Jacob M. Appel, M.D., J.D. A recent report from the National Council for Behavioral Health shed stark numerical light on the ongoing shortage of psychiatrists in the United States. At present, 55% of American counties lack a psychiatrist and the average patient waits twenty-five days for an appointment (1). According to the report, the current […]
Leo Sher, M.D. An article, “Understanding the role of psychiatric principles in patient care: An important goal of the medical student clerkship in psychiatry” has been published in “Frontiers in Public Health” under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. Therefore, we can publish this article on the website, www.internetandpsychiatry.com Citation: Sher L, New […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Available evidence suggests that higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness and physical activity are associated with larger brain volume, fewer brain atrophy, slower dementia progression and decreased risk of cognitive impairment (1). Increased cardiorespiratory fitness also reduces the harmful influences of cerebral amyloid on cognition. A research group from the University of Kansas […]
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. – Albert Camus (November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960)
Leo Sher, M.D. Dr. Scott Gottlieb who has been nominated by President Donald J. Trump to lead the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advocates lowering drug costs by approving inexpensive generic medications faster (1,2). Dr. Gottlieb intends to make streamlining approvals his top priority. Getting more generic medications to market faster may save American people […]
Leo Sher, M.D. My “Commentary: Police and suicide prevention” has been published in “Frontiers in Public Health” under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. Therefore, we can publish this article on the website, www.internetandpsychiatry.com Citation: Sher L (2016) Commentary: Police and suicide prevention. Front. Public Health 4:119. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00119 Commentary: Police and suicide […]
Devina Singh, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Introduction In the era of digital media and social networking, presenting oneself in pictures has gained prominence. Such photography has become widely accessible. A self-image using a web camera and/or mobile device has become so famous that a new term, “selfie”, came into existence. Selfie was the Oxford Dictionary […]
Leo Sher, M.D. March 30 is a National Doctor’s Day in the United States. A National Doctors’ Day is a designation recognized medicine as a special calling accompanied by challenging academics, many difficult exams and many long hours of studies and work. In February 1991, President George H. W. Bush signed a law designating Doctors’ […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) Task Force on Men’s Mental Health welcomes two new Members: Trine Flensborg -Madsen (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Andreas Walther (Dresden, Germany) The WFSBP Task Force on Men’s Mental Health was founded in 2013. At the present time, the WFSBP Task Force on Men’s Mental […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A Danish research group published a thought-provoking research paper entitled, “State-dependent alterations in inhibitory control and emotional face identification in seasonal affective disorder” (1). The researchers recruited 29 persons between the ages of 18 and 45 years diagnosed with winter – seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and 30 demographically matched controls with no […]
