Leo Sher, M.D. I am happy and proud to tell the “Internet and Psychiatry” readers that the Expertscape medical professionals rating company sent the following tweet today at 10:50 am EDT: “September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. So congratulations to Dr. Leo Sher of Mount Sinai New York — Recognized as an Expertscape World […]
Leo Sher, M.D. On September 3, 2019, the U.K. Office for National Statistics published a report, “Suicides in the UK: 2018 registrations.” The report states that in 2018, a total of 6,507 suicides were registered in the U.K., 686 more suicide deaths than in 2017 when there were 5,821 suicide deaths. This indicates a statistically […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research paper, “Endogenous cannabinoid levels and suicidality in combat veterans” has been published in Psychiatry Research online ahead of print (1). The goal of our study was to test the hypothesis that combat veterans who have made a suicide attempt post-deployment can be distinguished from combat veterans who have never made […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Reach for your cell phone at your own risk: The cognitive costs of media choice for breaks” has been published in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions online ahead of print (1). Researchers from the Rutgers University Business School in New Jersey observed that using a cellphone to take a […]
Safoora Fatima, M.D., Pavani Nathala, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Introduction Measles is a highly contagious disease transmitted via respiratory droplets from person-to-person. Before the advent of the measles vaccination, there were over half million cases reported annually in the United States, with 500 measles related deaths each year (1). Clinical Measles starts with a […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Attenuated prefrontal and temporal neural activity during working memory as a potential biomarker of suicidal ideation in veterans with PTSD” has been published in the Journal of Affective Disorders online ahead of print (1). Researchers from the VA San Diego Healthcare System Center of Excellence for Stress and Mental […]
Leo Sher, M.D. My paper, “Resilience as a focus of suicide research and prevention” is published in the current issue of Acta Psychiatrica Scandinvica (1). This paper is the first theoretical work that discusses how resilience enhancement may reduce suicide risk in the general population, in groups at elevated suicide risk, and among high‐risk individuals. […]
Leo Sher, M.D. An international congress on suicide, “The 18th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behavior” (18th ESSSB) will be held in Rome, Italy, on September 1-4, 2020. The title of the congress is “Connecting Innovation and Tradition: Reducing Suicide in 2020 and Beyond.” It is expected that scholars from all over the world […]
Graham J. McDougall Jr, Ph.D., R.N. Yoga is a popular mind body exercise phenomenon used to reduce anxiety, stress, and chronic illness. This study was novel because the participants not only received memory training, but also received yoga training. Each class began with seated stretching, in conjunction with focused breathing. “Asana” or postures were modified […]
Leo Sher, M.D. In July 2009, our research article, “Effect of acute alcohol use on the lethality of suicide attempts in patients with mood disorders” was published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research (1). We hypothesized that acute alcohol intoxication is associated with more lethal suicide attempts. To test this hypothesis, we examined the effect […]
