~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of Mar 6th, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Using neuroimaging to predict treatment response in mood and anxiety disorders.

Reviews usage of neuroimaging to predict treatment response and finds that it is
too early to determine any actual clinical utility of such tests.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16517451
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A Clinical Guide to Sleep Disorders in Children and Adolescents
by Gregory Stores
Thorough description of childhood sleep difficulties, including assessment and
treatment
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521653983/eegspectrum
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Effects of methylphenidate on multiple components of attention...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16521033

Effect of methylphenidate on Stroop Color-Word task performance...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16516306

Presentation of depression in autism and Asperger syndrome
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16522713

Depression among students with learning disabilities
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16512079

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, tics and Tourette's...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16514504

Effectiveness and safety of methylphenidate in adult attention...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16504592

Using neuroimaging to predict treatment response in mood and...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16517451

A magnetic resonance spectroscopy investigation of OCD and anxiety.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16507346

Evidence for a vagal pathophysiology for bulimia nervosa and...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16516303

Treatment-refractory OCD
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16503369

Cerebral blood flow changes during vagus nerve stimulation for...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16510266

Beck depression inventory is a useful screening tool for major...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16500943

Scrupulosity in patients with OCD
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16524696

Nonverbal behavioral similarity between patients with depression...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16528682

Paroxysmal MEG activity in obsessive compulsive patients without...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16516112

Neurological assessments of marijuana users.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16506413

Cognitive function and mood in MDMA/THC users, THC users and...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16510488

Alcoholism, tobacco, and drug use in the countries of central...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16522564

Long-term effects of frequent cannabis use on working memory...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16521034

Methods for studying acute and chronic effects of marijuana on...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=16506411
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