Samuel Johnson quote
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome. – Samuel Johnson (1709 -1784)
The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Task Force on Men’s Mental Health – January 2022 update
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: […]
Cerebrospinal fluid monoamine metabolites and lethality of suicide attempts in depressed patients with alcohol use disorder
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research paper, “CSF monoamine metabolites and lethality of suicide attempts in depressed patients with alcohol dependence” was published 15 years ago in the January 2007 issue of European Neuropsychopharmacology (1). In this study, we investigated the relationship of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid (5-HIAA), homovanillic acid (HVA), and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG) levels […]
Omicron spread and oral antiviral pills are big news. The advent of nirmatrelvir and ritonavir: called Paxlovid
Aya Allam, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. We know lots about the current omicron spread. So, what is going on with this new antiviral drug, branded as Paxlovid and made by Pfizer? This pharmaceutical was just approved for early-on therapeutic prescribing to patients at high risk to SARS-Cov-2 virus infection yielding a serious COVID-19 disease. It […]
Suicide prevention in the era of COVID-19
Leo Sher, M.D. Our review, “Suicide prevention in the covid-19 era” was published in Preventive Medicine online ahead of print on September 16, 2021 and included in the November 2021 print issue of the Journal (1). A summary of our article is below: The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the health of people all around the […]
Remdesivir: What to know
Aya Allam, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Early in the pandemic, then President Trump contracted a COVID-19 illness and took some medications to counter his illness. He survived. One of the drugs he received was remdesivir, an antiviral pharmaceutical. Now, more recently approved to counter coronavirus infections; what is there to know about remdesivir? Further back, […]
A circadian signal of change of season in individuals with seasonal affective disorder
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research report, “A circadian signal of change of season in individuals with seasonal affective disorder” was published in the December 2001 issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry (1). In animals, the circadian pacemaker regulates seasonal changes in behavior by transmitting a signal of day length to other sites in the […]
Clinical characteristics of borderline personality disorder patients with versus without a history of suicide attempt
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research work, “Clinical features and psychiatric comorbidities of borderline personality disorder patients with versus without a history of suicide attempt” was published in the December 2016 issue of Psychiatry Research (1). In this study, we compared clinical features of borderline personality disorder (BPD) patients with or without a history of suicide […]
A study of relation between the use of cannabis in adolescence and self-harm or suicide
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Does cannabis use in adolescence predict self-harm or suicide? Results from a Finnish Birth-Cohort Study” has been published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica online ahead of print (1). The Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 with linkage to nationwide register data was used to study the association of self-reported cannabis use […]
Senior WISE intervention: Gender differences in bodily pain and trait anxiety
Graham J McDougall, Ph.D., R.N., Keenan A. Pituch, Ph.D., Geraldine Martorella, Ph.D., R.N., Todd Monroe, Ph.D., R.N. Purpose. In this secondary analysis we tested whether 12 hours of Senior WISE (Wisdom Is Simply Exploration) memory or health training with older adults would produce better outcomes by gender in perceptions of anxiety and bodily pain and whether the […]