Leo Sher, M.D. Psychiatric researchers from Maryland examined determinants of natural cause mortality in individuals with serious mental illness (1). Their research report, “Natural cause mortality in persons with serious mental illness” has been published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica online ahead of print (1). In all, 789 individuals with schizophrenia and 498 individuals with bipolar […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Patterns and predictors of conversion to bipolar disorder in 91 587 individuals diagnosed with unipolar depression” has been published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica online ahead of print (1). In this study, researchers from Aarhus, Denmark, examined predictors of diagnostic conversion from unipolar depression to bipolar disorder. In all, 91,587 […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research paper, “Depressed multiple-suicide attempters – A high-risk phenotype” has recently been published in Crisis – The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention (1). We compared the demographic and clinical characteristics of three patient groups: depressed patients without a history of suicide attempts (non-attempters), depressed patients with a history of […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report entitled, “Mood disorders and prospective suicidality in young adults: a population-based cohort study” is published in the February 2018 issue of Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica (1). Researchers examined associations of mood disorders and suicidality in a large sample of young adults from south Brazil. Study participants were between 18 and […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Life expectancy after the first suicide attempt” has been published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica online ahead of print (1). A research group led by Dr. Jussi Jokinen examined mortality among suicide attempters in comparison to the general population. Researchers calculated the life expectancy for a nationwide cohort of individuals […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Suicide attempt predicted by academic performance and childhood IQ: a cohort study of 26 000 children” has been published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica online ahead of print (1). The authors examined the association between school performance and suicidal behavior up to middle age. The authors also investigated whether the […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Vegetarian diets and depressive symptoms among men” has recently been published in the Journal of Affective Disorders (1). The authors examined relations between vegetarian/vegan diet and depression in men. Researchers used data from 9668 adult male partners of pregnant women in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A paper, “High inpatient utilization among Veterans Health Administration patients with substance-use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions” has been published in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (1). Service utilization information and demographic and clinical data were obtained from a national sample of Veterans Health Administration patients with substance […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Mushroom consumption and incident dementia in elderly Japanese: The Ohsaki Cohort 2006 Study” was published in the July 2017 issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (1). The authors studied the relationship between mushroom consumption and incident dementia in a population of elderly Japanese individuals. 13,230 individuals […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research paper, “Lithium levels in the public drinking water supply and risk of suicide: A pilot study” is published in the September, 2017 issue of the Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology (1). We examined a relation between lithium levels in the drinking water and suicide rates in Lithuania. […]
