Winston Churchill
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. –Winston Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965)
Higher cerebrospinal fluid homovanillic acid levels in depressed patients with comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder.
Sher L, Oquendo MA, Li S, Burke AK, Grunebaum MF, Zalsman G, Huang YY, Mann JJ.Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.Eur Neuropsychopharmacol. 2005 Mar;15(2):203-9. Major depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are often comorbid, resulting in more impairment compared than with either diagnosis […]
Age effects on cortisol levels in depressed patients with and without comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder, and healthy volunteers.
Sher L, Oquendo MA, Galfalvy HC, Cooper TB, Mann JJ.Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.J Affect Disord. 2004 Oct 1;82(1):53-9. BACKGROUND: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depression are frequently comorbid. Age and major depression are associated with higher cortisol levels and dexamethasone resistance, whereas PTSD is associated with […]
Donatella Marazziti, M.D.
Donatella Marazziti, M.D. Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Neurobiologia, Farmacologia e Biotecnologie University of Pisa,via Roma 67, 56100 Pisa, Italy. Career summary When I enrolled in the Medical School of Medicine in Pisa (Italy) I had no idea just what type of doctor I wished to become; I was interested in the human being as a whole […]
The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and serotonin abnormalities: a selective overview for the implications of suicide prevention
Pompili M, Serafini G, Innamorati M, Möller-Leimkühler AM, Giupponi G, Girardi P, Tatarelli R, Lester D.Department of Psychiatry, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa, Rome, ItalyEur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2010 Feb 20. Suicidal behavior and mood disorders are one of the world’s largest public health problems. The biological vulnerability for these problems includes genetic factors […]
Book Publishing News – March 2010
Leo Sher, M.D. Three groundbreaking books, “War and Suicide,” “Suicide in the Military,” and “Terror and Suicide” edited by Leo Sher and Alexander Vilens have just been published by Nova Science Publishers (New York). The publication of these books reflects an increasing interest in the relation between war, violence, stress, and suicide. These unique books […]
Conference News – March 2010
Leo Sher, M.D. The VII World Congress on Depressive Disorders and the International Symposium on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder will be held in Mendoza, Argentina, on August 19-21, 2010. The Congress is organized by the Institute of Neuroscience and Medical Humanities, Faculty of Medical Sciences, National University of Cuyo, Argentina. Dr. Jorge Nazar is the President […]
“Terror and Suicide” has been published!
Leo Sher, M.D. The book, “Terror and Suicide” edited by Leo Sher and Alexander Vilens has just been published by Nova Science Publishers in New York. Terrorism is a form of warfare that has become a global concern in the contemporary world. This book is mostly dedicated to suicidal terrorism. The impact of terrorist attacks […]
Sustainable Health Care?
Said Shahtahmasebi, Ph.D. Environmental changes including global warming over recent decades have stressed the reality that the earth’s resources are not infinite. Depleting resources has given additional importance to the idea of ‘sustainability’. To slow down global change world leaders have met and decided on targets and actions. We have seen sustainable housing, sustainable farming, […]
PTSD, depression and suicidal behavior in war veterans
Leo Sher, M.D. Suicidal behavior among war veterans may frequently be related to depression and/or PTSD (1-5). The risk of suicide attempts among the PTSD population is six times greater than in the general population (2) and even higher among treatment seeking war veterans with PTSD (3). Several years ago, I proposed that some or […]