~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of December 27th, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Overview of diagnosis and drug treatments of anxiety disorders.

SSRIs are the first-line treatments due to comorbid depression with anxiety
disorders but the benzodiazepines can promote sleep and reduce extreme distress.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15618947
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Shooting Stars: Drugs, Hollywood and the Movies
by Harry Shapiro

Investigates the drug myths propagated in film.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1852426519/top100
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EEG Correlates of Methylphenidate Response in ADHD
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15622134

Cognitive and neuroimaging findings in physically abused preschoolers.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15613522

Sleep disturbances in autism and Asperger syndrome.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15618264

Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, methylphenidate, and epilepsy.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15613514

The CAST (Childhood Asperger Syndrome Test)
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15618262

Abnormal neural responses to emotional visual stimuli in conduct disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15607294

Prefrontal Cortex Related to Persistence of ADHD in Adolescent Boys.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15608543


Overview of diagnosis and drug treatments of anxiety disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15618947

Antidepressant treatment-associated behavioural expression of hypomania
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15610935

Age and gender differences in depressive symptomatology and comorbidity
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15620389

Monotherapy treatment of bipolar disorder with levetiracetam.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15582854

Are You Often Sad and Depressed?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15622148

Risk factors and neuropsychological recovery
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15612853

Utility of lead-in period in cocaine dependence pharmacotherapy trials.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15607836

Sexual Risk Among Injection Drug Users Recruited From Syringe Exchange
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15614118

Significance of comorbidity for the long-term course of opiate dependence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15608467

Repeated cocaine administration on dopamine transmission in prefrontal cortex.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15617727

Daily patterns of alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use in adolescents
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15621398


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