Jacobson MEEmergency Medicine News, 2012, 34(11A). doi: 10.1097/01.EEM.0000422901.91264.53 Excerpt.I am an emergency physician with an apolitical message in this rather politically charged, polarized time in our country. I have worked for some time in this profession, and have noticed a disturbing trend about which I must speak out
Leo Sher, M.D. The Gerry Schwartz and Heather Reisman 3rd International Conference on Pediatric Chronic Diseases, Disability and Human Development was held in the Ramada Hotel in Jerusalem, Israel, on December 2-5, 2012. About 400 clinicians and researchers from Israel, United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Hong Kong, Ukraine, Australia, and other countries participated in […]
Jacobson IG, Horton JL, Leardmann CA, Ryan MA, Boyko EJ, Wells TS, Smith B, Smith TC.SourceJ Trauma Stress. 2012 Nov 26. doi: 10.1002/jts.21753. [Epub ahead of print] AbstractLimited prospective studies exist that evaluate the mental health status of military health care professionals who have deployed. This study used prospective data from the Millennium Cohort Study […]
The Board of the International Academy of Suicide Research (IASR) has accepted Leo Sher, M.D. as a Member of the Academy. According to the IASR website, to become a Member of the Academy, “The person should be an outstanding and internationally recognized researcher in the field of suicidology as indicated by publications in peer review […]
Elder G, Dorr NP, De Gasperi R, Gama Sosa MA, Shaughness MC, Maudlin-Jeronimo E, Hall AA, McCarron RM, Ahlers ST.J Neurotrauma. 2012 Nov 1;29(16):2564-75. Blast related traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been a major cause of injury in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. A striking feature of the mild TBI cases has been the […]
McLay RN, Webb-Murphy J, Hammer P, Volkert S, Klam W.CNS Spectr. 2012 Mar;17(1):11-5. Abstract. Introduction: Risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) varies in part due to the nature of the traumatic event involved. Both injury and return from combat pose high risk of PTSD symptoms. How different injuries may predispose towards PTSD is less well […]
Suzuki Y, Kim Y.Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2012 Mar;21(1):7-11. Abstract. In face with a triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant accident, the degrees of which are historically hardly preceded, immediate mental health countermeasure was taken by the initiative of the national and local government together with academic and clinical organizations. Based on previous […]
Guha S, Rosenfeld JA, Malhotra AK, Lee AT, Gregersen PK, Kane JM, Pe’er I, Darvasi A, Lencz T.Genome Biol. 2012 Jan 25;13(1):R2. Abstract. BACKGROUND: Relatively small, reproductively isolated populations with reduced genetic diversity may have advantages for genomewide association mapping in disease genetics. The Ashkenazi Jewish population represents a unique population for study based on […]
Leo Sher, M.D. In early 2013, Mount Sinai School of Medicine will be renamed in honor of Trustee Carl C. Icahn. The new name—the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai—was given in recognition of nearly $200 million in lifetime giving by Mr. Icahn, who has generously supported this institution since 1980 and joined the […]
Cernich AN, Chandler L, Scherdell T, Kurtz S.J Head Trauma Rehabil. 2012 Jul;27(4):253-60. AbstractAIMS: The co-occurrence of psychiatric disorders and other somatic disorders poses a significant challenge for the individual clinician working with veterans who report a history of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). In this article, common co-occurring symptoms and disorders will be described […]
