Jiunn Yew Thong Institute of Mental Health, Singapore Internet and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 452 pages. Studies have demonstrated that most individuals who attempted suicide have a mental illness, the most common being depression and substance abuse or dependence. Individuals suffering from schizophrenia also have high mortality from suicide. Certain factors […]
Leo Sher Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, USA Internet and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 452 pages. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a common psychiatric disorder. PTSD is frequently comorbid with major depressive disorder (MDD). I have previously proposed that some or all individuals diagnosed […]
Masahito Fushimi Akita Prefectural Mental Health and Welfare Center, Akita city, Japan Internet and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 452 pages. Internet suicide is a type of suicide pact; however, it is different in nature from the traditional suicide pacts in that it is prearranged between strangers who meet over the Internet. […]
Puneet Narang, Steven B. Lippmann Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA Internet and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 452 pages. As advances are made towards the understanding of suicide, new risk factors keep cropping up with the passage of time and the advent of new […]
Jess G. Fiedorowicz, Raveendra B. Chigurupati The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, USA Internet and Suicide. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 452 pages. There has been considerable debate as to whether the Internet predominantly prevents or promotes suicide. With recent unfettered growth and the broad-reaching popularity of this technology, […]
Kim DR, Pesiridou A, O’Reardon JP.Perinatal Psychiatry Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2009 Dec;11(6):447-52. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is an emerging novel treatment modality for psychiatric disorders, particularly major depression. A device for delivery of TMS was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for treatment of […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Thomas Jefferson was born 167 years ago, on April 13, 1743 in Shadwell, Virginia. He was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of this country. Jefferson was the Governor of Virginia (1779–1781), first United States Secretary of State (1789–1793), and second Vice […]
Kalmár S.Private practice, Kecskemét, HungaryNeuropsychopharmacol Hung. 2009 Dec;11(4):227-34. Introduction: Disturbances of perception play a considerable role in depressed patients’ symptoms. These symptoms are mostly secondary in the daily practice, however, the disturbances of perception of a mild degree lead to cognitive distortions, and they make the recognition of the depression significantly more difficult. Purpose: To […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a neurostimulation and neuromodulation technique, based on the principle of electromagnetic induction of an electric field in the brain (1-3). TMS is a non-invasive method of stimulating the brain using induced currents. TMS device is a big capacitor that discharges thousands of amperes per pulse into the […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The VI Baltic Symposium on Biological Psychiatry will be held on April 23, 2010 in Palanga, Lithuania. The meeting has been organized by Dr. Robertas Bunevicius, the Director of the Institute of Psychophysiology and Rehabilitation of the Kaunas University of Medicine in Palanga, Lithuania, Professor of Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry […]
