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 […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research report, “Plasma testosterone levels and subsequent suicide attempts in males with bipolar disorder” has been published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica online ahead of print (1). In this study, we examined whether higher testosterone levels predict future suicide attempts in males with bipolar disorder and a history of suicide attempt. Sixteen […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Lyme borreliosis and associations with mental disorders and suicidal behavior: a nationwide Danish cohort study” has been published in the October 2021 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry (1). According to this population-based retrospective cohort study, people with Lyme disease showed higher rates of a variety of psychiatric […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research report, “Clinical features and psychiatric comorbidities in military veterans with schizophrenia with or without suicidality” is published in the November 2021 issue of the Journal of Psychiatric Research (1). There is a need to increase our understanding of what elevates suicide risk in veterans with schizophrenia as a first step […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research article, “Changes in suicide mortality of Hungary during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic” has been published in Orvosi Hetilap, a Hungarian medical journal (1). The authors compared the observed number of suicides during the COVID-19 pandemic in March–December 2020 with the expected numbers which were calculated based on […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Suicidal ideation and behavior among military veterans” is published in the August 2021 issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (1). Study results indicate that suicidal ideation and behavior are common among veterans, especially among young veterans. The authors used the data from the National Health and Resilience in […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “White matter plasticity in healthy older adults: The effects of aerobic exercise” has been published in Neuroimage (1). This study found that regions of the brain most vulnerable to aging were also the regions that benefitted most from aerobic exercise. The authors examined the effects of a 6-month aerobic […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Accuracy of tau positron emission tomography as a prognostic marker in preclinical and prodromal Alzheimer disease: A head-to-head comparison against amyloid positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging” has been published in JAMA Neurology online ahead of print (1). Data collected between 2014 and 2021 for an ongoing study […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research paper, “Severe mental illness is associated with increased mortality and severe course of COVID-19” has recently been published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica online ahead of print (1). In Denmark, nationwide administrative registries contain information on various healthcare-related and administrative variables. The unique and permanent civil registration number allows cross-linkage of […]
Graham J. McDougall Jr, Ph.D. Well-being is a complex construct associated with variables such as depression, thriving, and quality of life that is known to influence outcomes across a wide range of studies. We present a reanalysis of this data identifying the influence of well-being on outcomes associated with memory function. The Senior WISE […]
