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Understanding emotions in others: mirror neuron dysfunction in autism

Children with autism showed no mirror neuron activity in inferior
frontal gyrus (pars opercularis) while imitating and observing
emotional expressions despite normal task performance.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16327784
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Adult Child's Guide to What's Normal
by JC. Friel, LD Friel
uide to begin dealing with pain and trauma of being raised in a
dysfunctional family.
More info:
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Understanding emotions in others
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16327784

Magnetic resonance imaging and head circumference study of brain...
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Comorbidity of OCD and ADHD in referred children.
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The Adult Asperger Assessment (AAA)
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16331530

Relationship between response to methylphenidate treatment in...
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Association of Reelin gene polymorphisms with autism.
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The HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor lovastatin reverses the learning...
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Affective Images
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Trauma and posttraumatic stress in users of the Anxiety Disorders...
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Voluntary vs. involuntary hospital admission in acute mania of...
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A prospective study of posttraumatic stress and depressive reactions...
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Panic and phobic anxiety
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16332429

Traumatic stressors and PTSD symptoms in headache patients.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16324169

Acute Stress Symptoms in Young Children With Burns.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16327585

The relationship between obsessive-compulsive symptoms and appraisals...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16325113

Do dysfunctional beliefs play a role in all types of OCD?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16325116

Chronic ecstasy (MDMA) use is associated with deficits in
task-switching...
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Cannabis-induced psychosis and subsequent schizophrenia-spectrum...
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epidemiology of substance use in a representative sample of 18-year-old...
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Effect of peers on employment and implications for drug treatment.
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