~~~~~~ MOOD ALERT ~ Week of June 15th, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Amygdala in mediating fear and anxiety in the primate.

The primate central nucleus of the amygdala plays a role in mediating
fear- and anxiety-related behavioral and endocrine responses. However
asymmetric frontal EEG activity did note differ between control and
amygdala-lesioned monkeys.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15201323
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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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Clinicians' views on management of obsessive-compulsive disorders in
children and adolescents.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15204218

The role of the central nucleus of the amygdala in mediating fear and
anxiety in the primate.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15201323

Social phobia and avoidant personality disorder
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15204221

Stress, stress response, and health.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15062724

Does acute stress disorder predict post-traumatic stress disorder in
traffic accident victims? Analysis of a self-report inventory.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15204210

Bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other psychotic disorders in
adults with childhood onset AD/HD and/or autism spectrum disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15206005

Experience of stigmatization by relatives of patients with obsessive
compulsive disorder.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15199536

Meniere's disease and anxiety disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15198043

Life Review Therapy as an Intervention to Manage Depression and
Enhance Life Satisfaction in Individuals with Right Hemisphere
Cerebral Vascular Accidents.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15204893

Sociodemographic, physical and psychosocial factors associated with
depressive behaviour in family caregivers of stroke survivors in the
acute care phase.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15204320

Obsessive-compulsive severity spectrum in the community
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15205969

Hopelessness, depression, substance disorder, and suicidalityA 13-
year community-based study.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15205735


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