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Leo Sher, M.D. The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Task Force on Men’s Mental Health welcomes two more new Members: Lesha Shah (New York, USA) and Pilar Trelles (New York, USA) The WFSBP Task Force on Men’s Mental Health was founded in 2013, according to my proposal. My proposal to create this […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Dr. Scott Gottlieb who has been nominated by President Donald J. Trump to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advocates lowering drug costs by approving inexpensive generic medications faster (1,2). Dr. Gottlieb intends to make streamlining approvals his top priority. Getting more generic medications to market faster may save American people […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Task Force on Men’s Mental Health welcomes two new Members: Trine Flensborg -Madsen (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Andreas Walther (Dresden, Germany) The WFSBP Task Force on Men’s Mental Health was founded in 2013. At the present time, the WFSBP Task Force on Men’s Mental […]
Leo Sher, M.D. On behalf of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Task Force on Men’s Mental Health I would like to congratulate Professor Masahito Fushimi, a Member of the Task Force on becoming the Director and a Professor at the Akita University Health Center. Professor Fushimi was born in Hokkaido, Japan. […]
Leo Sher, M.D. On behalf of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Task Force on Men’s Mental Health I would like to congratulate Professor Shih-Ku Lin, a Member of the Task Force on becoming the President of the Society of Biological Psychiatry of Taiwan and wish Professor Shih-Ku Lin the best success […]
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 Task Force consists of the following experts: Officers: Chair: Leo Sher (USA) Co-Chair: Zoltan Rihmer (Hungary) Secretary: Timothy R. Rice (USA)
Leo Sher, M.D. The members of the World Federation of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Task Force on Men’s Mental Health met in Madrid, Spain in September 2014 to discuss the research and clinical directions in the field of Men’s Mental Health. Leo Sher, M.D. (USA), Zoltan Rihmer, M.D., Ph.D. D.Sc. (Hungary), Javier Didia-Attas, M.D. (Argentina), Jose […]
Leo Sher, M.D., Timothy R. Rice, M.D. The importance of men’s mental health requires special recognition. For example, more than 1 in 10 men between the ages of 20 and 44 in the United States take some form of prescription antidepressant, antipsychotic, ADHD drug, or anxiolytic. These numbers are up 43% from 2001. Men experience […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Considerable evidence suggests that that breastfeeding history may affect maternal disease risk. For example, longer breastfeeding history is associated with lower rates of osteoporosis. It has also been proposed that there may be a connection between the physiological effects of lactation and Alzheimer’s disease. A new research report published in the Journal […]
Leo Sher, M.D. has been accepted as a Corresponding Member of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP). According to the ECNP web site, “Corresponding membership is available for eminent researchers in the field of neuropsychopharmacology and related disciplines who are not permanently resident in Europe.”
