María Dolores Braquehais Conesa, M.D., Ph.D. Complex systems such as the biopsychosociocultural constitution of the human being need to be approached with new converging explanatory frameworks. Current perspectives in psychiatric research are usually reluctant to include novel ideas coming from other fields such as Anthropology, Sociology, and or Philosophy. What may be the reason for […]
Masahito Fushimi, M.D., Ph.D. The article by Dr. Sándor Kalmár, “The weekly distribution of suicides in Bács-Kiskun County, Hungary” is interesting. I would like to make some comments on this article. First, it is interesting that there are similarities between the methods of suicide used in Akita Prefecture (Japan) and in Bács-Kiskun (Hungary). As in […]
Stanton SJ, Labar KS, Saini EK, Kuhn CM, Beehner JC. Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2010 Jun;35(5):768-74. Social subordination can be biologically stressful; when mammals lose dominance contests they have acute increases in the stress hormone cortisol. However, human studies of the effect of dominance contest outcomes on cortisol […]
Abstracts of the chapters of the following books are now available on our website: Sher L., Vilens A. (editors). Terror and Suicide. Sher L., Vilens A. (editors). Suicide in the Military. Sher L., Vilens A. (editors). War and Suicide. Sher L., Vilens A. (editors). Internet and Suicide. Sher L. (editor). Comorbidity of Depression and Alcohol […]
José Javier Miguel-Hidalgo Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA Comorbidity of Depression and Alcohol Use Disorders. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 198 pages. Major depression and alcoholism are often comorbid, suggesting that common pathological mechanisms may be responsible for the increased comorbidity. In fact, neuropathological […]
Elizabeth D. Stroscio and Leo Sher Department of Psychiatry, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Jamaica, New York, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA Comorbidity of Depression and Alcohol Use Disorders. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 198 pages. Alcohol use has been identified as an important risk factor for suicidal […]
Sirkka Peiponen Private Psychiatric Practice, Kuopio, Finland Comorbidity of Depression and Alcohol Use Disorders. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 198 pages. Earlier research has indicated associations between parental substance abuse and psychiatric problems in adolescents. This article aims to review studies of alcohol abusing parents and their offspring, to discuss the consequences of […]
Julie A. Patock-Peckham(1), Antonio A. Morgan-Lopez(2), and Mallary Kleeschulte(3) (1)Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri, USA; (2)RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA; (3)Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri, USA Comorbidity of Depression and Alcohol Use Disorders. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 198 pages. Relationships with parental role […]
Debora Ganz and Leo Sher Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA Comorbidity of Depression and Alcohol Use Disorders. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 198 pages. Depression and alcohol abuse both pose extreme threats to adolescent populations. The comorbidity between these diseases has been found to be up to 73 […]
Ty S. Schepis and Uma Rao Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA Comorbidity of Depression and Alcohol Use Disorders. Hauppauge, New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2009, 198 pages. The incidence and prevalence of both depressive […]
