Leo Sher, M.D. Today the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to American scientists Victor Ambros, Ph.D. and Gary Ruvkun, Ph.D. for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation. The Nobel committee described their research as a “groundbreaking discovery [that] revealed a […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research work, “Characterizing Veteran suicide decedents that were not classified as high-suicide-risk” has been published in Psychological Medicine online ahead of print (1). According to a 2017 research work (2), approximately 90% of patients treated in the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals that go on to die by suicide […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research work, “Association of testosterone levels and future suicide attempts in females with bipolar disorder” was published 10 years ago in the September 2014 issue of the Journal of Affective Disorders (1). This was the first prospective study on the relation between suicidal behavior and testosterone in women. We examined whether […]
Leo Sher, M.D. My theoretical paper, “Resilience as a focus of suicide research and prevention” was published 5 years ago in the August 2019 issue of Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica (1). Decades of suicide research have mostly focused on risk factors for suicidal behavior while overlooking protective factors such as resilience that may help to address […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our case study and a review of the relevant literature, “Bipolar disorder, testosterone administration, and homicide: a case report” was published 10 years ago in the August 2014 issue of the International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice (1). We reported and discussed a case of a patient with bipolar disorder, polysubstance […]
Leo Sher, M.D. On July 31, 2024, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released a Report to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives entitled, “Report on Incidence of Military Suicides by Military Job Code” (1-3). This report responds to section 599 of the James M. Inhofe National […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our review, “Suicide in schizophrenia: An educational overview” was published 5 years ago in the July 2019 issue of Medicina (1). The purpose of our paper was to provide an educational overview of suicidal behavior in individuals with schizophrenia. Suicide is the largest contributor to the decreased life expectancy in individuals with […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research report, “Effect of acute alcohol use on the lethality of suicide attempts in patients with mood disorders” was published 15 years ago in the July 2009 issue of the Journal of Psychiatric Research (1). We hypothesized that acute alcohol intoxication is associated with more lethal suicide attempts in patients with […]
Yair Elman, Igor Elman, M.D. In the era of instantaneous digital information dissemination, online platforms have become pivotal in shaping (mis)perceptions and guiding clinical approaches to the opioid addiction crisis, presenting new challenges and therapeutic opportunities. In the late 1970s, an Associate Professor of Medicine at Boston University and a graduate student who were working […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Suicide-specific cognitions and suicidal behavior in U.S. military veterans” has been published in Psychiatry online ahead of print (1). Suicide-specific cognitions, which generally avoid direct mention of suicide, may be indicators of suicide risk among individuals reluctant to disclose such thoughts and behaviors. Many individuals who experience thoughts of […]
