~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of Dec 11th, 2006 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Alcohol and marijuana use during adolescence on hippocampal volume and
asymmetry.

Hippocampal asymmetry and left hippocampal volumes were associated with
adolescent heavy drinking.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17169528
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Spirit, Mind, And Brain: A Psychoanalytic Examination of Spirituality And
Religion
by Mortimer Ostow
Early childhood attachments form cognitive underpinnings of spiritual experience
and religious motivation, according to author.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0231139004/eegspectrum
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Regional gray matter volumetric changes in autism associated...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17166273

Quantitative Assessment of Neuromotor Function in Adolescents...
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Cognitive effects of immediate-release methylphenidate in children...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17161238

Co-occurrence of bipolar and ADHDs in children.
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Treating Anxiety Disorders in Children with High Functioning...
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Temporal Cognition in Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorders
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Disparities in Diagnoses Received Prior to a Diagnosis of Autism...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17160456

The neuropsychology of mood disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17162825

Spontaneous magnetoencephalographic activity in patients with...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17156764

Psychotherapy of childhood anxiety disorders
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17170560

Neuropsychological Performance in children with OCD and Influence...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17157271

Dreaming in PTSD
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17170561

Neuropsychological profiles of patients with OCD
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17166301

Development of Social Anxiety
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17171538

Lifetime comorbidity of OCD with psychiatric disorders in a community...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17152061

Depressive Symptomatology and Mental Health Help-Seeking Patterns...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17171544

Effects of alcohol and combined marijuana and alcohol use during...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17169528

Characteristics of cocaine- and marijuana-dependent subjects...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17150310

Predictors of marijuana use in adolescents before and after licit...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17151165

Drinking, drugs and driving in Ireland
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17170191

Race/ethnicity, substance abuse, and mental illness among suicide...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17170166

Quetiapine in relapse prevention in alcoholics suffering from...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=17161284
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