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Cerebrospinal fluid monoamine metabolites and lethality of suicide attempts in depressed patients with alcohol use disorder

January 5, 2022

Leo Sher, M.D. Our research paper, “CSF monoamine metabolites and lethality of suicide attempts in depressed patients with alcohol dependence” was published 15 years ago in the January 2007 issue of European Neuropsychopharmacology (1). In this study, we investigated the relationship of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) 5-hydroxyindolacetic acid (5-HIAA), homovanillic acid (HVA), and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol (MHPG) levels […]

Omicron spread and oral antiviral pills are big news. The advent of nirmatrelvir and ritonavir: called Paxlovid

January 3, 2022

Aya Allam, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D.  We know lots about the current omicron spread. So, what is going on with this new antiviral drug, branded as Paxlovid and made by Pfizer? This pharmaceutical was just approved for early-on therapeutic prescribing to patients at high risk to SARS-Cov-2 virus infection yielding a serious COVID-19 disease. It […]

Suicide prevention in the era of COVID-19

January 2, 2022

Leo Sher, M.D. Our review, “Suicide prevention in the covid-19 era” was published in Preventive Medicine online ahead of print on September 16, 2021 and included in the November 2021 print issue of the Journal (1). A summary of our article is below: The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the health of people all around the […]

Remdesivir: What to know

December 22, 2021

Aya Allam, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Early in the pandemic, then President Trump contracted a COVID-19 illness and took some medications to counter his illness. He survived. One of the drugs he received was remdesivir, an antiviral pharmaceutical. Now, more recently approved to counter coronavirus infections; what is there to know about remdesivir? Further back, […]

A circadian signal of change of season in individuals with seasonal affective disorder

December 20, 2021

Leo Sher, M.D. Our research report, “A circadian signal of change of season in individuals with seasonal affective disorder” was published in the December 2001 issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry (1). In animals, the circadian pacemaker regulates seasonal changes in behavior by transmitting a signal of day length to other sites in the […]

Clinical characteristics of borderline personality disorder patients with versus without a history of suicide attempt

December 12, 2021

Leo Sher, M.D. Our research work, “Clinical features and psychiatric comorbidities of borderline personality disorder patients with versus without a history of suicide attempt” was published in the December 2016 issue of Psychiatry Research (1). In this study, we compared clinical features of borderline personality disorder (BPD) patients with or without a history of suicide […]

A study of relation between the use of cannabis in adolescence and self-harm or suicide

December 2, 2021

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 […]

Senior WISE intervention: Gender differences in bodily pain and trait anxiety

November 28, 2021

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 […]

Plasma testosterone levels and suicide attempts in males with bipolar disorder

November 25, 2021

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 […]

COVID-19 mortality in Europe and the ’Iron Curtain’ between East and West

November 18, 2021

Zoltan Rihmer, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc., Zsuzsanna Bélteczky, M.D., Leo Sher, M.D. COVID-19 pandemic resulted in various levels of elevated mortality in every data reporting country. According to the report of the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center on the national COVID-19 death rates (number of deaths per 100,000 of the population) on September 27, 2021 (1), […]

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Editorials

  • Fluvoxamine attenuates COVID-19 disease
  • What? Botox injections can mitigate depressions?
  • Smoking, suicide risk, and the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Omicron spread and oral antiviral pills are big news. The advent of nirmatrelvir and ritonavir: called Paxlovid

Research Papers

  • COVID-19 mortality in Europe and the ’Iron Curtain’ between East and West
  • Examination of depressive signs and symptoms among 803 University students in seven Universities and Colleges. Hungary, Romania, Serbia.
  • Examination of spirituality and the dimensions of spirituality among 803 students in seven different Universities. Hungary, Romania and Serbia.
  • Examination of depressive signs and symptoms among 932 students in eight different secondary schools in Hungary

Research News

  • Thirty years of publications in the field of suicidology
  • Osteoporosis drugs are associated with depression and anxiety
  • A study of relation between the use of cannabis in adolescence and self-harm or suicide
  • Senior WISE intervention: Gender differences in bodily pain and trait anxiety

Latest News

  • Suicide mortality in the U.S. decreased from 2018 to 2020 after increasing since 2000
  • The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Task Force on Men’s Mental Health – January 2022 update
  • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021
  • 2021 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report

Interviews with eminent psychiatrists

  • Interview with Professor Shih-Ku Lin
  • Interview with Professor Masahito Fushimi
  • Interview with Professor Maurizio Pompili
  • Interview with Professor Marco Sarchiapone

Ten Years Ago

  • Suicidal ideation in depressed patients with or without comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
  • Treatment of suicide attempters with bipolar disorder: a randomized clinical trial
  • Posttraumatic stress disorder and the Neuroevolutionary Time-depth Principle
  • The role of endogenous opioids and monoamine neurotransmitters in non-suicidal self-injury

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