~~~~~~ MOOD ALERT ~ Week of October 6th, 2003 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Anxiety and selective attention in OCD

Performance on selective attention tasks deteriorated for OCD subjects when
confronted with anxiety-provoking scenarios compared to neutral scenarios.
More info:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstra\
ct&list_uids=14527530
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Living Longer Depression Free: A Family Guide
by Mark D. Miller, Charles F. Reynolds, Barry D. Lebowitz

For non-professionals; a framework within which to understand depression in
later life.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0801871697/top100
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Why have drug treatments been so disappointing?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14521196

Anxiety and selective attention in OCD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14527530

A Web-based screening instrument for depression and anxiety disorders in primary
care.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14517114

Effectiveness of an empirically supported treatment for social phobia in the
field.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14527526

A manic-depressive symptom self-report in optical scanable format.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14525558

Are impairments of action monitoring and executive control true dissociative
dysfunctions in patients with schizophrenia?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14514505

PTSD. A brief overview.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14524201

Prevalence and risk factors of PTSD in older adults.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14526136

Intellectual disabilities, depressive episode, diagnostic criteria and
Diagnostic Criteria for Psychiatric Disorders for Use with Adults with Learning
Disabilities/Mental Retardation (DC-LD).
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14516375

Social anxiety and interpersonal perception
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14527533

Life events and onset of a new phase in bipolar affective disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14525556
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Mood disorders resources, http://www.eegspectrum.com/depression/
More news, http://start.eegspectrum.com/alert.htm

Neurofeedback Training Courses for Professionals
LA Oct 23-6 and Dec 11-14 http://www.eegspectrum.com/Training/

Neurofeedback Yellow Pages
http://www.skiltopo.com/nfyp/

Mind/Brain Books
http://solo17.abac.com/whatsnew/books/psych/

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