Leo Sher, M.D. About 10 years ago, we published a research report, “Triggers for suicidal behavior in depressed older adolescents and young adults: Do alcohol use disorders make a difference?” (1). The article was published in a 2007 issue of the International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health. We compared demographic and clinical features of […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A paper, “High inpatient utilization among Veterans Health Administration patients with substance-use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions” has been published in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (1). Service utilization information and demographic and clinical data were obtained from a national sample of Veterans Health Administration patients with substance […]
Jacob M. Appel, M.D., J.D. Nearly a year has elapsed since the University of Toronto established the world’s first anti-psychiatry scholarship in November 2016, and now that the dust has settled, the moment seems opportune to consider the merit of the fellowship and the state of antipsychiatry more generally. The fellowship itself, a grant of […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research article, “CSF monoamine metabolites and lethality of suicide attempts in depressed patients with alcohol dependence” was published 10 years ago in a 2007 issue of “European Neuropsychopharmacology” (1). Monoaminergic abnormalities have been implicated in the pathophysiology of depression, alcohol use disorder, and suicidal behavior. We examined the relationship of cerebrospinal […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Mushroom consumption and incident dementia in elderly Japanese: The Ohsaki Cohort 2006 Study” was published in the July 2017 issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (1). The authors studied the relationship between mushroom consumption and incident dementia in a population of elderly Japanese individuals. 13,230 individuals […]
Nestor Szerman, Jose Martinez-Raga, Ruben Baler, Carlos Roncero, Pablo Vega, Ignacio Basurte, Lara Grau-López, Marta Torrens, Miquel Casas, Pedro Ruiz The World Association on Dual Disorders, the WPA Section on Dual Disorders and the Spanish Society of Dual Disorders have joined forces to clarify that: Addiction is a Mental Disorder, not a voluntary, self-indulgent act […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research report, “Positron emission tomography study of regional brain metabolic responses to a serotonergic challenge in major depressive disorder with and without comorbid lifetime alcohol dependence” was published in the September 2007 issue of European Neuropsychopharmacology (1). It was the first study comparing the regional glucose metabolic rate (rCMRglu) responses to […]
Sohaib Khaleel Mohammed, M.D., Angeline Prabhu, M.D., Samreen Fathima, M.D., Bilal Abaid, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Introduction Misuse of prescription opioids is a public health issue. In the United States (US), over two million adults annually abuse such drugs (1). By 2008, approximately 14 million people aged 12 years or older used oxycodone in their […]
Jyothi Chitekela, M.D., Angeline Prabhu, M.D., Bilal Abaid, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. “Is my patient really sick?”; you might have asked yourself this question! Such a circumstance may occur while assessing patients who present with Munchausen’s Syndrome. This illness is often a difficult diagnosis and/or a vexing differential. The condition was identified during the 1700s, […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research paper, “Lithium levels in the public drinking water supply and risk of suicide: A pilot study” is published in the September, 2017 issue of the Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology (1). We examined a relation between lithium levels in the drinking water and suicide rates in Lithuania. […]
