarity of the right-hemisphere function in depression: solving the
paradoxes.

Depression is characterized by functional insufficiency of the right hemisphere
combined with its physiological overactivation. Author argues
monosemantic/polysemantic issues.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=A14687851&lis\
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Kaplan and Sadock's Synopsis of Psychiatry: Behavioral Sciences/Clinical
Psychiatry
by Benjamin J. Sadock, Virginia A. Sadock

Integrates biological, psychological, and sociological perspectives. Case
histories.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0781731836/top100
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Testosterone, antisocial behavior, and social dominance in boys
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15023584

Methylphenidate improves response inhibition in adults with ADHD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14675812

Differential effects of methylphenidate on attentional functions in children
with ADHD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14726726

Theories of conduct disorder
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15056305

Neuroanatomy of coprolalia in Tourette syndrome using functional magnetic
resonance imaging.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14751439

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

The peculiarity of the right-hemisphere function in depression
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14687851

Inhibitory control in OCD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15050788

Prognostic value of frontal functional neuroimaging in late-onset severe major
depression.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15056574

Screening for and Detection of Depression, Panic Disorder, and PTSD in
Public-Sector Obstetric Clinics.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15067153

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

The role of anxiety level, coping styles, and cycle phase in menstrual distress.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15033215

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

Comparison of three models of alcohol craving in young adults
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15049748

Predictors of treatment outcome in dually-diagnosed antisocial youth
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15048860

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

A meta-analysis of alcohol consumption and the risk of 15 diseases.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15066364

Co-occurrence of 12-Month Alcohol and Drug Use Disorders and Personality
Disorders in the United States
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15066894

Reduction of Purkinje cell volume in cerebellum of alcoholics.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15064131


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