Leo Sher, M.D. My invited commentary, “Advanced suicide risk assessments and suicide medical malpractice” has been published in the Evidence-Based Nursing (1). The Editors of the Evidence-Based Nursing invited me to comment on the article, “Storytelling in care: leveraging narrative identity and suicide narratives for advanced suicide risk assessments” that was published in the Journal […]
Leo Sher, M.D. My article, “Testosterone and suicidal behavior in women” has been published in the QJM: An International Journal of Medicine online ahead of print (1). A summary of my article is below: Testosterone may affect mood and behavior in women. Depression is closely associated with suicidal behavior. Five studies of the relation between […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Private equity among US psychiatric hospitals” has recently been published in JAMA Psychiatry (1). Researchers from Missouri and Connecticut studied trends in private equity ownership of psychiatric hospitals from 2013 through 2021 and the cross-sectional association between private equity ownership and hospital staffing and quality The authors compared characteristics […]
Leo Sher, M.D. My article entitled “Loneliness and suicidal behaviour in military veterans” has been published in the International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice online ahead of print (1). A summary of the article, “Loneliness and suicidal behaviour in military veterans”: Loneliness can be defined as a subjective distressing experience that results from perceived […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research work, “Progesterone and suicidality in male combat veterans” has been published in the QJM: An International Journal of Medicine online ahead of print (1). Studies suggest that progesterone may influence mood and behavior in men. Neurosteroids including progesterone have relaxing, sedating, mood-enhancing, and anxiety decreasing effects on men. We hypothesized […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research article, “National incidence of physician suicide and associated features” has been published in JAMA Psychiatry (1). The aim of the study was to estimate the national incidence of male and female physician suicide and analyze associated factors, comparing findings to the general population. This retrospective cohort study investigated suicides among […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our review article, “The prevention of suicide in older military veterans” has been published in Behavioral Sciences (1). A summary of our review is below: “Suicidal behavior among older military veterans is an important medical and social problem. The goal of this literature review is to discuss this underappreciated issue and identify […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research work, “Mortality in patients with major depressive disorder: A nationwide population-based cohort study with 11-year follow-up” has been published in European Psychiatry (1). Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a leading cause of disability and premature mortality around the world. This population-based cohort study compared the overall survival between patients with […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research work, “Suicide methods and severe mental illness” has been published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica online ahead of print (1). The aim of this systematic review was to pool the odds of people with severe mental illness (SMI) who die by suicide versus those with no SMI, stratified by suicide method. […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research work, “Comparison of overall survival and healthcare resource utilization among patients with major depressive disorder with or without psychiatric emergency admission: A real-world study from Hungary” has just been published in the Journal of Affective Disorders (1). Individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD) hospitalized for psychiatric emergencies (PE) are a […]
