Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “The association of religiosity with suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in the United Kingdom” has recently been published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica online ahead of print (1). The authors used cross‐sectional data from 7403 people who participated in the 2007 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS). The association between religiosity […]
Hilario Blasco-Fontecilla, M.D., Ph.D., Paula Artieda-Urrutia, M.D., Ph.D., Jose de Leon, M.D. Our research article, “A proposal for using the ratio of attempted to completed suicides across several countries worldwide” has recently been published in Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences online ahead of print (1). The rates of completed suicide (CS) are available for most developed countries worldwide. […]
Jacob M. Appel, M.D., J.D., M.P.H. Hedda Martin, a sixty-year-old Michigan woman, has attracted national attention after posting online that her healthcare provider urged her to raise $10,000 on GoFundMe, a popular online fundraising platform, in order to be eligible for a life-saving heart transplant. Martin, a former dog walker and pet sitter, suffered doxorubicin-induced […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Fifteen years ago, our paper, “Lower CSF homovanillic acid levels in depressed patients with a history of alcoholism” was published in Neuropsychopharmacology (1). We compared clinical features and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) monoamine metabolites in depressed subjects with or without a history of alcoholism and healthy volunteers. Sixty-three patients with a current major […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A scholarly article, “Association of testosterone treatment with alleviation of depressive symptoms in men: A systematic review and meta-analysis” has been published in JAMA Psychiatry online ahead of print (1). The authors examined the association of testosterone treatment with alleviation of depressive symptoms in men. The authors also examined effects of testosterone […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research report, “Gender differences and similarities in aggression, suicidal behaviour, and psychiatric comorbidity in borderline personality disorder” has been published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica online ahead of print (1). We examined gender differences and similarities in aggression, impulsivity, suicidal behaviour, and psychiatric comorbidity in men and women with borderline personality disorder […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A seminal research work, “Amisulpride and olanzapine followed by open-label treatment with clozapine in first-episode schizophrenia and schizophreniform disorder (OPTiMiSE): a three-phase switching study” has recently been published in Lancet Psychiatry (1). A large international research group led by Professor René S. Kahn examined whether switching antipsychotic medications or early use of […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Fifteen years ago, our paper, “A longer biological night in long sleepers than in short sleepers” was published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (1). We examined whether individual differences in sleep duration are associated with systematic differences in the duration of the biological night that is programmed by the […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Is suicidal behavior in mood disorders altered by comorbid PTSD?” has been published in Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention online ahead of print (1). The authors compared suicidal behavior among veterans who have comorbid mood disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with suicidal behavior in […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Ten years ago, our research paper, “Depressed patients with co-occurring alcohol use disorders: a unique patient population” was published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (1). We compared depressed subjects with and without co-occurring alcohol use disorder with respect to demographic and clinical parameters. 505 individuals were enrolled in the study. 318 […]
