ABSTRACTS

1. Mathew, R.J. Biofeedback and Migraine. Presented at the Third Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of Texas, Houston, Texas, November 4, 1977.
   

2. Largen, J.W., Mathew, R.J., Claghorn, J.L., and Meyer, J.S. Self-regulation of skin temperature and regional cerebral blood flow. Presented at the Third Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of Texas, Houston, Texas, November 4, 1977.
   

3. Claghorn, J.L., Mathew, R.J., Largen, J.W., and Meyer, J.S. Effect of biofeedback-induced changes in skin temperature on non-invasive regional cerebral blood flow in normal subjects. Presented at the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Society of Neuroscience, Anaheim, California, November 6-10, 1977.
   

4. Claghorn, J.L, and Mathew, R.J. Implications for future clinical research. Presented at Seminar on the Kinetics of Psychiatric Drugs, Houston, Texas, November 28-30, 1977.

5. Mathew, R.J., Largen, J.W., Dobbins, K., and Claghorn, J.L. Factors influencing EMG and skin temperature biofeedback training. Presented at the XXX Annual Conference of the Indian Psychiatric Society, New Delhi, India, January 16-18, 1978.
   

6. Claghorn, J.L. and Mathew, R.J. Depresym vs. elavil vs. placebo in depressive illness. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit Program, Key Biscayne, Florida, May 23-25, 1978.
   

7. Mathew, R.J. Psychiatric illness as a vulnerability factor. Presented at the workshop on Drug Action on Vulnerable Subjects at the 11th Annual Winter Conference on Brain Research, Keystone, Colorado, January 21-28, 1978.
   

8. Mathew, R.J., Largen, J.W., Dobbins, K., Claghorn, J.L., and Meyer, J.S. Relationship between volitional alteration in skin temperature and regional cerebral blood flow in normal subjects. Presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of America, Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 3-7, 1978.
   

9. Claghorn, J.L, Mathew, R.J., Largen, J.W., Dobbins, K. and Meyers, J.S. Regional cerebral blood flow in migraine subjects during self-regulation of skin temperature. Presented at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, St. Louis, Missouri, November 5-9, 1978.
   

10. Largen, J.W., Mathew, R.J., Dobbins, K., and Claghorn, J.L. Is skin temperature control the key factor in migraine therapy? Presented at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of Texas, Dallas, Texas, October 13-17, 1978.
    

11. Dobbins, K., Mathew, R.J., and Claghorn, J.L. The effects of forehead EMG biofeedback training on the EEG and behavior of hyperactive children. Presented at the Second Annual Convention of the American Association of Biofeedback Clinicians, South Padre Island, Texas, November 3-5, 1978.
    

12. Mathew, R.J., Claghorn, J.L., Fenimore, D., Davis, C.M., and Cantu, L. The relationship between plasma, RBC, and salivary lithium levels. Presented at the 31st Annual Conference of the Indian Psychiatric Society in Pune, India, January 5-7, 1979.
    

13. Mathew, R.J., Ho, B.T., Kralik, P., and Claghorn, J.L. Relaxation and the enzyme monoamine oxidase. Presented at the 31st Annual Conference of the Indian Psychiatric Society, Pune, India, January 5-7, 1979.
    

14. Largen, J.W., Mathew, R.J., Dobbins, K., Meyer, J.S., Sakai, F., and Claghorn, J.L. The effect of directional skin temperature self-regulation on migraine activity and regional cerebral blood flow. Presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of America. San Diego, California, February, 1979.
    

15. Largen, J.W., Weinman, M., Brinkman, S., and Mathew, R.J. Variability of skin temperature control: A problem in analysis. Presented to the 5th Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of Texas, San Antonio, Texas, October, 1979.
    

16. Largen, J.W., Mathew, R.J., and Claghorn, J.L. Directional effects of thermal self-regulation in the treatment of migraine headache. Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, San Francisco, California, October, 1979.

17. Claghorn, J.L., Mathew, R.J., Largen, J.L., and Meyer, J.S. Regional cerebral blood flow in migraine subjects during self-regulation of skin temperature. Presented to the 9th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, November, 1979.
    

18. Mathew, R.J. A biochemical explanation for the biofeedback treatment of migraine. Presented at the Symposium on Biological Basis for Pharmacological and Biofeedback Treatment of Migraine, Houston, Texas, November 30th and December 1, 1979.
    

