~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of November 22nd, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Suicide attempts and impulsivity.

Impulsive attempts were associated with low lethality and lack of depression.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15549343
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Neurotransmitters, Drugs and Brain Function
by Roy Webster

Textbook for students of pharmacology, psychology, neuroscience, and related
disciplines.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471978191/top100
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Mapping the brain in autism. A voxel-based MRI study of volumetric differences
and intercorrelations in autism.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15548557

Reduced temporal lobe volume in early onset conduct disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15546698

Youth violence
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15538027

Maternal Age, Alcohol Abuse History, and Quality of Parenting as Moderators of
the Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure on 7.5-Year Intellectual Function.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15547461

Self-perceived peer harassment in a community sample of Norwegian school
children.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15519436

Childhood externalizing behavior
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15535385

Epidemic theory and group violence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15549236

Suicide attempts and impulsivity.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15549343

A meta-analysis of functional neuroimaging in OCD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15546704

Early traumatic life events, parental rearing styles, family history of mental
disorders, and birth risk factors in patients with social anxiety disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15538600

An updated review of migraine and co-morbid psychiatric disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15549545

PTSD in patients with bipolar disorder
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15541062

Posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms in a college population one year
after the September 11 attacks
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15531359

Bipolar depression
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15541069

Drug Abuse Trends among Youth in the United States.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15542750

Detection of alcohol consumption in suicides.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15549346

Clinical features of sensitization to methamphetamine observed in patients with
methamphetamine dependence and psychosis.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15542728

Gene-environment interplay in alcoholism and other substance abuse disorders
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15545018

Decreased absolute amygdala volume in cocaine addicts.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15541319

OPIOIDS.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15546279

Locus-specific involvement of anti-opioid systems in morphine tolerance and
dependence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15542739

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