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

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Sex differences in PTSD

Females were less likely to experience accidents, nonsexual assaults, witness
death or disaster, and combat, but exhibited greater PTSD rate.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17073529
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Neurobiology for Clinical Social Work: Theory and Practice
by Jeffrey S. Applegate, Janet R. Shapiro
Current brain research on attachment and neurobiology, including plasticity,
early trauma, adolescent mothers, effect of neglect, assessment and intervention
strategies.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393704203/eegspectrum
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Characteristics of early psychosis.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17067866

Early initiation of cannabis use
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17046508

Effect of attentional state on frequency discrimination
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17077215

Adults with Autism Show Increased Sensitivity to Outcomes at...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17080271

Reduced white matter connectivity in the corpus callosum of children...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17073980

Atypical Lexical/Semantic Processing in High-Functioning Autism...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17080275

Visual form-processing deficits in autism.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17076065

Prevalence, clinical correlates, and longitudinal course of severe...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17056393

Sex differences in trauma and PTSD
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17073529

Parietal lobe volume deficits in schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17064881

Social anxiety disorder in 300 patients hospitalized for alcoholism...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17067869

Defining and validating bipolar disorder in the preschool period.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17064425

Familiality of OCD in nonclinical and clinical subjects.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17074951

Comparison of two widely used PTSD-screening instruments
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17075907

Effects of prenatal exposure to alcohol on activity, anxiety,...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17049371

Vagus nerve stimulation acutely alters food craving in adults...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17081655

Reduced glial and neuronal packing density in the orbitofrontal...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17067348

Correlates of driving under the influence of cannabis.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17049755

Comparison of tobacco, alcohol and illegal drug usage among school...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17055190

Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Addiction...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17037345

The Legal Status of Medical Marijuana (December).
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17062830

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to Parents of Children...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17066330
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Los Angeles CA Dec 7-10 http://www.eegspectrum.com/Training/

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