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Leo Sher, M.D. The III International Congress of Dual Disorders: Addictions and other Mental Disorders will be held on October 23-26, 2013 in Barcelona, Spain. The Congress is organized under the auspices of the Spanish Society on Dual Diagnosis and 8 co-sponsoring organizations including the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) and the U.S. National Institute on […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The 8th Baltic Symposium of Biological Psychiatry, “Treatment of Substance Related Disorders: psychotherapy and medications” was held on August 30-31, 2013, in Palanga, Lithuania. The Symposium was organized under the auspices of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, the Lithuanian Society of Biological Psychiatry, and the Research Council of Lithuania. Prof. Robertas […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Professor Zoltan Rihmer, an eminent psychiatrist and a Distinguished Guest of our website and his colleagues have published the article, “Suicide in Hungary – epidemiological and clinical perspectives.” In this article, Professor Rihmer and his associates describe suicide mortality, time trends, gender distribution, and methods of suicide in Hungary. The authors discuss […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration permitted marketing of the first device based on brain function to help diagnose attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and adolescents 6 to 17 years old. The device can help establish an ADHD diagnosis. It should be used as part of a complete medical and psychological evaluation. The […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The Gerry Schwartz and Heather Reisman 3rd International Conference on Pediatric Chronic Diseases, Disability and Human Development was held in the Ramada Hotel in Jerusalem, Israel, on December 2-5, 2012. About 400 clinicians and researchers from Israel, United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Hong Kong, Ukraine, Australia, and other countries participated in […]
The Board of the International Academy of Suicide Research (IASR) has accepted Leo Sher, M.D. as a Member of the Academy. According to the IASR website, to become a Member of the Academy, “The person should be an outstanding and internationally recognized researcher in the field of suicidology as indicated by publications in peer review […]
Leo Sher, M.D. In early 2013, Mount Sinai School of Medicine will be renamed in honor of Trustee Carl C. Icahn. The new name—the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai—was given in recognition of nearly $200 million in lifetime giving by Mr. Icahn, who has generously supported this institution since 1980 and joined the […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The interesting and important article, “The science of resilience: implications for the prevention and treatment of depression” has recently been published in “Science.” The article is authored by Steven M. Southwick, M.D., Glenn H. Greenberg Professor of Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center at Yale University School of Medicine, and […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Dr. Alexander Neumeister, a Professor of Psychiatry and Radiology at the New York University School of Medicine and a Distinguished Guest of our website has received this year’s Robert S. Laufer, PhD, Memorial Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.
Leo Sher, M.D. The 42nd Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE) will be held on September 11-13, 2012, in New York City. This year’s focus is “Molecular and Hormonal Effects of Stress.”
