A comparison of cerebrospinal fluid homovanillic acid levels in depressed suicide attempters without comorbid Axis II disorders, depressed non-attempters without comorbid Axis II disorders, and normal controls

Leo Sher, M.D. Our research paper, “Lower cerebrospinal fluid homovanillic acid levels in depressed suicide attempters” was published 15 years ago in the January 2006 issue of the Journal of Affective Disorders (1). Depressed suicide attempters constitute a heterogenous group and important differences may exist between depressed suicide attempters with or without Axis II disorders. […]

Testosterone levels in combat veterans with or without a history of suicide attempt

Leo Sher, M.D. Our research article, “The effect of oral dexamethasone administration on testosterone levels in combat veterans with or without a history of suicide attempt” has been published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research online ahead of print (1). Combat exposure has been linked to increased risk of suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and death […]

Leading world experts on suicide. Expertscape, December 2020

Leo Sher, M.D. Expertscape, a leading international rating agency, published a December 2020 list of top world experts in the field of suicidology (1). The list is based on 27,743 articles published since 2010. The current database of articles was compiled on Friday, December 4, 2020. According to Expertscape, the 20 leading world experts on […]

Pregnancy and COVID-19

Sahil Naik, M.D., Nivedita Jha, M.D., Shivani Naik, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. The coronavirus disease COVID-19 can be infectious to everyone, from newborns to elderly people. The impact of COVID-19 during pregnancy is not known, but is a matter of concern regarding perinatal and maternal outcomes (1). Physiological cardiovascular changes with increased metabolism, higher oxygen […]

Parental alienation and men’s mental health

Leo Sher, M.D. My review article, “Parental alienation: the impact on men’s mental health” was published in the International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health 5 years ago, in November 2015 (1). Parental alienation is defined as a mental state in which a child, usually one whose parents are engaged in a high-conflict separation or […]

Gender differences in patients with antisocial personality disorder

Leo Sher, M.D. Our research paper, “Gender differences in the clinical characteristics and psychiatric comorbidity in patients with antisocial personality disorder” was published 5 years ago in the October 2015 issue of Psychiatry Research (1). Relatively little is known how males and females differ in their manifestations of antisocial personality disorder. We have conducted a […]

Physician distress and relief during the coronavirus pandemic

Robert Frierson, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. The emergence of coronavirus infections has had a profound impact on most physicians, including psychiatrists. The stress on doctors prompted a survey of Louisville, KY physicians, to inquire about discomfort experienced when caring for patients during this current pandemic. The ways that these clinicians achieved some relief was recorded. […]

Challenges associated with patients refusing to eat in inpatient psychiatric setting

Hema Mekala, M.D., Sayeda Basith, M.D., Lalasa Doppalapudi, M.D., Kaushal Shah, M.D. Food refusal is commonly seen in hospitalized patients with mental illness resulting in cachexia and death if left untreated. In acute conditions, it may lead to a medical emergency. If it is a chronic issue, it can become an ingrained behavior that is […]

Depressed patients with a family history of alcoholism are at greater risk for suicidal behavior and posttraumatic stress disorder

Leo Sher, M.D. Our research report, “Clinical features of depressed patients with or without a family history of alcoholism” was published 15 years ago in the October 2005 issue of Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica (1). We compared clinical features of depressed patients without alcoholism but with a family history of alcoholism to depressed patients without alcoholism […]

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