A5024664959- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Deception detection and forensic psychology
University of Bari Aldo Moro
2021-2025
Although the COVID-19 pandemic had profound consequences on youths' mental health, few data are available about its longitudinal implications. In this study, from 655 counseling requests by Emergency Room (ER) of University Hospital Bari, we retrospectively examined 380 for psychiatric pediatric subjects, during pre-pandemic, first pandemic, and second wave COVID-19. We found a significant upward trend between 2019 2021 acute psychopathological symptoms (p = 1.469 × 10-5), patients in...
Telemedicine has recently been used for diagnosis and interventions inpatients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), traditionally performed in-person, but little attention paid to user expectations prior its use. The aim of this study is compare the concerns 50 healthcare professionals 45 parents children ASD regarding use telemedicine diagnostic or treatment purposes. Parents have higher as an alternative (p = 0.0223) supplement 0.0061) in-person ASD, well a traditional intervention ≤...
Sleep disorders represent an important comorbidity in individuals with ADHD. While the links between ADHD and sleep disturbances have been extensively investigated, research on management of is relatively limited, albeit expanding.
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a transdiagnostic behavior often found in patients with eating disorders (EDs). Both conditions plateau adolescence and share psychopathological traits. Our study focuses on body image concerns, complex construct associated both NSSI ED, as shared risk factor between the two. This included 73 participants aged 14-24 recruited from Eating Disorders Day Hospital, University Hospital of Bari, Italy, divided into two groups: those an ED (ED + NSSI) without...
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a significant public health issue that particularly affects female adolescents usually emerging during puberty, with subsequent reduction and even remission in the phenomenon later life. The dysregulation of hormonal stress response, cortisol dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S), whose levels increase markedly pubertal adrenarche, has been associated development maintenance wide range emotional disorders. Our study aims to investigate whether different...
A high prevalence of sleep disturbances has been reported in children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention deficit hyperactivity (ADHD), and intellectual disability (ID). The etiology these is heterogeneous and, recently, iron deficiency received increasing attention. This study aims to investigate features NDDs explore a possible correlation between serum status biomarkers qualitative sleep. We included 4- 12-year-old diagnosis ASD,...
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) is the self-inflicted destruction of body tissues without suicidal intent with a prevalence 1.5% to 6.7% in youth population. At present, it not clear which emotional and behavioral components are specifically associated it. Therefore, we studied NSSI clinical sample using Ottawa Self-injury Inventory Barratt Impulsiveness Scale 11. The Mann–Whitney test was used compare numerical responses provided tests. We found 54 patients NSSI, mean age 17 years. Scores...
While denial of pregnancy and neonaticide are rare, they potentially associated share some risk factors. Neonaticide has been proposed as the extreme outcome a pregnancy. However, process leading to such possible is not yet fully understood. The primary goal this essay examine various definitions ambiguities surrounding case young woman with history two denied pregnancies diverse characteristics outcomes, latest which resulted in neonaticide, then reported examined. A forensic psychiatric...
Adolescents with gender dysphoria (GD) often have internalizing symptoms, but the relationship affective bodily investment and emotion dysregulation is actually under-investigated. The aims of this study are: (1) comparison Self-Administrated Psychiatric Scales for Children Adolescents' (SAFA), Body Investment Scale's (BIS), Difficulties in Emotion Regulation (DERS) scores between GD adolescents (n = 30) cisgenders 30), (2) finding correlations body regulation sample, (3) evaluating link...
Although sex and gender differences are well-known in psychiatry, their research the forensic psychiatric population is still limited. This study aimed at bridging this gap by examining gender-specific factors treatment needs among patients who highly dangerous. By retrospectively analyzing data from a 1-year observational on Italian Residences for Execution of Security Measures (REMS) (n = 730), we compared main sociodemographic, clinical, criminological variables between n 80 female 650...
Starting in 2015, the Residencies for Execution of Security Measures (REMS) became place treatment and care dangerous offenders who were acquitted due to a mental disorder Italy. Schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD) personality (PD) are most common psychiatric among REMS patients. This study aimed identify describe potential clinical, therapeutic, criminal-related differences patients with SSD PD. A sample 528 extracted from previous observational retrospective underwent secondary...