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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), […]

Lyme disease and psychiatric disorders

November 17, 2021

Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Lyme borreliosis and associations with mental disorders and suicidal behavior: a nationwide Danish cohort study” has been published in the October 2021 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry (1). According to this population-based retrospective cohort study, people with Lyme disease showed higher rates of a variety of psychiatric […]

COVID-19: The neuropsychiatric sequela

October 28, 2021

Amal Mumtaz, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Though improving slightly, we are still deep in the coronavirus pandemic. Beyond just being infected and getting sick or dying, there is considerable concern about short- and long-term sequela. Many of these involve neuropsychiatric manifestations. What are they? To start with, there is much general anxiety and uncertainty about […]

CASIRIVIMAB and IMDEVIMAB {REGEN-COV}: 101 …Regeneron Pharmaceuticals’ monoclonal antibodies: a rescue pharmacotherapy for COVID-19…

October 25, 2021

Aya Allam, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Besides all the pandemic talk these days, we hear lots about coronavirus treatment with monoclonal antibodies. There are many of them. What is the big deal? Casirivimab and imdevimab are two monoclonal antibodies synthesized by the pharmaceutical company Regeneron, brand-named REGEN-COV. These dual proteins are a monoclonal antibodies intervention […]

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Editorials

  • Monkeypox: A psychiatrist’s guide
  • Fluvoxamine attenuates COVID-19 disease
  • What? Botox injections can mitigate depressions?
  • Smoking, suicide risk, and the COVID-19 pandemic

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

  • Mortality rates for buprenorphine versus methadone treatments
  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor levels in combat veterans with or without a history of suicide attempt
  • Pro-inflammatory cytokines and suicidality in patients with bipolar disorder
  • Thirty years of publications in the field of suicidology

Latest News

  • Leading world experts on suicide. Expertscape, the June 20, 2022, report
  • The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offers large prizes for suicide prevention ideas
  • 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

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

  • Teaching medical professionals and trainees about suicide prevention
  • 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

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