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Low testosterone levels may be associated with suicidal behavior in older men while high testosterone levels may be related to suicidal behavior in adolescents and young adults: a hypothesis

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 […]

Alcohol and sexual behaviour

Markos AR.Int J STD AIDS. 2005 Feb;16(2):123-7. Alcohol, the oldest drug known to the human race, is widely perceived to affect sexual behaviour. The general public, scientific, medical and judicial establishments share and express interest in the potential effects of alcohol on the sexual behaviour of individuals. The understanding of the current state of medical […]

Sexual behaviour under the influence of alcohol among Spanish adolescents

Espada JP, Morales A, Orgilés M, Piqueras JA, Carballo JL.Adicciones. 2013;25(1):55-62. AbstractThis paper aims to compare sexual behaviour and risk and protective factors between samples of adolescents who have sex under the influence of alcohol and those who do not, and to determine predictors factors for having had sex under the influence of alcohol. We […]

Police sexual coercion and its association with risky sex work and substance use behaviors among female sex workers in St. Petersburg and Orenburg, Russia

Odinokova V, Rusakova M, Urada LA, Silverman JG, Raj A.Int J Drug Policy. 2013 Aug 2. pii: S0955-3959(13)00101-1. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.06.008. [Epub ahead of print] AbstractBACKGROUND: Extensive research documents that female sex workers (FSWs) in Russia are very vulnerable to abuses from police, including police sexual coercion. However, despite qualitative data suggesting abusive policing practices are […]

Combined dexamethasone suppression-corticotrophin-releasing hormone stimulation test in medication-free major depression and healthy volunteers

Sher L, Oquendo MA, Burke AK, Cooper TB, Mann JJ.J Affect Disord. 2013 Jul 15. pii: S0165-0327(13)00529-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.06.049. [Epub ahead of print] AbstractBACKGROUND: The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is dysfunctional in a subgroup of mood disorders. METHODS: We compared cortisol and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) responses in major depression and healthy volunteers to the combined dexamethasone […]

Suicide in Hungary-epidemiological and clinical perspectives

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. […]

Prevention of suicidal behavior in adolescents with post-traumatic stress disorder

Ruby E, Sher L.Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2013 Jul 10:1-11. doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2013-0064. [Epub ahead of print] AbstractPost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is significantly associated with an increased risk for suicidal behavior among adolescents. Suicide is one of the top three causes of adolescent deaths worldwide. Despite the strong relationship between PTSD and suicidal behavior, precise […]

Child sexual abuse and the pathophysiology of suicide in adolescents and adults

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 […]

WFSBP Guidelines for the treatment of anxiety disorders

Leo Sher, M.D. Founded in 1974, the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) is a non-profit worldwide organization composed of 63 National Societies of Biological Psychiatry and individual members representing professionals from over 70 countries. The WFSBP has created a significant number of Task Forces to address various clinical and scientific issues. The […]

Is bipolar disorder more common in highly intelligent people? A cohort study of a million men

Gale CR, Batty GD, McIntosh AM, Porteous DJ, Deary IJ, Rasmussen F.Mol Psychiatry. 2013 Feb;18(2):190-4. AbstractAnecdotal and biographical reports have long suggested that bipolar disorder is more common in people with exceptional cognitive or creative ability. Epidemiological evidence for such a link is sparse. We investigated the relationship between intelligence and subsequent risk of hospitalisation […]

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