L Sher

Summary

Affiliation: Columbia University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The role of endogenous opioids in the placebo effect in post-traumatic stress disorder
    L Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd 11:354-9. 2004
  2. ncbi Suicidal behavior in adolescents with comorbid depression and alcohol abuse
    D Ganz
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
    Minerva Pediatr 61:333-47. 2009
  3. ncbi Preventing suicide
    L Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Suite 2917, Box 42, New York, NY 10032, USA
    QJM 97:677-80. 2004
  4. ncbi The concept of post-traumatic mood disorder and its implications for adolescent suicidal behavior
    L Sher
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Minerva Pediatr 60:1393-9. 2008
  5. ncbi The role of endogenous opioids in the pathophysiology of self-injurious and suicidal behavior
    Leo Sher
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Arch Suicide Res 12:299-308. 2008
  6. ncbi Functional magnetic resonance imaging in studies of neurocognitive effects of alcohol use on adolescents and young adults
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 18:3-7. 2006
  7. ncbi Relation between rates of geriatric suicide and consumption of alcohol beverages in European countries
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    ScientificWorldJournal 6:383-7. 2006
  8. ncbi Modified dexamethasone suppression-corticotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test: A pilot study of young healthy volunteers and implications for alcoholism research in adolescents and young adults
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 18:133-7. 2006
  9. ncbi Alcoholism and suicidal behavior: a clinical overview
    L Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Acta Psychiatr Scand 113:13-22. 2006
  10. ncbi Lower cerebrospinal fluid homovanillic acid levels in depressed suicide attempters
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Box 42, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Affect Disord 90:83-9. 2006

Detail Information

Publications97

  1. ncbi The role of endogenous opioids in the placebo effect in post-traumatic stress disorder
    L Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd 11:354-9. 2004
    ..Further studies of the neurobiology of the placebo effect on patients with PTSD and other psychiatric disorders may produce interesting and important results...
  2. ncbi Suicidal behavior in adolescents with comorbid depression and alcohol abuse
    D Ganz
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
    Minerva Pediatr 61:333-47. 2009
    ..There is a lot that can be done by clinicians, legal and educational professionals and society at large that may help to prevent and treat such problems...
  3. ncbi Preventing suicide
    L Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Suite 2917, Box 42, New York, NY 10032, USA
    QJM 97:677-80. 2004
  4. ncbi The concept of post-traumatic mood disorder and its implications for adolescent suicidal behavior
    L Sher
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Minerva Pediatr 60:1393-9. 2008
    ..Priorities for intervening to reduce adolescent suicidal behavior lie with interventions focused upon the improved recognition, treatment and management of adolescents with psychiatric disorders including PTMD...
  5. ncbi The role of endogenous opioids in the pathophysiology of self-injurious and suicidal behavior
    Leo Sher
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Arch Suicide Res 12:299-308. 2008
    ..Future studies of the role of opioids in the biological mechanisms of NSSI and SB are merited and may lead to the development of new treatment modalities...
  6. ncbi Functional magnetic resonance imaging in studies of neurocognitive effects of alcohol use on adolescents and young adults
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 18:3-7. 2006
    ..fMRI may be uniquely powerful in the delineation of the underlying pathophysiology of alcohol use disorders in adolescents and young adults...
  7. ncbi Relation between rates of geriatric suicide and consumption of alcohol beverages in European countries
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    ScientificWorldJournal 6:383-7. 2006
    ....
  8. ncbi Modified dexamethasone suppression-corticotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test: A pilot study of young healthy volunteers and implications for alcoholism research in adolescents and young adults
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 18:133-7. 2006
    ..Therefore, studies of the HPA system in persons at risk for alcoholism may help understand the neurobiological mechanisms of predisposition to alcoholism...
  9. ncbi Alcoholism and suicidal behavior: a clinical overview
    L Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Acta Psychiatr Scand 113:13-22. 2006
    ..The purpose of this paper was to provide a clinical review of the literature on the relation of alcoholism to suicidal behavior...
  10. ncbi Lower cerebrospinal fluid homovanillic acid levels in depressed suicide attempters
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Box 42, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Affect Disord 90:83-9. 2006
    ....
