~~~~~~ MOOD ALERT ~ Week of April 19th, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Peculiarity of the right-hemisphere function in depression: solving the
paradoxes.

Depression is characterized by functional insufficiency of the right hemisphere
combined with its physiological overactivation. Author argues
monosemantic/polysemantic issues.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Abstract&list\
_uids=14687851
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Functional Neuroimaging in Child Psychiatry
by Monique Ernst, Judith M. Rumsey

Reviews recent developments of functional neuroimaging techniques and
implications for child psychiatry.
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521650445/top100
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T H I S W E E K 'S
T O P A R T I C L E S______________________________________

The peculiarity of the right-hemisphere function in depression
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14687851

Inhibitory control in OCD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15050788

Prognostic value of frontal functional neuroimaging in late-onset severe major
depression.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15056574

Screening for and Detection of Depression, Panic Disorder, and PTSD in
Public-Sector Obstetric Clinics.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15067153

The Danish PET/depression project
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15033182

The role of anxiety level, coping styles, and cycle phase in menstrual distress.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15033215

Kleptomania
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15057031

Dopamine Dysfunction in Borderline Personality Disorder
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15039763

Magnetic resonance imaging analysis of amygdala and other subcortical brain
regions in adolescents with bipolar disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14996140

Child anxiety treatment
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15065961

Gender-specific considerations in the treatment of mood disorders in women
across the life cycle.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14658987

Gender in OCD
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15013025

Major depression and conduct disorder in youth
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14982250

Speed and accuracy on tests of executive function in OCD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15050790

PTSD and trauma in youth in juvenile detention.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15066899

Psychopathology risk transmission in children of parents with substance use
disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15056515

Trauma and PTSD - an overlooked pathogenic pathway for premenstrual dysphoric
disorder?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=14628182


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