Leo Sher, M.D.

The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Task Force on Men’s Mental Health was founded in 2013, according to my proposal. My proposal to create this Task Force was supported by the WFSBP leadership, especially by Professor Constantin Soldatos, then the President of the WFSBP. Currently, the WFSBP Task Force on Men’s Mental Health consists of 29 outstanding scholars representing North and South America, Europe, and Asia:

Officers:
Chair: Leo Sher (USA)
Co-Chairs: Timothy R. Rice (USA)
                  Zoltan Rihmer (Hungary)

Members:
Mikkel Arendt (Denmark)
M. Dolores Braquehais (Spain)
Javier Didia-Attas (Argentina)
Masahito Fushimi (Japan)
Julia Golier (USA)
Xenia Gonda (Hungary)
Jussi Jokinen (Sweden)
Styliani Kaliora (Greece)
Shigenobu Kanba (Japan)
Jose de Leon (USA)
Shih-Ku Lin (Taiwan)
J. John Mann (USA)
Mushtaq Margoob (India)
Joav Merrick (Israel)
Narseta Mickuviene (Lithuania)
Anne-Maria Möller-Leimkühler (Germany)
Alexander Neumeister (USA)
Maria A. Oquendo (USA)
Jorge Ospina-Duque (Colombia)
M. Dolores Picouto (Spain)
Carlos Roncero (Spain)
Wolfgang Rutz (Sweden)
Serge Sevy (USA)
Rishi Sood (USA)
Robert G. Stern (USA)
Nestor Szerman (Spain)

In June 2015, we published a comprehensive work on homicidal behavior in men with psychiatric disorders:

Sher L., Rice T.R., on behalf of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Task Force on Men’s Mental Health. Prevention of homicidal behavior in men with psychiatric disorders. A WFSBP Consensus Paper. World Journal of Biological Psychiatry, 2015, Vol. 16, No. 4, pp. 212-229.

We have also published several other works including:

Sher L., Siever L.J., Goodman M., McNamara M., Hazlett E.N., Koenigsberg H.W., New A.S. Gender differences in the clinical characteristics and psychiatric comorbidity in patients with antisocial personality disorder. Psychiatry Research, 2015, Vol. 229, No. 3, pp. 685-689.

Sher L. Suicide in men. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 2015, Vol. 76, No. 3, pp. e371-372. doi: 10.4088/JCP.14com09554.

Sher L., Rihmer Z., Didia-Attas J., de Leon J., Lin S-K., Roncero C., Szerman N., Rice T. Future research and clinical directions in the field of men’s mental health: the Madrid declaration. Frontiers in Public Health, 2014, 2:242. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00242.

Rice T.R. Rihmer Z., Golier J., Sher L. Future directions concerning the impact of childhood and adolescent adversities in the field of men’s mental health: the New York Declaration. Frontiers in Public Health, 2015, 3:4. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2015.00004.