Psychiatric disorder is a psychological and/or behavioral pattern that occurs in an individual, causes distress or disability and is not part of normal development or culture
Sher L, Siever LJ, Goodman M, McNamara M, Hazlett EA, Koenigsberg HW, New AS.Psychiatry Res. 2015 Oct 30;229(3):685-9. AbstractGender is an important variable in the study of mental health because of the actual and perceived differences between men and women. Relatively little is known how males and females differ in their manifestations of antisocial personality […]
Sher L, Rice T; World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (Wfsbp) Task Force on Men’s Mental Health.World J Biol Psychiatry. 2015 Jun;16(4):212-29. doi: 10.3109/15622975.2015.1028998. Epub 2015 Apr 26. AbstractOBJECTIVES: Homicide is overwhelmingly committed by men compared to women. Conservative estimates suggest that more than a third of these individuals have a treatable psychiatric disorder. […]
Sher L.Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2014 Nov 20. pii: /j/ijamh.ahead-of-print/ijamh-2015-5001/ijamh-2015-5001.xml. doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2015-5001. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract. Forensic psychiatry is frequently defined as the branch of psychiatry that deals with issues arising in the interface between psychiatry and the law. Psychiatrists are called on by the legal system to provide testimony in a wide […]
Sher L.Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2014 Nov 20. pii: /j/ijamh.ahead-of-print/ijamh-2015-5012/ijamh-2015-5012.xml. doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2015-5012. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract. A malpractice lawsuit is in the legal category of an action in tort, which is a demand for compensation for the damages that have occurred. For a physician to be found liable to a patient for malpractice, […]
Gold BT.Behav Brain Res 2015 Mar 15;281C:9-15. Abstract. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive brain disorder that initially affects medial temporal lobe circuitry and memory functions. Current drug treatments have only modest effects on the symptomatic course of the disease. In contrast, a growing body of evidence suggests that lifelong bilingualism may delay the onset […]
Braquehais MD, Eiroa-Orosa FJ, Holmes KM, Lusilla P, Bravo M, Mozo X, Mezzatesta M, Casanovas M, Pujol T, Sher L.Arch Suicide Res. 2014 Dec 17. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract.Aim: To examine the characteristics of physicians’ and nurses’ suicide attempts (SA). Method: A retrospective review of 493 medical records of physicians and nurses admitted to […]
Picouto MD, Villar F, Braquehais MD.Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2014 Nov 20. pii: /j/ijamh.ahead-of-print/ijamh-2015-5003/ijamh-2015-5003.xml. doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2015-5003. [Epub ahead of print] Abstract. Introduction: Adolescent suicide is a complex phenomenon that has similarities and differences with adult suicidal behavior. Serotonergic (5-HT) dysfunction has extensively been studied in adults and has been postulated as a biological marker […]
Sher L.Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2013;25(3):263-8. Abstract Several lines of evidence suggest that there is an association between testosterone and suicidal behavior. A link between testosterone and the neurobiology of suicidal behavior may be related to: a) a direct effect of testosterone on suicidality via certain brain mechanisms; and/or b) a testosterone influence on […]
Rihmer Z, Gonda X, Kapitany B, Dome P.Ann Gen Psychiatry. 2013 Jun 26;12(1):21. doi: 10.1186/1744-859X-12-21. AbstractAnnual suicide rates of Hungary were unexpectedly high in the previous century. In our narrative review, we try to depict, with presentation of the raw data, the main descriptive epidemiological features of the Hungarian suicide scene of the past decades. […]
O’Brien BS, Sher L.Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2013 Jul 10:1-5. doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2013-0053. [Epub ahead of print] AbstractBackground: Child sexual abuse (CSA) is widespread and is associated with various psychopathologies, including Axis I and II disorders, maladaptive and impulsive behaviors, and suicidal behavior in adolescence and adults. The pathophysiology of this association is not well […]
