Leo Sher, M.D. A research group from the Portland State University and Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon, has published an important report on firearm suicide among veterans (1). The authors analyzed the data from the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). Currently, 17 states (Alaska, California, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New […]
Stringaris A, Cohen P, Pine DS, Leibenluft E.Section on Bipolar Spectrum Disorders, Emotion and Development Branch, Mood and Anxiety Program, NIMH, Bethesda, MD, USA.Am J Psychiatry. 2009 Sep;166(9):1048-54. Irritability is a widely occurring DSM-IV symptom in youths. However, little is known about the relationship between irritability in early life and its outcomes in mid-adulthood. This […]
Sibille E, Wang Y, Joeyen-Waldorf J, Gaiteri C, Surget A, Oh S,Belzung C, Tseng GC, Lewis DA.Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.Am J Psychiatry. 2009 Sep;166(9):1011-24. Major depressive disorder is a heterogeneous illness with a mostly uncharacterized pathology. Recent gene array attempts to identify the molecular underpinnings of the illness in human […]
Harmer CJ, O’Sullivan U, Favaron E, Massey-Chase R, Ayres R, ReineckeA, Goodwin GM, Cowen PJ. University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK. Am J Psychiatry.2009 Oct;166(10):1178-84. Acute administration of an antidepressant increases positive affective processing in healthy volunteers, an effect that may be relevant to the therapeutic actions of these medications. The authors investigated […]
Dwork AJ, Romme Christensen J, Bonde Larsen K, Scalia J, Underwood MD, Arango V, Pakkenberg B, Lisanby SH.Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, USA.Neuroscience. 2009 Sep 24. Anatomical evidence of brain damage from electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is lacking, but there are no modern stereological studies in primates documenting its safety. Magnetic seizure therapy […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) has announced that it invites National Societies to host the 12th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry in 2015 or the 13th Congress of Biological Psychiatry in 2017. The 10th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, on May […]
Diana Zambrano-Enríquez, M.D. Suicide is a major public health problem, one of the leading causes of death and one of the first causes of years of life lost. It is a voluntary act that can be carried out by men and women, children and adults, rich and poor, people of every race and religion. For […]
Hristina K. Koleva, M.D. and Jess G. Fiedorowicz, M.D., M.S. Over the last decade, online shopping has rapidly grown in popularity and continues to grow with the global base of online shoppers increasing 40% over a recent two year period (1). Convenience, selection, and ease of use may facilitate further growth. However, the availability and […]
When we two partedIn silence and tears,Half broken-hearted,To sever for years,Pale grew thy cheek and cold,Colder thy kiss;Truly that hour foretoldSorrow to this. The dew of the morningSank chill on my browIt felt like the warningOf what I feel now.Thy vows are all broken,And light is thy fame:I hear thy name spoken,And share in its […]
TURNING and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best lack all conviction, while the worstAre full of passionate intensity. Surely some revelation is at hand;Surely the Second Coming […]
