~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of February 28th, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Sex differences in brain activation during stress imagery in abstinent cocaine
users

Females show more activation in left middle frontal, anterior cingulate, and
inferior frontal cortices and insula during stress imagery, possibly because
they use a more verbal coping strategy than males.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15737663
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Framing ADHD Children: A Critical Examination of the History, Discourse...
by Adam Rafalovich

Examines the three social worlds of ADHD: home, classroom, and clinic.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/073910747X/top100
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Child trauma, attachment and biofeedback mitigation.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15735539

Neural substrates of childhood ADHD
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15737945

Executive functioning in hyperactive children as young adults
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15737944

Functional neuroanatomy of working memory in adults with ADHD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15737657

Neuropsychological analyses of comorbidity between reading disability and ADHD
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15737942

Construct validity of the auditory continuous performance test for preschoolers.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15737941

Can we compare violence data across countries?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15736691

Sleep and depression in children.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15737790

Deep brain stimulation for refractory OCD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15737666

Differential time courses and specificity of amygdala activity in PTSD
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15737660

Obsessive-compulsive syndromes and disorders
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15711895

Clinical correlates of poor sleep quality in PTSD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15730066

The spectrum of substance use in mood and anxiety disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15714188

Sex differences in brain activation during stress imagery in abstinent cocaine
users
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15737663

The economics of drug abuse
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15731502

Predicting alcohol and drug abuse in Persian Gulf War veterans
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15718078

Effects of prenatal cigarette and marijuana exposure on drug use among
offspring.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15734278

Drug-Use Patterns Among Men Who Have Sex with Men Presenting for Alcohol
Treatment
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15738312

Predictors of motor development in children prenatally exposed to cocaine.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15734272

Absenteeism and business costs
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15723729


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