A5090734374- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Treatment of Major Depression
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Infant Health and Development
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli
2012-2025
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico
2007-2025
Toulouse School of Economics
2024-2025
Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
2024
University of Basel
2022
ORCID
2021
University of Brescia
2017-2018
University of Trieste
2014
Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders
2012
University of Pennsylvania
2012
Adolescents have been deeply exposed to negative consequences of social distancing imposed by Covid-19. There is a lack longitudinal studies regarding the impact on adolescents this unfavorable condition, and their results are controversial. The aim present prospective study assess psychopathological symptoms in adolescent students over time evaluate what type Covid-19 pandemic had adolescents. Moreover, association between mental health indexes, potential risk resilience factors...
Abstract Background Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a severe mental characterized by emotional dysregulation, impulsive behaviors, and difficulties in interpersonal relationships. Despite the poor understanding of underlying biological processes, oxytocin (OXT) system may be involved mediate some BPD’s symptomatic behavioral aspects. To clarify OXT’s role BPD, we assessed its plasma levels modulations induced psychotherapies patients. Methods Fifty BPD patients 28 healthy controls...
Low amyloid β42 (Aβ42) and high total tau phosphorylated (p-tau) concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) are biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease (AD), reflecting brain deposition plaques tangles. Age apolipoprotein E allele E4 two strong risk factors for AD, but few data still available on their effect CSF markers normal aging.To study age Aβ42, tau, p-tau levels a well-characterized group cognitively subjects.CSF Aβ42 81 subjects (27% female, 53 ± 15.3 years, range: 21-88) were...
To explore differences in mindfulness facets among patients with a diagnosis of either obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), major depressive (MDD), or borderline personality (BPD), and healthy controls (HC), their associations clinical features.One hundred fifty-three 50 HC underwent assessment including measures (Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire - FFMQ), psychopathological symptoms (Symptom Check List-90-R), dissociation (Dissociative Experience Scale), alexithymia (Alexithymia Scale...
An increasing number of young people have made contact with the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). However, only a small proportion population emotional problems, actually seek specialized care. Research concerning help-seeking process pathways to care clinical sample could help develop effective health policies facilitate access care.To analyze pattern for CAMHS, reasons consecutive first-time patients. Our aim was association between source referral, socio-demographic...
Abstract Background To date, no studies have assessed in detail the characteristics, organisation, and functioning of Child Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). This information gap represents a major limitation for researchers clinicians because most mental disorders their onset childhood or adolescence, effective interventions can therefore represent factor avoiding chronicity. Interventions health care are delivered by through services, not individual, private clinicians, drawbacks...
Personality traits provide a description of individual emotional and cognitive processes that modulate thoughts, feelings behaviour. Few studies have investigated the relationship personality with depression anxiety in general Italian population. The aim present study was to replicate previous evidences about association population sample. We recruited 418 volunteers through different sources; such as university, newspaper advertisement, hospital, elderly association. 327 subjects accepted...
Calati R, Pedrini L, Alighieri S, Alvarez MI, Desideri Durante D, Favero F, Iero Magnani G, Pericoli V, Polmonari A, Raggini Raimondi E, Riboni Scaduto MC, Serretti De Girolamo G. Is cognitive behavioural therapy an effective complement to antidepressants in adolescents? A meta-analysis. Objective: Evidence on effectiveness of combined treatments versus alone adolescents consists a few studies both major depressive and anxiety disorders. meta-analysis randomised 12-week follow-up which...
Changes in lifestyle during the pandemic may have predisposed adolescents to vulnerability poor mental health. This study aims evaluate these changes and their association with course of anxiety. A prospective was conducted 153 participants (16 years old, 72% female) who were assessed before (T0, November 2019-January 2020) one year later (T1, April-May 2021). Lifestyle habits (free-time activities, maladaptive behaviors, sleep, screen use) anxiety measured. Data concerning experiences...
This study evaluated levels and risk factors of burnout in a sample mental health professionals employed nonhospital psychiatric residential facilities northern Italy.Nurses, nurse assistants, educators completed questionnaire evaluating demographic variables, (Maslach Burnout Inventory), job characteristics (Job Diagnostic Survey), workload, relationships with colleagues, support from supervising coordinators. A total 202 (83% response rate) questionnaires were analyzed. Logistic linear...
<b><i>Background:</i></b> Bipolar disorder (BD) has been associated with temperamental and personality traits, although the relationship is still to be fully elucidated. Several studies investigated genetic basis of temperament character, identifying catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT), brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene variants as strong candidates. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> In GECO-BIP study, 125 BD...
Abstract Background Emotion Dysregulation (ED), childhood trauma and personality are linked to the occurrence of maladaptive behaviours in adolescence which, turn, may be related increased risk for psychopathology life course. We sought explore relationship among different clusters ED, clinical features (i.e. impulsivity, maltreatment, anxiety, depressive symptoms) traits that have been found associated Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), a sample 179 adolescent students. Methods Multiple...
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a complex and debilitating disorder, characterized by deficits in metacognition emotion dysregulation. The "gold standard" treatment for this disorder psychotherapy with pharmacotherapy as an adjunctive to target state symptoms. present randomized clinical trial aims assess the neurobiological changes following Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy (MIT) compared Structured Clinical Management (SCM) derived from specific recommendations APA (American...
ARTIOLI G., CASSARO M., PEDRINI L., BORGATO CORTI CAPPETTA A., LOMBARDI G. & NICOLETTO M.O. (2010) European Journal of Cancer Care19, 694–698 Rare presentation endometrial carcinoma with singular bone metastasis The major symptom at diagnosis cancer is post-menopausal bleeding; it present in around 90% cases. Singular described as an uncommon site for diagnosis, showing just 5–6% In this report we describe a rare because woman previous early breast cancer. A review literature uncovered some...