~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of January 17th, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~

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General causal model to guide alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug prevention

Describes a model of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) use that seeks to
identify salient and connected variables, for researchers and practitioners.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15638215
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Parenting Children With ADHD: 10 Lessons That Medicine Cannot Teach
by Vincent J. Monastra

Addresses basic problems and guidelines, including importance of a lesson plan,
how to teach children to manage their anger, why nutrition is critical and why
yelling rarely solves anything.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1591471826/top100
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Functional connectivity in an fMRI working memory task in high-functioning
autism.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15652316

The impact of reinforcement contingencies on AD/HD
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15642646

A retrospective assessment of topiramate in children with pervasive
developmental disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15650499

Selegiline in comparison with methylphenidate in attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder children in a double-blind, randomized clinical trial.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15650498

Second-generation antipsychotic medications in children.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15650494

Sustained attention-deficit confirmed in euthymic bipolar disorder but not in
first-degree relatives of bipolar patients or euthymic unipolar depression.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15652878

Comparing effects of methylphenidate, sertraline and placebo on neuropsychiatric
sequelae in patients with traumatic brain injury.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15641125

The Darwinian concept of stress
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15652252

Reduced size and abnormal asymmetry of parietal cortex in women with borderline
personality disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15652877

Anxiety and major depression comorbidity in a family study of OCD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15643633

OCD and trichotillomania
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15649315

The association between borderline personality disorder and chronic medical
illnesses, poor health-related lifestyle choices, and costly forms of health
care utilization.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15641871

The treatment gap in mental health care.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15640922

A general causal model to guide alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drug prevention
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15638215

Amphetamine injections into the nucleus accumbens affect neither
acquisition/expression of conditioned fear nor baseline startle response.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15650891

About a cocaine-associated sudden death casework.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15639595

Drinking, Alcohol Problems and the Five-Year Recurrence and Incidence of Male to
Female and Female to Male Partner Violence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15654298

Potential benefits of quetiapine in the treatment of substance dependence
disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15644986


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