~~~~~~ MENTAL HEALTH NEWS ALERT ~ Week of November 8th, 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~

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Treatments for refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder: review

Review of latest research including pharmaceuticals, vagal nerve stimulation,
transcranial magnetic stimulation, deep brain stimulation, and psychosurgery.
More info:
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15520607
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Brain Lock : Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
by Jeffrey M. Schwartz

Self-treatment druf-free program for obsessive-compulsive disorder
More info:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060987111/top100
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Sleep disturbances in adolescents with symptoms of ADHD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15493323

Psychostimulants on distinct attentional parameters in ADHD.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15515970

Academic self-regulatory methods among university students- learning
disabilities.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15515647

Factor structure of autistic traits.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15527490

Review to identify interventions to improve the use of medicines in children.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15527475

Unexpected weaknesses in learning in children with ADHD without reading
disabilities.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15515646

A review of the treatment for refractory OCD
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15520607

The relation of depression and anxiety to life-stress and achievement in
students.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15527535

Assessment and management of personality disorders.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15526737

Early maladaptive schemas in personality disordered individuals.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15519957

General practitioners' knowledge of PTSD
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15527610

Daylight availability
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15526930

Effects of music on major depression in psychiatric inpatients.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15529285

Abnormal brain activity in prefrontal brain regions in abstinent marijuana
users.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15528091

Sex differences in the vulnerability to drug abuse
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15527861

Are clinical impressions of adolescent substance use accurate?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15520086

A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Modafinil for Cocaine Dependence.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15525998

Violence, sex and profanity in films
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15520625

Cannabis (marijuana) contamination of United States and foreign paper currency.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=15516293

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