Research news

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 […]

Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “The association between heart diseases and suicide: A nationwide cohort study” has been published in the Journal of Internal Medicine online ahead of print (1). The authors examined whether people diagnosed with heart disease had an increased rate of suicide compared to individuals without heart disease. In addition, they […]

Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Increased circulatory IL-6 during 8-week fluoxetine treatment is a risk factor for suicidal behaviors in youth” has been published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity online ahead of print (1). The authors examined whether fluoxetine treatment of adolescents with anxiety and/or depression influences levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis […]

Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Is there a relationship between chocolate consumption and symptoms of depression? A cross-sectional survey of 13,626 US adults” was recently published in Depression and Anxiety (1). Researchers examined associations between chocolate consumption and depressive symptoms in a large sample of adults in the United States. The data were from […]

Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Fathers’ alcohol use and suicidal behaviour in offspring during youth and young adulthood” has been published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica online ahead of print (1). Researchers from Sweden examined the association between father’s alcohol use and suicidal behavior in offspring during youth and young adulthood. A cohort of 68,910 […]

Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Marital status and dementia: Evidence from the health and retirement study” has been published in The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences online ahead of print (1). Researchers from Michigan and Texas examined data from the Health and Retirement Study (2000-2014). The sample included 15,379 […]

Leo Sher, M.D. Our research paper, “Endogenous cannabinoid levels and suicidality in combat veterans” has been published in Psychiatry Research online ahead of print (1). The goal of our study was to test the hypothesis that combat veterans who have made a suicide attempt post-deployment can be distinguished from combat veterans who have never made […]