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Frontal brain hypoactivity in anxiety with panic disorder.

Patients with panic disorder have greater decrease in activation of a left
frontal avoidance-withdrawal system in situations with a negative valence.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12759561
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Psychiatric Management in Neurological Disease
by Edward C. Lauterbach

Psychiatric management of neurological conditions.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0880487860/top100
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Frontal brain hypoactivity as a biological substrate of anxiety in patients with
panic disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12759561

Animal models of depression: are there any?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12766928

The weaker sex? Gender and post-traumatic stress disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12768647

Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in depression
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12775299

How does premenstrual dysphoric disorder relate to depression and anxiety
disorders?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12768646

Suicide Attempts in 648 Patients With Bipolar Disorder
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12755652

Patient Distress Scale questionnaire: factor structure and internal consistency.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12775267

Parental depression, child mental health problems, and health care utilization.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12773837

Mental health services received by depressed persons
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12773604

Early age at onset as a risk factor for poor outcome of bipolar disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12765852

Obsessive-compulsive disorder in childhood and adolescence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12766314

Mechanism of Action of St John's Wort in Depression : What is Known?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12775192

Motor and Vocal Tics With OCD Symptoms in Behcet's Syndrome.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12766698

Therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12742869

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