~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of March 7th, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Tests of causal linkages between cannabis use and psychotic symptoms.

Daily users of cannabis had nearly twice the rate of psychotic symptoms than
non-users.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15733249
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Treatment Planning for Person-Centered Care
by Neal Adams, Diane Grieder

Guide for practitioners developing individual client service plans.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0120441551/top100
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Effects of Methylphenidate on Quantitative EEG of Boys with ADHD in CPT.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15744803

Neuroanatomic observations of the brain in autism
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15749244

Brain overgrowth in autism during a critical time in development
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15749242

Theories of intelligence in children with reading disabilities
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15666934

Treatment with Stimulants among Youths in a Large California Health Plan.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15741787

Predictors of violent behavior in an early adolescent cohort
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15749965

Alternative approaches to the definition and identification of learning
disabilities
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15741940

Maternal trait anxiety, depression and life event stress in pregnancy
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15748973

Structure of needs among persons with schizophrenia.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15742229

PTSD comorbid with major depression
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15741474

A review of self-management interventions for panic disorders, phobias and OCDs.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15740463

Anxiety and depressive disorders in college youth.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15748927

Tests of causal linkages between cannabis use and psychotic symptoms.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15733249

Tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15741395

How Many Cravings? Pharmacological Aspects of Craving Treatment in Alcohol
Addiction
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15741745

Alcohol and illicit drug dependence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15748041

Suicidal ideation among African-American non-injection drug users.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15720057

Substance abuse on the college campus.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15748936

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