  11. ncbi Alcohol consumption and suicide
    L Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    QJM 99:57-61. 2006
    ..Middle-age and older men with alcohol dependence and mood disorders are at particularly high risk...
  12. ncbi Relation between rates of suicide in 15-24-year-olds and per capita consumption of alcohol beverages in European countries
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Suite 2917, Box 42 New York, NY 10032, USA
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 17:291-4. 2005
    ..Further studies are necessary to clarify the relation between suicide rates in different age groups and consumption of alcohol beverages...
  13. ncbi Alcohol and adolescent suicide
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Suite 2917, Box 42, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 17:197-203. 2005
    ..Future studies of psychological and neurobiological mechanisms of suicidality in adolescents with alcohol and/or substance abuse are merited...
  14. ncbi Clinical features of depressed patients with or without a family history of alcoholism
    L Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Acta Psychiatr Scand 112:266-71. 2005
    ..To compare clinical features of depressed subjects without alcoholism but with a family history of alcoholism to a depressed group without alcoholism and without a family history of alcoholism...
  15. ncbi Alcohol use and suicide rates
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Suite 2917, Box 42, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Med Hypotheses 65:1010-2. 2005
    ..There may be a broad-based social characteristic related to social stress which is associated with high rates of a variety of stress-related behaviors, including heavy alcohol use and suicide...
  16. ncbi Serotonergic responses in depressed patients with or without a history of alcohol use disorders and healthy controls
    Leo Sher
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 18:692-9. 2008
    ..The difference in prolactin responses between MDD/AUD and MDD only could be attributed to higher aggression scores in the MDD/AUD group compared to the MDD group...
  17. ncbi The relationship between the frequency of alcohol use and suicide rates in young people
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 18:81-5. 2006
    ..We examined the relationship between the percentage of frequently drinking high school students and suicide rates among 15-24 year olds in 17 countries...
  18. ncbi Triggers for suicidal behavior in depressed older adolescents and young adults: do alcohol use disorders make a difference?
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 19:91-8. 2007
    ..We compared demographic and clinical characteristics, prevalence of interpersonal triggers and the number of triggers for suicidal behavior in depressed late adolescents and young adults with or without comorbid alcohol use disorders...
  19. ncbi Functional magnetic resonance imaging in studies of the neurobiology of suicidal behavior in adolescents with alcohol use disorders
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 19:11-8. 2007
    ....
  20. ncbi The role of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction in the pathophysiology of alcohol misuse and suicidal behavior in adolescents
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 19:3-9. 2007
    ..Furthermore, study of biological markers may help us towards an understanding of the neurophysiological substrates of severe dysphoric mood states, alcohol and substance abuse, and suicidal behavior in adolescents...
  21. ncbi Depressed patients with co-occurring alcohol use disorders: a unique patient population
    Leo Sher
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Clin Psychiatry 69:907-15. 2008
    ..Few studies have assessed the impact of comorbid alcohol use disorders (AUDs) on clinical aspects of major depression. We compared depressed subjects with and without co-occurring AUDs with respect to demographic and clinical parameters...
  22. ncbi Risk and protective factors for suicide in patients with alcoholism
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, USA
    ScientificWorldJournal 6:1405-11. 2006
    ..Future studies are necessary to determine which interventions may reduce suicidal behavior in alcoholism...
  23. ncbi Combined dexamethasone suppression-corticotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test in studies of depression, alcoholism, and suicidal behavior
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, USA
    ScientificWorldJournal 6:1398-404. 2006
    ..The combined DEX-CRH test may become a useful neuroendocrinological tool for evaluating psychiatric patients...
  24. ncbi Positron emission tomography study of regional brain metabolic responses to a serotonergic challenge in major depressive disorder with and without comorbid lifetime alcohol dependence
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 17:608-15. 2007
    ..The fact that the observed group difference disappeared after the fenfluramine challenge suggests that serotonergic mechanisms play a role in the observed differences between the groups...
