Steven Lippmann, M.D. The coronavirus pandemic caused us some hard times – disruption, devastation, and death. Despite a recent rise in COVID-19 disease incidence, there is a general feeling that the illness is diminishing. There are countermeasures to mitigate its severity: several vaccines, monoclonal antibody therapies, and antiviral agents. Vaccines can induce some immunity, monoclonal […]
Steven Lippmann, M.D. “Botox”, or botulinum toxin, has long had popular cosmetic use at smoothing facial wrinkles. It is also prescribed for pathologies, mostly of neuromuscular origins, like in pain syndromes and/or muscular spam cases. Many people like and benefit from the results. Researchers began noticing that injecting extracts from the bacterium Clostridium botulinum into […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research report, “Decreased suicidal ideation in depressed patients with or without comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: an open study” was published 10 years ago in the April 2012 issue of Psychiatry Research (1). We have examined clinical parameters before and after three months of open selective […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research report, “Triggers for suicidal behavior in depressed older adolescents and young adults: do alcohol use disorders make a difference?” was published in the January-March 2007 issue of the International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health (1). In this study, we compared demographic and clinical characteristics, prevalence of interpersonal triggers and […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The report, “Suicide mortality in the United States, 2000–2020” has recently been published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics (1). According to this report, suicide mortality in the U.S. increased from 2000 to 2018, then decreased from 2018 to 2020. Suicide deaths were identified […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Thirty years of publications in suicidology: A bibliometric analysis” has recently been published in Archives of Suicide Research (1). The authors performed a quantitative assessment of publications in suicidology between 1989 and 2018. Web of Science was used to identify publications on suicidal behavior from January 1, 1989 to […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research paper, “Common osteoporosis drug associated with increased rates of depression and anxiety” has recently been published in Scientific Reports (1). Amongst the most common drug therapies for osteoporosis are bisphosphonates, including alendronate, zoledronate, ibandronate and risedronate. Other first-line options with a different molecular mechanism include denosumab and teriparatide. The author […]
Leo Sher, M.D. My commentary, “Smoking enhances suicide risk-a significant role in the COVID-19 pandemic?” has recently been published in the QJM: An International Journal of Medicine (1). A summary of my article is below: The COVID-19 outbreak has severely affected the whole world. Considerable evidence suggests that tobacco smoking is associated with increased severity […]
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Leo Sher, M.D. The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Task Force on Men’s Mental Health was founded in 2013. Currently, the WFSBP Task Force on Men’s Mental Health consists of scholars from many countries in different parts of the world. The updated list of the Task Force Members is below: Founding Chair: […]
