Leo Sher, M.D. The 8th Baltic Symposium of Biological Psychiatry, “Treatment of Substance Related Disorders: psychotherapy and medications” was held on August 30-31, 2013, in Palanga, Lithuania. The Symposium was organized under the auspices of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, the Lithuanian Society of Biological Psychiatry, and the Research Council of Lithuania. Prof. Robertas […]
Markos AR.Int J STD AIDS. 2005 Feb;16(2):123-7. Alcohol, the oldest drug known to the human race, is widely perceived to affect sexual behaviour. The general public, scientific, medical and judicial establishments share and express interest in the potential effects of alcohol on the sexual behaviour of individuals. The understanding of the current state of medical […]
Espada JP, Morales A, Orgilés M, Piqueras JA, Carballo JL.Adicciones. 2013;25(1):55-62. AbstractThis paper aims to compare sexual behaviour and risk and protective factors between samples of adolescents who have sex under the influence of alcohol and those who do not, and to determine predictors factors for having had sex under the influence of alcohol. We […]
Odinokova V, Rusakova M, Urada LA, Silverman JG, Raj A.Int J Drug Policy. 2013 Aug 2. pii: S0955-3959(13)00101-1. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2013.06.008. [Epub ahead of print] AbstractBACKGROUND: Extensive research documents that female sex workers (FSWs) in Russia are very vulnerable to abuses from police, including police sexual coercion. However, despite qualitative data suggesting abusive policing practices are […]
Sher L, Oquendo MA, Burke AK, Cooper TB, Mann JJ.J Affect Disord. 2013 Jul 15. pii: S0165-0327(13)00529-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2013.06.049. [Epub ahead of print] AbstractBACKGROUND: The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis is dysfunctional in a subgroup of mood disorders. METHODS: We compared cortisol and adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) responses in major depression and healthy volunteers to the combined dexamethasone […]
Leo Sher, M.D. Professor Zoltan Rihmer, an eminent psychiatrist and a Distinguished Guest of our website and his colleagues have published the article, “Suicide in Hungary – epidemiological and clinical perspectives.” In this article, Professor Rihmer and his associates describe suicide mortality, time trends, gender distribution, and methods of suicide in Hungary. The authors discuss […]
Rihmer Z, Gonda X, Kapitany B, Dome P.Ann Gen Psychiatry. 2013 Jun 26;12(1):21. doi: 10.1186/1744-859X-12-21. AbstractAnnual suicide rates of Hungary were unexpectedly high in the previous century. In our narrative review, we try to depict, with presentation of the raw data, the main descriptive epidemiological features of the Hungarian suicide scene of the past decades. […]
Said Shahtahmasebi, Ph.D. James Hollings article on suicide reporting rules (The Press http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/opinion/perspective/8909431/Suicide-reporting-rules-under-review, 12/7/2013) refers to the Vienna subway built in the late seventies which subsequently became a preferred method of committing suicide. It reports that after a group of researchers and the media got together and stopped detailed reporting of each suicide the use […]
Ruby E, Sher L.Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2013 Jul 10:1-11. doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2013-0064. [Epub ahead of print] AbstractPost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is significantly associated with an increased risk for suicidal behavior among adolescents. Suicide is one of the top three causes of adolescent deaths worldwide. Despite the strong relationship between PTSD and suicidal behavior, precise […]
O’Brien BS, Sher L.Int J Adolesc Med Health. 2013 Jul 10:1-5. doi: 10.1515/ijamh-2013-0053. [Epub ahead of print] AbstractBackground: Child sexual abuse (CSA) is widespread and is associated with various psychopathologies, including Axis I and II disorders, maladaptive and impulsive behaviors, and suicidal behavior in adolescence and adults. The pathophysiology of this association is not well […]
