A study of serotonergic responses in depressed patients with or without a history of alcohol use disorders and healthy controls

Leo Sher, M.D. Ten years ago, our research paper, “Serotonergic responses in depressed patients with or without a history of alcohol use disorders and healthy controls” was published in the September 2008 issue of European Neuropsychopharmacology (1). We compared serotonin function in major depressive disorder with co-occurring alcohol use disorder, major depressive disorder without co-occurring […]

Risk factors for suicide in patients with bipolar disorder

Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Risk factors for suicide in bipolar disorder: a cohort study of 12 850 patients” has been published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica online ahead of print (1). The authors examined risk factors for suicide in a large cohort of patients with bipolar disorder. The data from the Swedish National Quality […]

Interview with Professor Maurizio Pompili

Leo Sher, M.D. Today, we publish an interview with an eminent European psychiatrist, Dr. Maurizio Pompili. Maurizio Pompili, M.D., Ph.D. is Full Professor of Psychiatry, Director, Psychiatry Residency Training Program, and Director, Suicide Prevention Center, Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. The “Expertscape” medical professionals rating […]

Brain connectivity networks in veterans with a history of suicide attempts

Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Increased efficiency of brain connectivity networks in veterans with suicide attempts” has recently been published in NeuroImage: Clinical (1). The authors examined the neural connectivity in white matter in veterans with suicide behavior. Twenty-eight veterans without a history of suicide behavior, 29 veterans with a history of suicidal ideation […]

Interview with Professor Marco Sarchiapone

Leo Sher, M.D. Today, we publish an interview with an eminent European psychiatrist, Dr. Marco Sarchiapone. Marco Sarchiapone, M.D. is Professor of Psychiatry, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy. Dr. Sarchiapone is also Chair of the Section on Suicidology and Suicide Prevention, European Psychiatric Association; Co-chair of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry Task […]

Religiousness and suicide

Leo Sher, M.D. A research reports, “Religiousness as a predictor of suicide: An analysis of 162 European Regions” has been published in Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior online ahead of print (1). The authors examined a relation between religiousness and suicide rates in 162 regions within 22 European nations (Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, […]

Interview with Professor Jaanus Harro

Leo Sher, M.D. Today, we publish an interview with an eminent European psychiatrist, Dr. Jaanus Harro. Jaanus Harro, M.D., Ph.D. is Professor and Head of the Division of Neuropsychopharmacology at the Department of Psychology, University of Tartu, Estonia. He is also Clinical Supervisor of Neuropsychopharmacology and Drug Addiction at the Psychiatry Clinic, North Estonia Medical […]

Shopping addiction?

Tejaswini Doifode, M.D., Raja Mogallapu, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Introduction Do you have patients addicted to shopping?  Is it an addiction? Compulsive buying exists in nearly 6% of our population, predominantly among women (~80%) (1). Oniomania is the term that clinically describes compulsive shopping; it originates from Greek and comes from ṓnios- for “sale”, and […]

Interview with Professor Steven Bernard Lippmann

Leo Sher, M.D. Today, we publish an interview with an eminent American psychiatrist, Dr. Steven Bernard Lippmann. Dr. Lippmann is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Lippmann is retired, but remains an active volunteer physician faculty member, with teaching activities and lots of scientific writing. Dr. Lippmann sees […]

Psilocybin therapy and personality parameters

Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Effects of psilocybin therapy on personality structure” has been published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica online ahead of print (1). The authors state that the goal of their study was to investigate whether psilocybin with psychological support modulates personality parameters in patients with treatment-resistant depression,  to examine whether these alterations […]

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