Hopelessness, temperament, anger and interpersonal relationships in Holocaust (Shoah) survivors’ grandchildren

Iliceto P, Candilera G, Funaro D, Pompili M, Kaplan KJ, Markus-Kaplan M.J Relig Health. 2011 Jun;50(2):321-9. The psychiatric literature is divided with regard to the long-term psychological effects associated with Holocaust (Shoah) experiences because the findings of clinical and empirical studies often contradict each other. Despite case reports of emotional sequelae related to intergenerational transmission […]

An evolutionary hypothesis of suicide: why it could be biologically adaptive and is so prevalent in certain occupations

Tanaka M, Kinney DK.Psychol Rep. 2011 Jun;108(3):977-92. From an evolutionary perspective, suicide is a puzzle, because it has serious adverse effects, yet is remarkably common and heritable. An hypothesis is proposed to explain this puzzle, by explaining how suicide could be adaptive through reducing risk that individuals will transmit infections to kin. Empirical evidence supports […]

A Model of Suicidal Behavior among Immigrants with Psychiatric Disorders

Leo Sher Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, USA Immigration and Mental Health: Stress, Psychiatric Disorders and Suicidal Behavior Among Immigrants and Refugees. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 350 pages. The term “immigration” is usually used to denote international immigration. The United Nations considers a long term […]

Immigration and Suicide: An Overview

Brian Greenfield(1), Londa Daniel(2) and Bonnie Harnden(2) 1. McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Montreal Children’s Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 2. Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Immigration and Mental Health: Stress, Psychiatric Disorders and Suicidal Behavior Among Immigrants and Refugees. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 350 pages. Introduction: The assessment of patients contemplating […]

Immigrants and Suicidal Behavior: The Role of Gender

Diana van Bergen(1) and Sawitri Saharso(2) 1. The Netherlands Institute for Social Research, The Hague; 2. VU University Amsterdam and University Twente,The Netherlands Immigration and Mental Health: Stress, Psychiatric Disorders and Suicidal Behavior Among Immigrants and Refugees. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 350 pages. Ethnicity plays a major role in the rates and […]

Suicidal Behavior among Hispanic Immigrants in the United States

Guilherme Borges(1,3), Liliana Mondragón(1) and Joshua Breslau(2) 1. National Institute of Psychiatry, México City, México 2. UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California, USA 3. Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, México City, México Immigration and Mental Health: Stress, Psychiatric Disorders and Suicidal Behavior Among Immigrants and Refugees. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2010, 350 pages. At […]

The MMI Marathon

Allison M. Greene and Christopher R. Bailey Medical schools are continually developing novel strategies for recruiting students with the qualities that they believe will produce successful doctors.  Intelligence and academic achievement, attributes that are relatively straightforward to evaluate, were once the cruxes of the interview process. But people skills are becoming increasingly paramount and despite […]

Celexa (citalopram hydrobromide) may cause changes in the electrical activity of the heart

Leo Sher, M.D. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has informed healthcare professionals and patients that the antidepressant Celexa (citalopram hydrobromide; also marketed as generics) should no longer be used at doses greater than 40 mg per day because it can cause abnormal changes in the electrical activity of the heart. Studies did not […]

The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP), a leading world scientific organization

Leo Sher, M.D. The World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) was founded in 1974. Currently, Societies of Biological Psychiatry of Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, […]

The Second Conference Update – 2011

Leo Sher, M.D. The 7th Baltic Symposium of Biological Psychiatry, “Neuroimmunology and Mental Disorders“ was held on August 26-27, 2011 in Palanga, Lithuania. Professor Robertas Bunevicius is the principal organizer of the Symposium. For more information, please click here.

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