~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of September 27th, 2004
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Problematic alcohol and cannabis use in adolescence--risk of adult
substance abuse?

Adolescent use of both cannabis and alcohol is more problematic than
either alone with regard to escalation as an adult.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15385221
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Antisocial Behavior in Children and Adolescents
by John B. Reid, et al

Approaches to reduce antisocial behavior, from the earliest years in
childhood onward.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1557988978/top100
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Sleep of Children With ADHD on Methylphenidate and Placebo.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15381895

The use, misuse and diversion of prescription stimulants among middle
and high school students.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15387205

Diagnosing and treating attentional difficulties
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15383433

Brain perfusion and dopaminergic genes in boys with ADHD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15389753

Biological abnormality of impaired reading is constrained by culture.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15343334

Can left prefrontal rTMS be used as a maintenance treatment for
bipolar depression?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15390210

Traumatic stress, brain changes, and memory deficits
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15387157

Clinical correlates of recurrent major depression in OCD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15390212

Adjunctive stimulant use in patients with bipolar disorder
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15383134

Treatment of OCD in patients who have comorbid major depression.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15389622

Anxiety and depressive disorders and the five-factor model of
personality
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15390211

Is major depression a neurologic disorder with psychiatric symptoms?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15380113

Cocaine-induced inhibition of process outgrowth in locus coeruleus
neurons
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15380829

Long-term heavy marijuana users make costly decisions on a gambling
task.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15380295

Multiple Substance Use Disorders in Juvenile Detainees.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15381888

The Controlled Substances Act
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15380284

Alcohol-attributable deaths and years of potential life lost--United
States, 2001.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15385917

Debating the controlled substances act.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15380285


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