~~~~~~ MOOD ALERT ~ Week of December 22nd, 2003 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Peculiarity of the right-hemisphere function in depression

The right hemisphere organizes information polysemantically. In depression RH
physiological overactivation may reflect unsuccessful efforts to overcome
functional insufficiency.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list\
_uids=14687851
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Integrated Treatment for Dual Disorders: A Guide to Effective Practice
by Kim Mueser, Robert Drake, Douglas Noordsy, L Fox

Guide to assist addicted clients with major mental illness.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1572308508/top100
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The peculiarity of the right-hemisphere function in depression
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14687851

Frontolimbic response to negative feedback in clinical depression.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14674878

The effects of anxiety, substance use and conduct disorders on risk of major
depressive disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14672251

Prevalence and determinants of PTSD among Palestinian children exposed to
military violence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14689258

Insight in OCD and body dysmorphic disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14671731

Spatial working memory deficits in OCD are associated with excessive engagement
of the medial frontal cortex.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14683728

Altered Cortical Glutamate Neurotransmission in Schizophrenia
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14684438

Peritraumatic dissociation as a predictor of PTSD
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14671736

Partial PTSD revisited.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14672795

Posttraumatic stress symptoms after childhood cancer.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14689257

Cincinnati criteria for mixed mania and suicidality in patients with acute
mania.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14671739

Increased medial thalamic choline found in pediatric patients with OCD versus
major depression or healthy control subjects
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14675804

Considering comorbidity in social phobia.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14689178

Factor structure of DSM-IV criteria for obsessive compulsive personality
disorder in patients with binge eating disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14674960

Reduced heart rate variability in chronic alcohol abuse
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14675808
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