  25. ncbi A prospective study of the association of cerebrospinal fluid monoamine metabolite levels with lethality of suicide attempts in patients with bipolar disorder
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Bipolar Disord 8:543-50. 2006
    ....
  26. ncbi Alcohol and suicide: neurobiological and clinical aspects
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, USA
    ScientificWorldJournal 6:700-6. 2006
    ..The management of suicidal patients with alcohol use disorders is also discussed. It is to be hoped that the efforts of clinicians will reduce morbidity and mortality associated with alcohol misuse...
  27. ncbi CSF monoamine metabolites and lethality of suicide attempts in depressed patients with alcohol dependence
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 17:12-5. 2007
    ..We sought to study the relationship of CSF monoamine metabolites to lethality of suicidal acts in depressed subjects with comorbid alcoholism...
  28. ncbi Depression and suicidal behavior in alcohol abusing adolescents: possible role of selenium deficiency
    L Sher
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
    Minerva Pediatr 60:201-9. 2008
    ..Healthy nutrition and possibly mineral supplementations should be a part of the treatment plan of adolescents with alcohol use disorders especially when alcohol misuse is comorbid with depression...
  29. ncbi Effect of acute alcohol use on the lethality of suicide attempts in patients with mood disorders
    Leo Sher
    Department of Psychiatry, Division of Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Suite 2917, Box 42, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Psychiatr Res 43:901-5. 2009
    ..Acute alcohol use increases the lethality of suicide attempts in individuals with mood disorders...
  30. ncbi The relationship of aggression to suicidal behavior in depressed patients with a history of alcoholism
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Suite 2917, Box 42, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Addict Behav 30:1144-53. 2005
    ..The reason for higher rate of suicide and suicide attempts in comorbid subjects is uncertain. We explored clinical characteristics that may be associated with this increased suicidality...
  31. ncbi The concept of post-traumatic mood disorder
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Suite 2917 Box 42, New York, NY 10032, United States
    Med Hypotheses 65:205-10. 2005
    ....
  32. ncbi Depression and alcoholism
    L Sher
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    QJM 97:237-40. 2004
  33. ncbi The number of previous depressive episodes is positively associated with cortisol response to fenfluramine administration
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Suite 2917, Box 42, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1032:283-6. 2004
    ..Our finding highlights the importance of possible cumulative effects of repeated episodes of major depression. Prevention and early recognition of depressive episodes may prevent these cumulative adverse effects...
  34. ncbi Higher cerebrospinal fluid homovanillic acid levels in depressed patients with comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Suite 2917, Box 42, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 15:203-9. 2005
    ..Higher dopaminergic activity may contribute to alterations in memory and other cognitive functions, anhedonia, and hypervigilance observed in PTSD...
  35. ncbi Age effects on cortisol levels in depressed patients with and without comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder, and healthy volunteers
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Suite 2917, Box 42, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Affect Disord 82:53-9. 2004
    ..Therefore, we examined the effect of age on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) system in depressed patients with and without PTSD...
  36. ncbi Higher cortisol levels in spring and fall in patients with major depression
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 29:529-34. 2005
    ..This study sought to determine whether there is a seasonal effect on clinical parameters, baseline cortisol and prolactin levels, and cortisol and prolactin responses to fenfluramine administration in subjects with major depression...
  37. ncbi Type D personality: the heart, stress, and cortisol
    L Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    QJM 98:323-9. 2005
    ..Further studies of the psychological and biological features of type D individuals may help develop treatment approaches to improve the psychological and physical health of individuals with type D personality...
  38. ncbi A model of suicidal behavior in war veterans with posttraumatic mood disorder
    Leo Sher
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Suite 2917, Box 42, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Med Hypotheses 73:215-9. 2009
    ..Every nation, every generation, faces traumas that cause suicide. The world needs to deal with this and it is one thing that the world can come together on...
  39. ncbi A comparison of the medical lethality of suicide attempts in bipolar and major depressive disorders
    Gil Zalsman
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Bipolar Disord 8:558-65. 2006
    ....
