~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of December 13th, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Addiction, a condition of compulsive behaviour? Evidence of inhibitory
dysregulation.

Anterior cingulate and orbitofrontal cortex, both critical in inhibitory control
over reward-related behavior, are dysfunctional in addiction, as they are in
compulsive disorders; so addiction may modelled as a compulsion.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15585037
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Anxiety Disorders in Adults: A Clinical Guide
by Vladan Starcevic

Each adult anxiety disorder is reviewed in a separate chapter.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0195156064/top100
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The clinical characteristics of unipolar vs. bipolar major depression in ADHD
youth.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15571791

Prevalence and correlates of illicit methylphenidate use among HS students
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15581530

Learning disability
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15582842

The role of stimulants in the treatment of preschool children with ADHD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15584766

Short-term efficacy of methylphenidate
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15570081

Substance use, suicidal ideation and attempts in children.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15585462

Is the biological nature of depressive symptoms in borderline patients
idiosyncratic?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15572186

Anxiety Disorder Comorbidity in Bipolar Disorder Patients
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15569893

Spanish-language measures of mania and depression.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15584797

Irritability and impulsivity with suicidal ideation among 15- to 20-year-old
males.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15585458

Addiction, a condition of compulsive behaviour?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15585037

Reward representations and reward-related learning in the human brain
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15582382

Reinforcing, subject-rated, performance and physiological effects in stimulant
abusing humans.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15582920

A family study of alcohol dependence
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15583116

Bilateral Basal Ganglia and cerebellar lesions in an alcoholic hyperosmolar
patient.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15574581

Drinking patterns in mid-adolescence and psychosocial outcomes
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15585044

Teenage drinking and the onset of alcohol dependence
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15585043
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