Leo Sher, M.D. Today, we publish an interview with an eminent European psychiatrist, Dr. María Dolores Braquehais Conesa. María Dolores Braquehais Conesa, M.D., Ph.D. is Medical Director of the Integral Care Program for Sick Health Professionals “Galatea Clinic,” Associate Professor at the International University of Catalonia Medical School, and Researcher at the Vall d’Hebron Research […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Today, we publish an interview with an eminent psychiatrist, Dr. Shih-Ku Lin. Shih-Ku Lin, M.D., is affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry, Lin-Kou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, and Adjunct Professor, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. Dr. Shih-Ku Lin is also Vice President of Asian College of Neuropsychopharmacology (AsCNP), Coordinator of the Consortium […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested that manufacturers remove the warning for suicidal ideation and behavior from prescribing information for glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) medications (1). GLP-1 RA medications are a class of drugs that mimic the action of the endogenous GLP-1 hormone, enhancing glucose-dependent insulin secretion, suppressing […]
Steven Lippmann, M.D. Medical education in the USA was famously improved following a critical review by Abraham Flexner. Around 1908, he had been recognized for improving graduate schools. At that time there were also many substandard medical schools providing inadequate physician training. Flexner then embarked on a Carnegie foundation prompted study of American medical education. […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Suicide is a major medical and social problem worldwide, accounting for substantial mortality and profound human suffering (1-3). It places a heavy burden on healthcare systems, families, and communities, often leaving long-lasting psychological, social, and economic consequences. Suicide is frequently associated with mental disorders, chronic medical illness, and social adversity, underscoring its […]
Leo Sher, M.D. ScholarGPS has published its 2025 rankings of scholars across all fields of science and the arts worldwide. ScholarGPS is a distinguished American company based in California and is widely recognized as a premier online source for the analysis of scholarly activity in academia and beyond. Its rankings are frequently used and cited […]
Steven Lippmann, M.D. Talk is cheep … action is better. School shooting frequency has escalated in recent decades; what society has done, has not been too effective. Shooting continues; we need to try some new corrective ideas. What are you going to do? Public discussion is one way hopefully to begin […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Today, we publish an interview with an eminent American Canadian psychiatrist, Dr. Jess G. Fiedorowicz. Jess G. Fiedorowicz, M.D., Ph.D. is Head and Chief of the Department of Mental Health at The Ottawa Hospital and a Professor and Tier 1 Clinical Research Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and School of Epidemiology […]
A scholarly paper titled “How many people die by suicide each year? Not 727,000: a systematic review and meta-analysis of suicide underreporting across 71 countries over 122 years” was recently published in Frontiers in Psychiatry (1). Researchers from Padova, Italy conducted a study aimed at synthesizing evidence on suicide underreporting and estimating a global underreporting […]
María Dolores D. Braquehais, M.D., Ph.D. The 25th World Congress of Psychiatry was held in Prague, Czech Republic, on October 5–8, 2025. Our symposium, titled “Mental health support for healthcare workers: practical solutions and expert insights,” was included as part of the Congress program. The session was co-chaired by Dr. Neil Greenberg (United Kingdom) and […]