  40. ncbi Objections to suicide among depressed patients with alcohol use disorders
    Randall Richardson-Vejlgaard
    Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, United States
    J Affect Disord 117:197-201. 2009
    ..One measure of suicide non-acceptability is the Moral Objections to Suicide (MOS) subscale of the Reasons for Living Inventory (RFLI)...
  41. ncbi Is impulsivity a link between childhood abuse and suicide?
    M Dolores Braquehais
    Department of Psychiatry Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Compr Psychiatry 51:121-9. 2010
    ..Prevention of childhood abuse could significantly reduce suicidal behavior in adolescents and adults, in part, through a decrease in the frequency of impulsive behaviors in the future...
  42. ncbi Suicidal behavior in adolescents with post-traumatic stress disorder
    D Ganz
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Minerva Pediatr 62:363-70. 2010
    ..However, when prescribing medications, physicians do need to be careful to consider the weaknesses and strengths of each of the pharmacological options as they apply to adolescents presenting with PTSD and suicidality...
  43. ncbi Association between familial suicidal behavior and frequency of attempts among depressed suicide attempters
    D Lizardi
    School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
    Acta Psychiatr Scand 119:406-10. 2009
    ..The current study aimed to examine whether a family history of suicidal acts predicts severity of suicide attempts...
  44. ncbi Does first episode polarity predict risk for suicide attempt in bipolar disorder?
    Sadia R Chaudhury
    Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Box 42, New York, NY 10032, United States
    J Affect Disord 104:245-50. 2007
    ..We tested the hypothesis that the polarity of a patient's first mood episode would be a marker for BD subtypes with differential risk for suicidality...
  45. ncbi Family history of suicidal behavior and early traumatic experiences: additive effect on suicidality and course of bipolar illness?
    Juan J Carballo
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, United States
    J Affect Disord 109:57-63. 2008
    ..Bipolar disorder (BD) is associated with a high prevalence of suicide attempt and completion. Family history of suicidal behavior and personal history of childhood abuse are reported risk factors for suicide among BD subjects...
  46. ncbi Recognizing alcohol and drug abuse in patients with eating disorders
    A H Conason
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Suite 2917, Box 42, New York, NY 10032, USA
    QJM 99:335-9. 2006
    ..More studies are needed to understand psychobiological mechanisms of this comorbidity, and to develop treatments for individuals with comorbid eating disorders and substance misuse...
  47. ncbi Childhood abuse, adult alcohol use disorders and suicidal behaviour
    N Makhija
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    QJM 100:305-9. 2007
    ....
  48. ncbi Pleiotropy of the serotonin transporter gene for seasonality and neuroticism
    L Sher
    Section on Biological Rhythms, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Psychiatr Genet 10:125-30. 2000
    ..Sibling-pair analysis confirmed that the effects of the 5-HTTLPR are due to genetic pleiotropy rather than population stratification...
  49. ncbi Aetiology and pathogenesis of mood disorders
    L Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    QJM 96:309-13. 2003
  50. ncbi Early response to light therapy partially predicts long-term antidepressant effects in patients with seasonal affective disorder
    L Sher
    Section on Biological Rhythms, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
    J Psychiatry Neurosci 26:336-8. 2001
    ..To determine if the antidepressant effect of 1 hour of light therapy is predictive of the response after 1 and 2 weeks of treatment in patients with seasonal affective disorder (SAD)...
  51. ncbi DRD4 receptor gene exon III polymorphism in inpatient suicidal adolescents
    G Zalsman
    Geha Mental Health Center, Petach Tikva, Tel Aviv, Israel
    J Neural Transm 111:1593-603. 2004
    ..003). The relevance of this finding to increased depression severity in suicidal adolescents, if replicated, is as yet unclear...
  52. ncbi Relationships between serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism, platelet serotonin transporter binding and clinical phenotype in suicidal and non-suicidal adolescent inpatients
    G Zalsman
    Adolescent Inpatient Department and Research Unit, Geha Mental Health Center, Petach Tikva, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    J Neural Transm 112:309-15. 2005
    ..40; p=.027) and a negative correlation between platelet count and trait anxiety (n=32, r=-.42; p=.034) were observed...
