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Leo Sher, M.D. February 27, 2010. The 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit the coast of Chile around 3:30 am today killing a lot of people, flattening buildings and triggering a tsunami. The earthquake is one of the strongest on record in Chile. The U.S. Geological Survey, which monitors seismic data around the world, warned that a large […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The book, “Suicide in the Military” edited by Leo Sher and Alexander Vilens has just been published by Nova Science Publishers in New York. Suicidal behavior in the military is considered a major clinical and social problem in many societies. The leading experts in psychiatry, psychology, suicidology, and public health from many […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The VI Baltic Symposium of Biological Psychiatry will be held in Palanga, Lithuania, on April 23, 2010. The topic of the symposium is “Paraphilias and Sexual Abuse.” Professor Florence Thibout, the President of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP), and Professor Robertas Bunevicius, a Vice-President of the WFSBP will […]
Leo Sher, M.D. February 13, 2010. Amy Bishop, Ph.D., an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, opened fire during a biology faculty meeting at the University of Alabama’s Huntsville campus yesterday, killing three biology faculty members, including the Chairman of the Department of Biological Sciences, and injuring three other employees at the school (1-7). Dr. Amy […]
Leo Sher, M.D. On October 5-8, 2011, Barcelona will host the Second International Congress of Dual Disorders: Addictive Behaviors and other Mental Disorders, organized by the Spanish Society of Dual Disorders (SEPD) in collaboration with the World Psychiatric Association, The Spanish Ministry of Health and the Generalitat de Catalunya. The Congress will be chaired by […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The book, “War and Suicide” edited by Leo Sher and Alexander Vilens has just been published by Nova Science Publishers in New York. The contributors to “War and Suicide” are the leading international experts in psychiatry, psychology and sociology. This is the first book on this subject and, as such, it is […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The 10th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry will be hosted by the Czech Society of Biological Psychiatry. The Congress will be held in the Prague Congress Center, Prague, Czech Republic, on May 29 – June 3, 2011. The Congress Program will include plenary lectures, symposia, free communication sessions, debates and poster sessions. […]
On November 6, 2009, Leo Sher, M.D. has been appointed as Editor for Clinical Psychiatry of “Biological Psychiatry and Psychopharmacology,” the Journal of the Lithuanian Society of Biological Psychiatry. “Biological Psychiatry and Psychopharmacology” is an International Journal in the English language. The Journal publishes papers written by researchers and clinicians from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The VI Baltic Symposium of Biological Psychiatry will be held in Palanga, Lithuania, on April 23, 2010. The Symposium is organized by the Lithuanian Society of Biological Psychiatry. Dr. Florence Thibout, President of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) will be one of the Invited Speakers at the Symposium.
Leo Sher, M.D. The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) has announced that it invites National Societies to host the 12th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry in 2015 or the 13th Congress of Biological Psychiatry in 2017. The 10th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, on May […]
