Leo Sher, M.D. Substance use disorders are frequently comorbid with other psychiatric disorders. Substance use disorders are complex brain illnesses characterized by compulsive drug craving, seeking, and use despite very harmful consequences. Substance-induced changes in brain structure and function occur in some of the same brain areas that are disrupted in other psychiatric disorders, such […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The “II International Congress on Dual Disorders: Addictive Behaviours and other Mental Disorders” (Barcelona, Spain, October 5-8, 2011) was attended by about 1600 participants and featured hundreds of presenters from 60 countries, including Spain, United States, Hungary, Norway, Canada, Italy, France, Colombia, Austria, New Zealand, Israel, Ecuador, Venezuela, Argentina, Chile, Iran, Slovak […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The First International Congress on Child Health and Human Development will be held in Jerusalem, Israel, on December 2-5, 2012. The meetings is being organized by Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc, Medical Director, Health Services, Division for Persons with Intellectual Disability, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel; Director, National […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The article, “Brain stimulation in posttraumatic stress disorder” by Vladan Novakovic, Leo Sher, Kyle A.B. Lapidus, Janet Mindes, Julia A.Golier and Rachel Yehuda has been published in the European Journal of Psychotraumatology (2011, 2: 5609 – DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v2i0.5609). The Publisher states, “This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of […]
Alicia R. Ventresca, M.A. Marijuana is the most prolifically used illicit drug among adolescents in the United States. This elicits serious reason for concern given the main effects of early-onset use—neurocognitive deficiencies, psychosocial risk-taking behavior, and developmental as well as psychological problems. With a most vulnerable population willfully choosing to put their mental health—as much […]
Viviane Labrie, John C. Roder Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Neurobiology of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 376 pages. Aberrant glutamatergic transmission has been implicated in the pathophysiology of anxiety disorders. Alterations in NMDA receptor (NMDAR) expression, function, and […]
Lia R. M. Bevilaqua, M. Cammarota, J. H. Medina, I. Izquierdo Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil (LRMB, MC, II) and Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina (JHM) Neurobiology of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 376 pages. Extinction is the learned inhibition of the […]
George A. Fraser Consultant psychiatrist, Canadian Forces Health Services Centre (Ottawa), Mental Health department. Neurobiology of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 376 pages. The newly discovered endocannabinoid system (ECS) and the ongoing research into its role in the central nervous system (CNS) has important ramifications in the understanding and treatment […]
Vinuta Rau(1), Michael S. Fanselow(2) and Edmond I Eger II(1) 1. University of California, San Francisco, California, USA 2. University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA Neurobiology of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 376 pages. The experience of surgery can produce both physical and psychological stress. Awareness during anesthesia is […]
Leo Sher Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, USA Neurobiology of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 376 pages. This chapter reports on the symposium, “Translational neuroscience may inform treatment development for posttraumatic stress disorder” (Chair – Leo Sher, M.D., Co-Chair – Alexander Neumeister, M.D.) […]