  53. ncbi Ethnicity and the relationship between adolescent alcohol use and suicidal behavior
    Shelly A Groves
    Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 19:19-25. 2007
    ..Cultural differences in alcohol consumption may account for disparities, however future research is needed to further examine cultural trends in suicidal behavior and alcoholism...
  54. ncbi Preventing suicide in adolescents with alcohol use disorders
    Nita J Makhija
    Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York 10032, USA
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 19:53-9. 2007
    ..Through beginning prevention efforts at a young age, it is hopeful that both alcohol misuse and adolescent suicide can be reduced...
  55. ncbi Treatment of depressed bipolar patients with alcohol use disorders: plenty of room for improvement
    Enrique Baca-Garcia
    Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, NYS Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York 10032, USA
    J Affect Disord 115:262-8. 2009
    ..We hypothesize that the adequacy of antidepressant treatment and the compliance with treatment for those with AUD are lower than for those without AUD...
  56. ncbi The role of the pediatrician in preventing suicide in adolescents with alcohol use disorders
    Juan J Carballo
    Division of Child Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 19:61-5. 2007
    ....
  57. ncbi Pathological personality traits and suicidal ideation among older adolescents and young adults with alcohol misuse: a pilot case-control study in a primary care setting
    Juan J Carballo
    Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 19:79-89. 2007
    ..To compare the clinical and demographic characteristics of older adolescents and young adults with and without alcohol misuse in a primary care setting...
  58. ncbi Perceived reasons for living at index hospitalization and future suicide attempt
    Dana Lizardi
    Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, New York 10027, USA
    J Nerv Ment Dis 195:451-5. 2007
    ..Perceived reasons for living serve as protective factors against suicide attempt in women and not in men...
  59. ncbi Quality of depression among suicidal inpatient youth
    Anat Brunstein Klomek
    Department of Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
    Arch Suicide Res 12:133-40. 2008
    ..The distinctive quality of depression among suicidal adolescents suggests assessment and treatment strategies for these individuals...
  60. ncbi Prolactin response to fenfluramine administration in patients with unipolar and bipolar depression and healthy controls
    Leo Sher
    Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Suite 2917, Box 42, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Psychoneuroendocrinology 28:559-73. 2003
    ..The lack of difference in the response to fenfluramine administration between unipolar and bipolar depressed patients may indicate that overall serotonergic function in unipolar and bipolar depressed patients is similarly impaired...
  61. ncbi Clinical predictors of suicidal acts after major depression in bipolar disorder: a prospective study
    Hanga Galfalvy
    Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Bipolar Disord 8:586-95. 2006
    ..This study determined the clinical predictors of suicidal behavior during a 2-year follow-up of patients with bipolar disorder presenting with a major depressive episode (MDE)...
  62. ncbi Are high-lethality suicide attempters with bipolar disorder a distinct phenotype?
    Maria A Oquendo
    Division of Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Arch Suicide Res 13:247-56. 2009
    ..A subset of high-lethality attempters make only high-lethality attempts. However, presence of previous low-lethality attempts does not indicate that risk for more lethal, possibly successful, attempts is reduced...
  63. ncbi Moral objections to suicide and suicidal ideation among mood disordered Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics
    Randall Richardson-Vejlgaard
    Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Psychiatr Res 43:360-5. 2009
    ..This study examined the MOS and suicidal ideation of White, Black, and Hispanic individuals with mood disorders. We expected minority individuals to have stronger objections to suicide...
  64. ncbi Are BPI and BPII suicide attempters distinct neuropsychologically?
    Jill M Harkavy-Friedman
    New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, USA
    J Affect Disord 94:255-9. 2006
    ..Neuropsychological functioning is a means of understanding similarities and differences between diagnostic groups...
  65. ncbi Prevalence of alcohol misuse among adolescents and young adults evaluated in a primary care setting
    Juan J Carballo
    Puerta de Hierro Hospital, Universidad Autonoma, Madrid, Spain
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 18:197-202. 2006
    ..To determine the prevalence of alcohol misuse among older adolescents and young adults evaluated in a primary care setting using the CAGE questionnaire...
