Gagandeep Kaur, M.D., Kanwarjeet S. Brar, M.D., Steven B. Lippmann, M.D. Introduction Stepmother is a term that refers to a woman not someone’s biological mother (1). The Latin prefix “step” means orphan. A stepmother becomes a legal parent of a child only when the biological mother gives permission, is deceased, or has deserted the child; […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The organizers of the 18th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behavior (ESSSB 18) have notified that the ESSSB 18 has been postponed. The ESSSB 18 organizers state that “…due to the global crisis related to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are forced to postpone the congress to a later date. The congress […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Anhedonia as a clinical correlate of inflammation in adolescents across psychiatric conditions” has recently been published in the World Journal of Biological Psychiatry (1). Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York examined the relationships between a panel of inflammatory cytokines and key psychiatric […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research paper, “Higher cerebrospinal fluid homovanillic acid levels in depressed patients with comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder” was published 15 years ago in the March 2005 issue of European Neuropsychopharmacology (1). In this study, we compared clinical features and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) monoamine metabolites in drug-free depressed subjects with a current major […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Chest CT findings in Coronavirus Disease -19 (COVID-19): Relationship to duration of infection” has been published in Radiology online ahead of print (1). Researchers led by Dr. Adam Bernheim from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York examined chest CTs of 121 symptomatic patients infected […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Who attempts suicide among medical students?” has been published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica online ahead of print (1). The goal of the study was to identify factors associated with suicide attempts in medical students. The authors performed an exploratory analysis using an online survey of undergraduate medical students in […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “The association between heart diseases and suicide: A nationwide cohort study” has been published in the Journal of Internal Medicine online ahead of print (1). The authors examined whether people diagnosed with heart disease had an increased rate of suicide compared to individuals without heart disease. In addition, they […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Expertscape, a leading international rating agency, published a January 2020 list of top world experts in the field of suicidology (1). The list is based on 24,235 articles published since 2010. According to Expertscape, the 20 leading world experts on suicide are: Maurizio Pompili (Italy) – top 0.0018% of published authors worldwide […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Increased circulatory IL-6 during 8-week fluoxetine treatment is a risk factor for suicidal behaviors in youth” has been published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity online ahead of print (1). The authors examined whether fluoxetine treatment of adolescents with anxiety and/or depression influences levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Is there a relationship between chocolate consumption and symptoms of depression? A cross-sectional survey of 13,626 US adults” was recently published in Depression and Anxiety (1). Researchers examined associations between chocolate consumption and depressive symptoms in a large sample of adults in the United States. The data were from […]
