~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of December 6th, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~

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T O P S T O R Y________________________________________

Critical validation studies of neurofeedback.

Review at validating neurofeedback protocols for improving attention, memory,
and performance in healthy participants.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15564053
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Flight from Conscience: Psychodynamic Treatment of Character Perversion, OCD,
and Addiction
by Leon Wurmser

English translation of popular German psychotherapy tome.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0765703114/top100
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Early intensive behavioral intervention (Lovaas) for young children with autism.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15556956

Could nursery rhymes cause violent behaviour? A comparison with television
viewing.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15557041

Combining stimulants with monoamine oxidase inhibitors
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15554766

Conduct Disorder and Antisocial Personality Disorder in Turkey.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15539780

Conduct disorder symptoms in a referred ADHD sample.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15554581

Psychostimulants and vesicle trafficking
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15542712

Health risk factors among detained adolescent females.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15556741

Do nations' mental health policies influence their suicide rates?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15555028

Suicidal behaviors and drug abuse
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15555820

Stress symptoms one year after 9/11/01
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15560347

Compulsive behavior in tobacco users.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15561459

Suicide and violence in patients with major psychiatric disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15552545

Enhancing patient satisfaction and increasing treatment compliance
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15563050

Associations in the course of personality disorders and Axis I disorders over
time.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15535783

How to train residents to identify and treat dual diagnosis patients.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15556127

Electrodermal reactivity and its association to substance use disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15563350

Suicidal behavior and substance use during adolescence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15555819

Acute toxic effects of club drugs.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15559678

Clinical implications in healing from domestic violence
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15554856

How much do Manhattan-arrestees spend on drugs?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15561475

Patterns of drug-related disorders in a prospective study of men
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15536771

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Neurofeedback Yellow Pages
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