Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Patterns and predictors of conversion to bipolar disorder in 91 587 individuals diagnosed with unipolar depression” has been published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica online ahead of print (1). In this study, researchers from Aarhus, Denmark, examined predictors of diagnostic conversion from unipolar depression to bipolar disorder. In all, 91,587 […]
Mitesh Patel, M.D., Henry Duong, M.D., Kavitha Srinivasan, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Introduction Suicide is a frequent cause of death, especially among males and military veterans. Kentucky has a higher suicide rate, at 14 per 100,000 persons, than the USA average of 12/100,000 people. Currently, military veterans have a much higher rate of killing themselves […]
Amy Bischoff, B.S., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Introduction Suicide by young people is a serious, widespread problem. It is the second ranked cause of death among people ages 15-24 and the third one between ages 10-24 years (1). Suicide is of greater concern in lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB), or sexual minority youth (2). A 2015 […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research paper, “Depressed multiple-suicide attempters – A high-risk phenotype” has recently been published in Crisis – The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention (1). We compared the demographic and clinical characteristics of three patient groups: depressed patients without a history of suicide attempts (non-attempters), depressed patients with a history of […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report entitled, “Mood disorders and prospective suicidality in young adults: a population-based cohort study” is published in the February 2018 issue of Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica (1). Researchers examined associations of mood disorders and suicidality in a large sample of young adults from south Brazil. Study participants were between 18 and […]
Leo Sher, M.D. I am delighted to congratulate our esteemed colleague and great friend, Professor Zoltan Rihmer, M.D., Ph.D. on becoming a Member of the European Academy of Science and Arts. Professor Rihmer is affiliated with Semmelweis University in Budapest, Hungary. He is a world-renowned expert in clinical and research psychiatry. Professor Rihmer has published […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A web journal, “Expertscape” published a list of top world experts in the field of suicidology (1). The list is based on 20,835 articles published since 2007. According to “Expertscape” the 20 leading world experts in suicide are: Keith Hawton (UK) Maurizio Pompili (Italy) David A. Brent (USA) Gustavo Turecki (Canada) David […]
Diksha Mohanty, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Smoking tobacco is bad for health and causes millions of people to die prematurely. Conventional cigarettes reportedly cause more deaths than car accidents, murder, and drugs. Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are one alternative product that can heat a nicotine-containing solution and might be less dangerous than smoking; however, that contention […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Ten years ago, a seminal research report, “Effectiveness of antipsychotic drugs in first-episode schizophrenia and schizophreniform disorder: an open randomised clinical trial” was published in a 2008 issue of The Lancet (1). A large international group of research collaborators led by Professor Rene S. Kahn compared the effectiveness of second-generation antipsychotic drugs […]
“Internet and Psychiatry” thanks scholars who contributed articles to our electronic journal in 2017: Bilal Abaid, M.D. Jacob M. Appel, M.D., J.D. Ruben Baler, Ph.D. Ignacio Basurte, M.D., Ph.D. Miquel Casas, M.D., Ph.D. Jyothi Chitekela, M.D. Yulin Chu, D.N.P. Samreen Fathima, M.D. Lara Grau-López, M.D. Priyanga Jayakumar, M.D. Sándor Kalmár, M.D., Ph.D. Murali K.Kolikonda, M.D. […]
