~~~~~~ MOOD ALERT ~ Week of August 16th, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Gender differences in the psychopathology of depressed inpatients.

At hospitalization in a small study, women show more affective
lability whereas men showed more affective rigidity, blunted affect,
decreased libido, and hypochondriac delusions. At discharge women
were more dysphoria while men were morecompulsive.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15309388
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B O O K N E W S_________________________________________

Dynamic Patterns: The Self-Organization of Brain and Behavior
by J. A. Scott Kelso

The human brain is a pattern-forming dynamical system, poised on the
brink of instability
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0262611317/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______________________________________

Gender differences in the psychopathology of depressed inpatients.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15309388

Psychophysiology of delusional misidentification syndromes and
psychotic major depression.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15306140

Prevalence, Correlates, and Disability of Personality Disorders in
the United States
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15291684

Essential fatty acids and their role in the treatment of impulsivity
disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15301790

Consolidation of CS and US representations in associative fear
conditioning.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15301434

Analysis of the seasonal pattern in suicide.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15306138

Effects of diversion on adults with co-occurring mental illness and
substance use
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15282838

Psychopathy and offending from adolescence to adulthood
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15301648

Psychomotor retardation correlates with frontal hypoperfusion and the
Modified Stroop Test in patients under 60-years-old with major
depression.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15298652

Pharmacological and neurochemical evidence for antidepressant-like
effects of the herbal product Catuama.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15301932

Suicide risk in civilian PTSD patientsPredictors of suicidal
ideation, planning and attempts.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15300376

Correlations between family meals and psychosocial well-being among
adolescents.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15289253

Modafinil treatment in patients with seasonal affective
disorder/winter depression
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15306145

Screening for depression in primary care
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15309389

Efficacy of Venlafaxine ER in patients with social anxiety disorder
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15303242

Platelet hyperactivity in clinical depression
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15283736

Trauma and PTSD symptoms in Rwanda
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?
cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15292086

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