19. Largen, J.W., Mathew, R.J., and Claghorn, J.L. Specificity and non-specificity of biofeedback-assisted hand-warming in the treatment of migraine. Presented at the 13th Annual Winter Conference on Brain Research, Keystone, Colorado, January 19-26, 1980.
    

20. Mathew, R.J. and Claghorn, J.L. Some biochemical accompaniments of biofeedback-induced relaxation. Presented at the 13th Annual Winter Conference on Brain Research, Keystone, Colorado, January 19-26, 1980.
    

21. Mathew, R.J., Ho, B.T., Kralik, P., Taylor, D., Hsu, L. and Claghorn, J.L. Adrenergic and cholinergic mechanisms in anxiety and relaxation. Presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of America, Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 11, 1980.
    

22. Mathew, R.J., Ho, B.T., Kralik, P., Weinman, M., Semchuk, K., and Claghorn, J.L. The effect of biofeedback assisted relaxation on platelet monoamine oxidase. Presented at the 11th Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of American, Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 8, 1980.
    

23. Mathew, R.J., Weinman, M., Claghorn, J.L., and Largen, J. Relaxation and regional cerebral blood flow. Presented to the 11th Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of America, Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 8, 1980.
    

24. Weinman, M. and Mathew, R.J. A study of physician attitude on biofeedback. Presented to the 11th Annual Meeting of the Biofeedback Society of America, Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 11, 1980.
    

25. Claghorn, J.L. and Mathew, R.J. How appropriate is a medical model in psychiatry? Presented at the Symposium on The Impact of Affective Disorder Research on Psychiatric Practice. Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, March 17-19, 1980.
    

26. Mathew, R.J. and Claghorn, J.L. Anxiety and regional cerebral blood flow. Presented at the Symposium on The Biology of Anxiety, Houston, Texas, November 5-7, 1980.
    

27. Mathew, R.J. and Weinman, M.L. Arousal and migraine. Presented at the Symposium on The Biology of Anxiety, Houston, Texas, November 5-7, 1980.
    

28. Mathew, R.J., Schoolar, J.C., and Weinman, M.L. Depression, anxiety, and cerebral blood flow. Presented the Third World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Stockholm, Sweden, June 28-July 3, 1981.
    

29. Mathew, R.J. and Duncan, G. Cerebral blood flow in schizophrenia. Presented at the World Psychiatric Association Regional Meeting, New York, October 30 - November 2, 1981.
    

30. Weinman, M.L., Mathew, R.J., and Meyer, J.S. Anxiety and cerebral blood flow. Presented at the American Public Health Association Meeting, Los Angeles, California, November, 1981.
    

31. Mathew, R.J., Thapar, R., and Weinman, M.L. Somatic symptoms of depression and antidepressant side effects. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Indian Psychiatric Society, Madras, India, January 7-9, 1982.
    

32. Mathew, R.J. and Duncan, G. Cerebral blood flow and metabolism: A new frontier in psychiatric research. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Indian Psychiatric Society, Madras, India, January 7-9, 1982.
    

33. Largen, J.W., Mathew, R.J., and Meyer, J.S. Regional cerebral blood flow during biofeedback for migraine headache. Presented to the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, Dallas, May 22-25, 1983.
    

34. Mathew, R.J. The effect of cigarette smoking and caffeine on cerebral blood flow. Presented at the Regional conference on Cerebrovascular Disease, World Federation of Neurology, Research Group on Cerebrovascular Disease, Cairo, Egypt, February 23-25, 1983.
    

35. Mathew, R.J. Mid-sagittal sections of the brain in schizophrenia. Presented at the 138th Annual Meeting of the American Psych-iatric Association, Dallas, Texas, May 24, 1985.
    

36. Mathew, R.J. Cerebral circulation in dialysis encephalopathy. Presented to the IVth World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 11, 1985.
    

37. Mathew, R.J. and Webb, W.W. Stress, anxiety, and cerebral circulation. Presented at the Midterm Session of the Neurological Society of India, Trivandrum, India, October 26-27, 1985.
    

38. Mathew, R.J. and Wilson, W.H. Cerebral perfusion in schizophrenia. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Southamptom, U.K., July 8-10, 1986.
    

39. Mathew, R.J., Wilson, W.H., Tant, S. Regional cerebral blood flow in schizophrenia. Presented at the 140th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatry Association, Chicago, IL, May 14, 1987.
    

