- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Treatment of Major Depression
- Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Action Observation and Synchronization
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Neurology and Historical Studies
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Language Development and Disorders
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Embodied and Extended Cognition
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
Azienda Unita' Sanitaria Locale di Parma
2016-2025
University of Parma
2015-2025
Ospedale Maggiore
2015-2024
Ospedale di Parma
2024
Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
2016-2024
International Neuromodulation Society
2018
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
2017
ASL Roma
2011-2012
The goal of schizophrenia treatment has shifted from symptom reduction and relapse prevention to functional recovery; however, recovery rates remain low. Prospective identification variables associated with real-life functioning domains is essential for personalized integrated programs.To assess whether baseline illness-related variables, personal resources, context-related factors are work skills, interpersonal relationships, everyday life skills at 4-year follow-up.This multicenter...
Emotional facial expression is an important low-level mechanism contributing to the experience of empathy, thereby lying at core social interaction. Schizophrenia associated with pervasive cognitive impairments, including emotional processing expressions. In this study we test a novel paradigm in order investigate evaluation content perceived emotions presented through dynamic expressive stimuli, mimicry evoked by same and their functional relation. Fifteen healthy controls 15 patients...
Abstract Background and Hypothesis A primary disruption of the bodily self is considered a core feature schizophrenia (SCZ). The “disembodied” might be underpinned by inefficient body-related multisensory integration processes, normally occurring in peripersonal space (PPS), plastic sector surrounding body whose extent altered SCZ. Although PPS malleable interface marking perceptual border between others, no study has addressed potential alteration its plasticity We investigated SCZ patients...
Abstract Childhood obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) stems from a bunch of restricted and repetitive behaviors, which are part normal behavioral repertoire up to the age 7. The persistence compulsive-like behaviors after that is often associated with unique comorbidity patterns, age-at-onset dependent reflect different developmental stages. In particular, OCD synchronically co-occurs broad constellation neurodevelopmental disorders, whereas diachronically it related an increased risk major...
Depression is an established risk factor for acute coronary syndrome (ACS), with impact on cardiac prognosis; nonetheless, the literature disagrees role played by anxiety. No study has evaluated this relationship in a population no history of depression and after their first diagnosis ACS. The aim to explore these associations without confounding long-lasting heart disease or psychiatric illnesses.Two hundred sixty-six patients completed Hospital Anxiety Scale Primary Care Evaluation Mental...
Current diagnostic systems, DSM-5 and ICD-10, still adopt a categorical approach to classify psychotic disorders. The present study was aimed at investigating the structure of symptomatology in both affective non-affective psychosis from dimensional approach.Participants with first episode (FEP) were recruited cluster-randomized controlled trial (GET-UP PIANO TRIAL), offered all Community Mental Health Centres (CMHCs) located across two northern Italian regions. After clinical stabilization,...
Abstract A consensus has not yet been reached regarding the accuracy of people with schizophrenia in self-reporting their real-life functioning. In a large ( n = 618) cohort stable, community-dwelling patients we sought to: (1) examine concordance patients’ reports functioning key caregiver; (2) identify which patient characteristics are associated to differences between and informants. Patient-caregiver ratings three Specific Level Functioning Scale (SLOF) domains (interpersonal...