Jacob M. Appel, M.D, J.D., M.P.H. The rationing of scarce resources has long posed one of the most challenging dilemmas in medical ethics. Much of the rationing in the American healthcare system occurs “invisibly” through the allocation of funding, especially with regard to preventive care: Patients may never be offered smoking cessation therapy, for instance, […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The 18th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behavior (18th ESSSB) was originally scheduled to be held in Rome, Italy, on September 1-4, 2020. The organizing committee initially planned to postpone the Congress to spring 2021. A few days ago, the Congress organizers announced that the Rome ESSSB will be held in […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our scholarly work, “Prevention of homicidal behavior in men with psychiatric disorders” was published 5 years ago in the June 2015 issue of the World Journal of Biological Psychiatry (1). This paper is the most comprehensive review of homicidal behavior in men with psychiatric conditions in the history of science and medicine. […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research article, “High-lethality of suicide attempts associated with platelet to lymphocyte ratio and mean platelet volume in psychiatric inpatient setting” has been published in the World Journal of Biological Psychiatry online ahead of print (1). The authors examined several biological parameters in 259 suicide attempters and 164 suicide non-attempters (controls). Study […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Our research paper, “Higher cortisol levels in spring and fall in patients with major depression” was published 15 years ago in the May 2005 issue of Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry (1). We examined whether there is a seasonal effect on clinical parameters, baseline cortisol and prolactin levels, and cortisol and […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research article, “The impact of epidemic outbreak: the case of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and suicide among older adults in Hong Kong” was published 10 years ago in Crisis – The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention (1). There was a significant increase in suicide deaths among those aged […]
Gagandeep Kaur, M.D., Kanwarjeet Singh Brar, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Birth order is defined as the sequential order in which siblings are born (1). Discussion about this issue began in the 19th century (2). Since birth order confers a strong impact on development, inquire about birth order when eliciting a history. There are five variables […]
Ahmed Adel Eladely, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Introduction SARS-CO-2 is a coronavirus causing a worldwide pandemic (1). First recognized in China, it spread, and in just three months has reached at least 199 countries. With an increasing number of people affected, by late-March there were well over 465,000 patients known to exhibit COVID-19 infections and […]
Gagandeep Kaur, M.D., Kanwarjeet S. Brar, M.D., Steven B. Lippmann, M.D. Introduction Stepmother is a term that refers to a woman not someone’s biological mother (1). The Latin prefix “step” means orphan. A stepmother becomes a legal parent of a child only when the biological mother gives permission, is deceased, or has deserted the child; […]
Leo Sher, M.D. The organizers of the 18th European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behavior (ESSSB 18) have notified that the ESSSB 18 has been postponed. The ESSSB 18 organizers state that “…due to the global crisis related to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are forced to postpone the congress to a later date. The congress […]
