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T O P S T O R Y________________________________________

Media violence exposure and executive functioning in aggressive
adolescents.

Higher amounts of media violence exposure correlated with deficits in
executive functioning.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15468343
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B O O K N E W S_________________________________________

PTSD in Children and Adolescents
by Spencer Eth

Review of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in children and adolescents
including evaluation, assessment methods and child trauma in relation
to adult PTSD.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1585620262/top100
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T H I S W E E K 'S
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Media violence exposure and executive functioning in aggressive and
control adolescents.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15468343

Effects of a primary care-based intervention on violent behavior and
injury in children.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15466063

Urban youths' perspectives on violence and the necessity of fighting.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15470008

Posttraumatic growth in child survivors of a road traffic accident.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15462541

Adolescent predictors of young adult and adult alcohol involvement
and dysphoria in a prospective community sample of women.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15470936

Early reading instruction for children with reading difficulties
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15460349

Child maltreatment and HPA axis dysregulation
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15471614

Association of genetic risks for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
with specific and generic brain structural endophenotypes.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15466670

Early life stress and PTSD symptoms in patients with comorbid
schizophrenia and substance abuse.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15469190

The personal impact of schizophrenia in Europe.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15469185

The structure of obsessionality among young adults.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15468097

Familiarity with mental illness and social distance from people with
schizophrenia and major depression
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15469191

The addicted human brain viewed in the light of imaging studies
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15464121

Recent advances in neuroproteomics and potential application to
studies of drug addiction.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15464134

Association among outcomes in a naturalistic statewide assessment of
substance user treatment.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15461019

Pleasure
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15462238

Evolving perspectives on neurobiological research on the addictions
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15464148

Opioid tolerance and neuroplasticity.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15469051

Long-term follow-up effects of a school-based drug abuse prevention
program on adolescent risky driving.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uid
s=15470940


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