Graham J. McDougall Jr, Ph.D. Well-being is a complex construct associated with variables such as depression, thriving, and quality of life that is known to influence outcomes across a wide range of studies. We present a reanalysis of this data identifying the influence of well-being on outcomes associated with memory function. The Senior WISE […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a difficult, frequently chronic and often incapacitating psychiatric disorder (1). PTSD arises in some individuals subsequent to exposure to a traumatic episode involving real or threatened harm to themselves or other people. PTSD is characterized by intrusive thoughts, nightmares and flashbacks of traumatic events, dysphoric mood and […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Provisional information regarding the leading causes of death in the United States has been released by the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics (1,2). Provisional estimates indicate a 17.7% increase in the number of deaths in 2020 (the increase in the age-adjusted rate was 15.9%) compared with 2019, with increases in many […]
Leo Sher, M.D. My research article, “The relationship between the frequency of alcohol use and suicide rates in young people” was published 15 years ago in the January-March 2006 issue of the International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health (1). The relationship between the percentage of frequently drinking high school students and suicide rates among […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Traumatic memory reactivation with or without propranolol for PTSD and comorbid MD symptoms: a randomised clinical trial” has been published in Neuropsychopharmacology online ahead of print (1). The authors aimed to examine the efficacy of traumatic memory reactivation under the influence of propranolol in reducing PTSD symptoms as well […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research article, “Evidence from the waking electroencephalogram that short sleepers live under higher homeostatic sleep pressure than long sleepers” was published 20 years ago in the March 2001 issue of Neuroscience (1). We used the waking electroencephalogram to study the homeostatic sleep regulatory process in human short sleepers and long sleepers. […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “COVID-19 prevalence and mortality among schizophrenia patients: A large-scale retrospective cohort study” has been published in Schizophrenia Bulletin online ahead of print (1). The authors aimed to address the following research questions: (1) Are patients with schizophrenia more prone to COVID-19 infections? and (2) Do patients with schizophrenia have […]
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. – Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882)
Leo Sher, M.D. My research article, “Relation between rates of geriatric suicide and consumption of alcohol beverages in European countries” was published 15 years ago, in March 2006, in TheScientificWorldJournal (1). The relationship between rates of suicide in 65- to 74-year-olds and per capita consumption of alcoholic beverages in European countries was examined in this […]
Jacob M. Appel, M.D., J.D. Sometimes it takes one injustice to shed light upon another. That is the case with recent attention being paid to the exclusion of pregnant and breastfeeding individuals from vaccine trials for COVID-19. In the United States, where the FDA has included these individuals in the emergency use authorizations, the immediate […]
