Internet and Psychiatry

Abstracts of the chapters of the following books are now available on our website:

1. Sher L., Vilens A. (editors). Terror and Suicide.
2. Sher L., Vilens A. (editors). Suicide in the Military.
3. Sher L., Vilens A. (editors). War and Suicide.
4. Sher L., Vilens A. (editors). Internet and Suicide.
5. Sher L. (editor). Comorbidity of Depression and Alcohol Use Disorders.

Steven Lippmann, M.D.

The Minnesota nurse who assisted several suicides in recent years has been formally charged with two (2) criminal felony counts of aiding suicide. He reportedly, encouraged a man to hang himself in England and for a teenage girl to drown herself in Canada. Hopefully this will send message to others.

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 at the Kaunas University of Medicine, the President of the Lithuanian Society of Biological Psychiatry, and a Vice-President of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP). Dr. Bunevicius is a Distinguished Guest on our website, www.internetandpsychiatry.com.

Leo Sher, M.D.

Congratulations to María Dolores Braquehais Conesa, M.D., Ph.D., our Distinguished Guest, on her appointment as the Clinical Director of the Inpatient Unit of the Barcelona Integrated Care Programme for Sick Physicians and Nurses! Dr. Braquehais Conesa is a person of exceptional personal and professional integrity. Her education, training, interpersonal skills, and dedication to work are truly outstanding. Dr. Braquehais Conesa has contributed several articles to our website, www.internetandpsychiatry.com

Leo Sher, M.D.

I am happy to congratulate Trine Flensborg-Madsen and Rasmus Revsbech on the birth of their son, Asger. Asger was born on February 27, 2010, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Trine Flensborg-Madsen is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen. She defended her Ph.D. dissertation, "Alcohol use disorders – in relation to alcohol consumption, psychiatric comorbidity, and suicide" in 2008 at the University of Copenhagen. Rasmus Revsbech is also affiliated with this university. He has a broad range of interests including treatment of complex posttraumatic stress disorders. My best wishes to Trine, Rasmus, and Asger!

Leo Sher, M.D.

"Psychiatry Today," a Japanese scientific news bulletin, has just published a report on the symposium, "Translational neuroscience may inform treatment development for posttraumatic stress disorder" that was held on June 28, 2009 during the 9th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry (June 28-July 2, 2009, Palace of Congresses (Le Palais des Congrès de Paris), Paris, France) (1). This symposium was chaired by me and co-chaired by Prof. Alexander Neumeister.