Leo Sher, M.D. The research report “A comparison of mortality rates for buprenorphine versus methadone treatments for opioid use disorder” has been published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica online ahead of print (1). Researchers compared all-cause mortality, overdose mortality, and suicide mortality rates for buprenorphine and methadone treatments among a large sample of U.S. Department of […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research work, “Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in war veterans with or without a history of suicide attempt” is published in the July 2022 issue of the Journal of Affective Disorders (1). Combat veterans with a history of psychiatric disorders are a unique clinical population. We examined whether there is a difference with […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Pro-inflammatory cytokines and suicidal behavior among patients with bipolar I disorder” is published in the June 2022 issue of the Journal of Psychiatric Research (1). The authors compared the levels of proinflammatory cytokines in bipolar disorder patients with or without suicidal ideation, and between patients with or without a […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Thirty years of publications in suicidology: A bibliometric analysis” has recently been published in Archives of Suicide Research (1). The authors performed a quantitative assessment of publications in suicidology between 1989 and 2018. Web of Science was used to identify publications on suicidal behavior from January 1, 1989 to […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research paper, “Common osteoporosis drug associated with increased rates of depression and anxiety” has recently been published in Scientific Reports (1). Amongst the most common drug therapies for osteoporosis are bisphosphonates, including alendronate, zoledronate, ibandronate and risedronate. Other first-line options with a different molecular mechanism include denosumab and teriparatide. The author […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Does cannabis use in adolescence predict self-harm or suicide? Results from a Finnish Birth-Cohort Study” has been published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica online ahead of print (1). The Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986 with linkage to nationwide register data was used to study the association of self-reported cannabis use […]
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 […]
