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Leo Sher, M.D. The organizers of the 18th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behavior (ESSSB 18) have notified that the ESSSB 18 has been postponed. The ESSSB 18 organizers state that “…due to the global crisis related to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are forced to postpone the congress to a later date. The congress […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Expertscape, a leading international rating agency, published a January 2020 list of top world experts in the field of suicidology (1). The list is based on 24,235 articles published since 2010. According to Expertscape, the 20 leading world experts on suicide are: Maurizio Pompili (Italy) – top 0.0018% of published authors worldwide […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Expertscape, a leading international rating agency, published a December 2019 list of top world experts in the field of suicidology (1). The list is based on 35,572 articles published since 2009. According to Expertscape the 20 leading world experts on suicide are: Maurizio Pompili (Italy) – top 0.0011% of 87,631 published authors […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A large, international congress on suicide research and prevention named “The 18th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behavior” (18th ESSSB) will be held in Rome, Italy, on September 1-4, 2020. Experts in the field of suicidology from all over the world will present research and clinical works. Prof. Marco Sarchiapone (Italy), […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The U.S News & World Report publishes rankings of the Medical Schools in the United States. According to the U.S News & World Report the twenty 2020 Best Medical Schools for research are: #1 Harvard University, Boston, MA #2 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD #3 Stanford University, Stanford, CA (tie) #3 University […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Prof. Joav Merrick, Director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel, has informed me that The Fifth International Conference on Child Health, Development and Welfare, “The Challenged Child” will be held in Jerusalem, Israel, on December 2-4, 2019. The topics of the conference include new treatments for […]
Leo Sher, M.D. I am happy and proud to tell the “Internet and Psychiatry” readers that the Expertscape medical professionals rating company sent the following tweet today at 10:50 am EDT: “September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. So congratulations to Dr. Leo Sher of Mount Sinai New York — Recognized as an Expertscape World […]
Leo Sher, M.D. On September 3, 2019, the U.K. Office for National Statistics published a report, “Suicides in the UK: 2018 registrations.” The report states that in 2018, a total of 6,507 suicides were registered in the U.K., 686 more suicide deaths than in 2017 when there were 5,821 suicide deaths. This indicates a statistically […]
Leo Sher, M.D. An international congress on suicide, “The 18th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behavior” (18th ESSSB) will be held in Rome, Italy, on September 1-4, 2020. The title of the congress is “Connecting Innovation and Tradition: Reducing Suicide in 2020 and Beyond.” It is expected that scholars from all over the world […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved a new cranial electrotherapy stimulator (CES) device for the treatment of anxiety, depression, and insomnia (1). The Cervella Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulator delivers a low-level, constant current to the individual’s cranium via a pair of conductive electrodes incorporated into ear pads of the […]
