Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Traumatic brain injury in U.S. veterans: Prevalence and associations with physical, mental, and cognitive health” has been published in Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation online ahead of print (1). The authors examined the prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in the U.S. veteran population, and physical, mental, and […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our review article, “International trends in male youth suicide and suicidal behavior” has been published in Acta Neuropsychiatrica (1). To our knowledge, our article is the most comprehensive review of global developments in male youth suicidal behavior in the world literature. A summary of our review paper, “International trends in male youth […]
Leo Sher, M.D. My review article, “The impact of relationships within combat units on post-deployment suicide risk” has been published in Behavioral Sciences (1). This is the first review of the relation between interactions within combat entities and post-deployment suicidality in world literature. A summary of my review is below: “Multiple deployment factors may affect […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research paper, “Bright light therapy for nonseasonal depressive disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis” has been published in JAMA Psychiatry online ahead of print (1). Researchers from Brazil performed a search of publications in the MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane databases for randomized clinical trials evaluating bright light therapy effects in patients […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research work, “Characterizing Veteran suicide decedents that were not classified as high-suicide-risk” has been published in Psychological Medicine online ahead of print (1). According to a 2017 research work (2), approximately 90% of patients treated in the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals that go on to die by suicide […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Suicide-specific cognitions and suicidal behavior in U.S. military veterans” has been published in Psychiatry online ahead of print (1). Suicide-specific cognitions, which generally avoid direct mention of suicide, may be indicators of suicide risk among individuals reluctant to disclose such thoughts and behaviors. Many individuals who experience thoughts of […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research paper, “Interplay of combat deployment harassment, testosterone concentrations and post-deployment suicide risk in male veterans” has been published in Acta Neuropsychiatrica online ahead of print (1). Studies suggest that the deployment environment may affect post-deployment suicide risk. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that harassment during a combat deployment […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Metabolic profile and long-term risk of depression, anxiety, and stress-related disorders” was recently published in JAMA Network Open (1). The results of this study indicate that carbohydrate and lipid metabolism may be involved in the development of psychiatric disorders. The study assessed individuals from the Apolipoprotein-Related Mortality Risk (AMORIS) […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Associations between adiposity measures and depression and well-being scores: A cross-sectional analysis of middle- to older-aged adults” has recently been published in PLoS One (1). Researchers from the University College Cork in Ireland included 1,821 men and women aged 46-73 years randomly selected from a large primary care center […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research article, “Psychological and neurobiological mechanisms involved in the relationship between loneliness and cognitive decline in older adults” has been published in a recent issue of Brain, Behavior, and Immunity (1). The authors investigated several research objectives: First, they sought to identify neurobiological and psychological pathways that may account for the […]
