Leo Sher, M.D. A research work, “Associations between depression and cardiometabolic health: A 27-year longitudinal study” was published a few days ago in Psychological Medicine online ahead of print (1). Physical and mental health interact throughout the life. The authors examined whether depression symptoms in midlife are associated with the subsequent onset of cardiometabolic disorders. […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research article, “The effect of oral dexamethasone administration on testosterone levels in combat veterans with or without a history of suicide attempt” has been published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research online ahead of print (1). Combat exposure has been linked to increased risk of suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and death […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Association of a prior psychiatric diagnosis with mortality among hospitalized patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection” was published yesterday, on September 30, 2020 in the JAMA Network Open (1). This cohort study was conducted at Yale New Haven Health System, a 5-hospital system in the Northeast of the […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Neurological and neuropsychiatric complications of COVID-19 in 153 patients: a UK-wide surveillance study” has been published in the Lancet Psychiatry online ahead of print (1). The aim of this study was to investigate complications of COVID-19 that affected the brain. British scientists developed an online network of rapid-response case […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research article, “Neuropeptide Y plasma levels and suicidal behavior in combat veterans” has been published in European Neuropsychopharmacology online ahead of print (1). We examined whether levels of plasma neuropeptide Y (NPY) might distinguish combat veterans who have made a post-deployment suicide attempt from those who have never made a suicide […]
Leo Sher, M.D. On June 25, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published updated information regarding people who are more likely than others to become severely ill from COVID-19 (1). The CDC stated that revisions were made on June 25, 2020 to reflect available data as of May 29, 2020. The […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research article, “High-lethality of suicide attempts associated with platelet to lymphocyte ratio and mean platelet volume in psychiatric inpatient setting” has been published in the World Journal of Biological Psychiatry online ahead of print (1). The authors examined several biological parameters in 259 suicide attempters and 164 suicide non-attempters (controls). Study […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Anhedonia as a clinical correlate of inflammation in adolescents across psychiatric conditions” has recently been published in the World Journal of Biological Psychiatry (1). Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York examined the relationships between a panel of inflammatory cytokines and key psychiatric […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Chest CT findings in Coronavirus Disease -19 (COVID-19): Relationship to duration of infection” has been published in Radiology online ahead of print (1). Researchers led by Dr. Adam Bernheim from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York examined chest CTs of 121 symptomatic patients infected […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Who attempts suicide among medical students?” has been published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica online ahead of print (1). The goal of the study was to identify factors associated with suicide attempts in medical students. The authors performed an exploratory analysis using an online survey of undergraduate medical students in […]
