Fifteen years ago

Leo Sher, M.D. Our research paper, “CSF monoamine metabolites and lethality of suicide attempts in depressed patients with alcohol dependence” was published 15 years ago in the January 2007 issue of European Neuropsychopharmacology (1). In this study, we investigated the relationship of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid (5-HIAA), homovanillic acid (HVA), and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG) levels […]

Leo Sher, M.D. Our research work, “A prospective study of the association of cerebrospinal fluid monoamine metabolite levels with lethality of suicide attempts in patients with bipolar disorder” was published 15 years ago in the October 2006 issue of Bipolar Disorders (1). We examined the relation between CSF 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid (5-HIAA), homovanillic acid (HVA), and […]

Leo Sher, M.D. Our research work, “Are BPI and BPII suicide attempters distinct neuropsychologically?” was published 15 years ago in the August 2006 issue of the Journal of Affective Disorders (1). The objective of the study was to compare the neuropsychological functioning of depressed suicide attempters with bipolar disorder I (BPI) or bipolar disorder II […]

Leo Sher, M.D. My research article, “The relationship between the frequency of alcohol use and suicide rates in young people” was published 15 years ago in the January-March 2006 issue of the International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health (1). The relationship between the percentage of frequently drinking high school students and suicide rates among […]

Leo Sher, M.D. My research article, “Relation between rates of geriatric suicide and consumption of alcohol beverages in European countries” was published 15 years ago, in March 2006, in TheScientificWorldJournal (1). The relationship between rates of suicide in 65- to 74-year-olds and per capita consumption of alcoholic beverages in European countries was examined in this […]

Leo Sher, M.D. Our research report, “Demographic and clinical features of adolescents and young adults with alcohol-related disorders admitted to the psychiatric emergency room” was published 15 years ago in the January-March 2006 issue of the International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health (1). The purposes of our study were to determine the prevalence of […]

Leo Sher, M.D. Our research article, “Modified dexamethasone suppression-corticotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test: A pilot study of young healthy volunteers and implications for alcoholism research in adolescents and young adults” was published 15 years ago in the January-March 2006 issue of the International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health (1). The dexamethasone suppression test (DST) is […]

Leo Sher, M.D. Our research work, “Prevalence of alcohol misuse among adolescents and young adults evaluated in a primary care setting” was published 15 years ago in the January-March 2006 issue of the International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health (1). The prevalence of alcohol misuse among older adolescents and young adults was evaluated in […]

Leo Sher, M.D. Our research paper, “Lower cerebrospinal fluid homovanillic acid levels in depressed suicide attempters” was published 15 years ago in the January 2006 issue of the Journal of Affective Disorders (1). Depressed suicide attempters constitute a heterogenous group and important differences may exist between depressed suicide attempters with or without Axis II disorders. […]

Leo Sher, M.D. Our research report, “Clinical features of depressed patients with or without a family history of alcoholism” was published 15 years ago in the October 2005 issue of Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica (1). We compared clinical features of depressed patients without alcoholism but with a family history of alcoholism to depressed patients without alcoholism […]