Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Life expectancy after the first suicide attempt” has been published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica online ahead of print (1). A research group led by Dr. Jussi Jokinen examined mortality among suicide attempters in comparison to the general population. Researchers calculated the life expectancy for a nationwide cohort of individuals […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Suicide attempt predicted by academic performance and childhood IQ: a cohort study of 26 000 children” has been published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica online ahead of print (1). The authors examined the association between school performance and suicidal behavior up to middle age. The authors also investigated whether the […]
Diksha Mohanty, M.D., Steven Lippmann, M.D. Physician burnout is an emerging problem. Burnout is described as work-related discontent of doctors, with emotional fatigue, skepticism, and hopelessness; it may be a product of prolonged professional stress. Recent research documented significant symptoms in half of all physicians surveyed. Lack of action in response to this problem may […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Ten years ago, a research report, “Twenty-four hour plasma cortisol and adrenocorticotropic hormone in Gulf War Veterans: Relationships to posttraumatic stress disorder and health symptoms” was published (1). The paper was published in a November 2007 issue of Biological Psychiatry (1). The authors examined the baseline functioning of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) […]
Leo Sher, M.D. A research report, “Vegetarian diets and depressive symptoms among men” has recently been published in the Journal of Affective Disorders (1). The authors examined relations between vegetarian/vegan diet and depression in men. Researchers used data from 9668 adult male partners of pregnant women in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children […]
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 […]