40. Mathew, R.J. Responses to Hypercarbia Induced by Acetazolamide in Panic Disorder Patients. Presented at the XVIth Collegium Internationale Neuro Psychopharmacologicum Congress. Munich, Germany, August 19, 1988.
    

41. Mathew, R.J. Biological and Environmental Factors in Aging of the Brain. Presented at the ICSSR Workshop on Problems of The Aged in Contemporary Society. Trivandrum, India, August 31, 1988.
    

42. Mathew, R.J. Effects of Marijuana on Cerebral Blood Flow. Presented at the 20th Annual Meeting of the American Medical Society on Alcoholism and Other Drug Dependencies, Inc., Atlanta, GA, April, 1989.
    

43. Mathew, R.J. Clinical Relevance of Cerebral Blood Flow Studies in Psychiatric Disorders. Presented at the VIIIth World Congress of Psychiatry, Athens, Greece, October, 1989.
    

44. Mathew, R.J. Changes in Cerebral Blood Flow After Marijuana Smoking. Presented at the 1989 AMERSA National Conference, Rockville, Maryland, November, 1989.
    

45. Mathew, R.J. Anxiety and Cerebral Blood Flow. Presented at the 1990 APA Meeting, New York, New York, May, 1990.

46. Mathew, R.J. Marijuana Smoking and Cerebral Blood Flow. Presented at the Marijuana '90 Conference, Crete, Greece, July 7-12, 1990.
    

47. Mathew, R.J. Changes in cerebral blood flow after diazepam evaluated with three measurement techniques. Presented at the International Meeting on Strategies for Studying CNS Active Compounds: Models, Screens and Clinical Syndromes, Madrid, Spain, April 26-May 2, 1992.
    

48. Mathew, R.J. Marijuana smoking and cerebral blood flow. Presented at the International Meeting on Strategies for Studying CNS Active Compounds: Models, Screens and Clinical Syndromes, Madrid, Spain, April 26-May 2, 1992.
    

49. Mathew, R.J. and Wilson, W.H. Autoregulation of cerebral circulation and drug induced postural syncope. Presented at the Ninth World Congress of Psychiatry, Rio De Geneiro, Brazil, June 6th to June 12th, 1993.
    

50. Mathew, R.J. and Wilson W.H. Effect of acute anxiety on cerebral blood flow. Presented at the Nineth World Congress of Psychiatry, Rio De Geneiro, Brazil, June 6th to June 12th, 1993.
    

51. Mathew, R.J. and Wilson, W.H. Acute effect of cocaine hydrochloride on cranial blood flow. Presented at the Autumn Quarterly Meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, October, 27th, 1993.
    

52. Mathew, R.J. Spirituality and alcohol abuse. Presented at the conference on Spiritual Dimensions in Clinical Research sponsored by the National Institute for Healthcare Research, Lansdowne, Virginia, April 21, 1995.
    

53. Mathew, R.J., Wilson, W.H. Effects of THC on Cerebral Blood Flow. Presented at the 27th International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, Cologne, June 2-6,1995.
    

54. Mathew, R.J., Wilson, W.H. Acute Effects of THC on CBF Measured with PET. Presented at the National Conference of the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse, Washington DC, November 10, 1995.
    

55. Artigues, M. Mathew, R.J. Alcohol Intoxication and Homicide. Presented at the 11th World Congress on Medicinal Law, Sun City, South Africa, July 28- August 1, 1996.
    

56. Mathew, R.J., Wilson, W.H. Depersonalization and Cerebral Blood Flow. Presented at the Royal College of Psychiatrists Regional Meeting, Hyderabad, India, November 28 to December 1, 1996.
    

57. Mathew, R.J., Wilson, W.H. Marijuana Smoking and Brain Morphology. Presented at the Royal College of Psychiatrists Regional Meeting, Hyderabad, India, November 28 to December 1, 1996.
    

58. Mathew, R.J., Wilson, W.H. Marijuana Smoking and Brain Morphology. Presented at the 29th Annual Medical-Scientific Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, April, 17, 1998.
    

59. Mathew, R.J., Wilson, W.H., Davis, R.C., Lowe, J.V. Postural Syncope following Marijuana. Presented at the 10th Annual meeting of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, Nassau, Bahamas, December 3, 1999.