  66. ncbi Non-suicidal self-injurious behavior, endogenous opioids and monoamine neurotransmitters
    Barbara Stanley
    Department of Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York 10032, USA
    J Affect Disord 124:134-40. 2010
    ..This behavior, particularly when there is no apparent suicidal intent, is poorly understood from both biological and clinical perspectives...
  67. ncbi Daily hassles, cortisol, and the pathogenesis of depression
    Leo Sher
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Suite 2917, PO Box 42, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Med Hypotheses 62:198-202. 2004
    ....
  68. ncbi Correlates of suicide attempt history in bipolar disorder: a stress-diathesis perspective
    Michael F Grunebaum
    Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Bipolar Disord 8:551-7. 2006
    ..We sought to identify such factors and to consider them within a stress-diathesis model of suicidal behavior...
  69. ncbi Family-based association study of 5-HT(2A) receptor T102C polymorphism and suicidal behavior in Ashkenazi inpatient adolescents
    Gil Zalsman
    Child and Adolescent Division, Geha Mental Health Center, Petach Tikva, and a Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 17:231-8. 2005
    ..This study used a family-based method and one homogenous ethnic group to overcome ethnic stratification in order to test this association...
  70. ncbi Aggression and substance abuse in bipolar disorder
    Michael F Grunebaum
    Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Bipolar Disord 8:496-502. 2006
    ..We also explored the chronology of onset of mood and SUD...
  71. ncbi Lower CSF homovanillic acid levels in depressed patients with a history of alcoholism
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 28:1712-9. 2003
    ..Low CSF HVA suggests that impaired dopaminergic activity is associated with a history of alcoholism in persons with current MDE...
  72. ncbi Alcohol and suicidal behavior in adolescents
    L Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, NY, USA
    Minerva Pediatr 58:333-9. 2006
    ..Future studies of psychological and neurobiological mechanisms of suicidality in adolescents with alcohol and/or substance abuse are merited...
  73. ncbi The placebo effect on mood and behavior: possible role of opioid and dopamine modulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system
    L Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York 10032, USA
    Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd 10:61-8. 2003
    ..Future studies of the neurobiology of the placebo response may yield interesting and important results...
  74. ncbi Alcoholism and seasonal affective disorder
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Compr Psychiatry 45:51-6. 2004
    ..Both mental health and drug and alcohol professionals should be provided with education to assist with appropriate identification, management, and referral of patients presenting with comorbid alcoholism and SAD...
  75. ncbi Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and suicidal behavior
    L Sher
    Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, James J Peters Veterans Administration Medical Center, 130 West Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, New York 10468, USA
    QJM 104:455-8. 2011
    ..It is to be hoped that the studies of the neurobiology of suicidal behavior will lead to the development of new methods of suicide prevention...
  76. ncbi Psychotherapy in the treatment of alcohol and substance abusing adolescents with suicidal behavior
    Alexis H Conason
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 18:9-13. 2006
    ..Further research is needed to determine the efficacy of various treatments of alcohol and substance abusing adolescents with suicidal behavior...
  77. ncbi Alcohol use in adolescents with eating disorders
    Alexis H Conason
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 18:31-6. 2006
    ..Teaching healthy ways to cope with the stressful situations may also help decrease alcohol use and disordered eating behaviors...
  78. ncbi Etiology, pathogenesis, and treatment of seasonal and non-seasonal mood disorders: possible role of circadian rhythm abnormalities related to developmental alcohol exposure
    Leo Sher
    Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Suite 2917, P O Box 42, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Med Hypotheses 62:797-801. 2004
    ..Therefore, subtle circadian rhythm abnormalities related to developmental alcohol exposure may affect treatment response in patients with mood disorders...
  79. ncbi Is there circannual variation of human platelet 5-HT(2A) binding in depression?
    Vadim D Khait
    Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
    J Affect Disord 71:249-58. 2002
    ..Seasonal variations in onset of mood disorders and in serotonergic function are reported, but their relationship is unclear...
  80. ncbi Secondary prevention of suicide
    Debora Ganz
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
    PLoS Med 7:e1000271. 2010
    ..Leo Sher and colleagues discuss recent research on interventions to prevent secondary suicide and discuss the additional research that is needed...
