~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of February 14th, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Supportive neurodevelopmental evidence for ADHD as a developmental disorder.

Maturation of the right orbitofrontal cortex, which dominates both sympathetic
and parasympathetic limbic systems, is essential for the regulation of emotion.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15694693
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Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging: Linking Cognitive and Cerebral Aging
by Roberto Cabeza, et al

Effects of aging on neural activity during cognitive functions such as
perception, attention and memory. Also describes normal versus abnormal/clinical
decline.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0195156749/top100
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Supportive neurodevelopmental evidence for ADHD as a developmental disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15694693

History of ADHD symptoms and opioid dependence: a controlled study.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15694237

Atypical sleep architecture and the autism phenotype.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15705609

REM sleep behaviour disorder in a child with Tourette's syndrome.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15595270

Pervasive developmental disorders: a Danish population-based study.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15697060

Impaired motor facilitation during action observation in autism spectrum
disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15694294

Language skills of adolescents with Tourette Syndrome.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15702825

Cognitive functioning in siblings discordant for schizophrenia.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15701102

Bipolar mood disorders among Polish psychiatric outpatients treated for major
depression.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15708411

Acute treatment of moderate to severe depression with hypericum extract WS 5570
(St John's wort)
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15708844

Diagnostic conversion from depression to bipolar disorders
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15708412

Atypical depression: a variant of bipolar II or a bridge between unipolar and
bipolar II?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15708418

A downscaled practical measure of mood lability as a screening tool for bipolar
II.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15708420

Neuropsychological consequences of regular marijuana use: a twin study.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15697050

Neurobiology of addiction: an overview.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15704343

Parental substance use consequences and adolescent psychopathology.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15700509

Complications of alcohol withdrawal: pathophysiological insights.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15706735

Breaking the cycle of addiction: prevention and intervention with children of
alcoholics.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15706776

Psychological characteristics of children of alcoholics.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15706777

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