~~~~~~ MOOD ALERT ~ Week of June 30th, 2003 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Mixed lateral preference and parental left-handedness: risk for PTSD?

118 right-handed male combat veterans were evaluated on PTSD. Right-handed
participants with mixed lateral preference and those with a left-handed parent
were more likely to have PTSD.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12819553
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Bipolar Disorders: A Guide to Helping Children & Adolescents
by Mitzi Waltz

Layperson guide for parents of children with bipolar disorders, explaining
diagnosis and common misdiagnoses, medications and responses, therapeutic
interventions, and alternative therapies.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1565926560/top100
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Metabolic Differences in Frontal Brain of Depressive Patients
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12821853

Depression Anxiety Stress Scales
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12828802

Mixed lateral preference and parental left-handedness
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12819553

The epidemiology of major depressive episodes
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12830306

Pathophysiologic characteristics of the activity-stress paradigm in animal
models
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12828196

Child and adolescent depression
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12830309

Prenatal stress and cognitive development and temperament in infants.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12829109

Time does not heal all wounds
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12816343

OCD
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12827141

Convergent and divergent effects of odors and emotions in depression.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12820862

258 Bipolar Outpatients Followed for 1 Year
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12823083

Cortical coordination dynamics and the disorganization syndrome in
schizophrenia.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12827142

ECT of Major Depressed Patients in Relation to Biological and Clinical Variables
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?form=6&db=m&uid=12827140
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