  81. ncbi The constitutionality of random drug and alcohol testing of students in secondary schools
    Irene Estrin
    Administration, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 18:21-5. 2006
    ..Drug and alcohol testing programs in secondary schools may still be challenged on its legality. Therefore, examining court sanctioned programs and their long-term efficacy statistics is recommended...
  82. ncbi Post-traumatic stress disorder: the importance of recognition
    Leo Sher
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 38:84. 2004
  83. ncbi Cortisol and recurrent depressive episodes
    Leo Sher
    Gen Hosp Psychiatry 26:241-2. 2004
  84. ncbi Life events, cortisol, and depression
    Leo Sher
    Psychother Psychosom 72:289-90. 2003
  85. ncbi Type D personality, stress, and cortisol
    Leo Sher
    J Psychosom Res 57:117-8. 2004
  86. ncbi Posttraumatic mood disorder: a new concept
    Leo Sher
    Can J Psychiatry 50:127-8. 2005
  87. ncbi Psychological autopsy studies: the role of alcohol use in adolescent and young adult suicides
    Lucas Giner
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Seville, Spain
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 19:99-113. 2007
    ..Alcohol abusers seem to be prone to both suicide attempts and completions. The relationship between alcohol abuse and suicide in adolescence is complex...
  88. ncbi Plasma serotonin levels and suicidal behavior in adolescents
    Samuel Tyano
    Child and Adolescent Division, Geha Mental Health Center, Petach Tikva, Israel
    Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 16:49-57. 2006
    ..The biological mechanism behind the serotonin dysregulation in suicidal adolescents requires further investigation...
  89. ncbi Dopamine and the pathophysiology of suicidal behavior in alcoholism
    Leo Sher
    Med Hypotheses 66:1043-4. 2006
  90. ncbi Serotonin and suicidal behavior in patients with comorbid depression and alcoholism
    Leo Sher
    Am J Addict 15:198. 2006
  91. ncbi Clinical characteristics of inpatient adolescents with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder
    Gal Shoval
    Adolescent Inpatient Unit, Geha Mental Health Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel
    Depress Anxiety 23:62-70. 2006
    ..These characteristics should be taken into account when developing a treatment plan for these difficult-to-treat inpatients...
  92. ncbi A 10-year retrospective study of inpatient adolescents with schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder and substance use
    Gal Shoval
    Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Geha Mental Health Center, Petah Tiqva 49100, Israel
    Compr Psychiatry 48:1-7. 2007
    ..Adolescent inpatients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective who use substances possess differential clinical characteristics and particular correlates that justify adopting a specific approach to this high-risk clinical subgroup...
  93. ncbi Substance use, suicidality, and adolescent-onset schizophrenia: an Israeli 10-year retrospective study
    Gal Shoval
    Adolescent Inpatient Unit, Geha Mental Health Center, Petah Tiqva, Israel
    J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 16:767-75. 2006
    ..The aim of this study was to investigate the link between the use of specific types of substances and suicidality in adolescent inpatients with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder...
  94. ncbi Parental alcoholism predicts suicidal behavior in adolescents and young adults with cannabis dependence
    Mikkel Arendt
    Centre for Basic Psychiatric Research, Aarhus University Hospital, Risskov, Denmark
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 19:67-77. 2007
    ..Little is known about the association between cannabis abuse/dependence, comorbid alcohol and substance use, depression, suicidal ideation and suicidal behavior...
  95. ncbi Withdrawal symptoms do not predict relapse among subjects treated for cannabis dependence
    Mikkel Arendt
    Centre for Basic Psychiatric Research, Aarhus University Hospital, Risskov, Denmark
    Am J Addict 16:461-7. 2007
    ..Withdrawal scores at baseline did not predict relapse during follow-up...
  96. ncbi Cerebrospinal fluid monoamine metabolites and suicide
    Leo Sher
    Nord J Psychiatry 61:233-4. 2007
  97. ncbi Preventing suicide among depressed patients in primary care practice
    Juan J Carballo
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 41:295-6. 2007