A5071718924- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
- Treatment of Major Depression
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Migraine and Headache Studies
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Perfectionism, Procrastination, Anxiety Studies
- Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics
- Veterinary Oncology Research
- EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment
- Race, Genetics, and Society
Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service
2019-2024
Institute of Behavioral Sciences
2002-2022
University of Pisa
2006-2018
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana
2018
I.R.C.C.S. Oasi Maria SS
2004-2013
Fondazione Stella Maris
2007
Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico
2007
RELX Group (United States)
2006
University of California, San Diego
1996-2001
University of Cambridge
1996
We evaluated the effectiveness of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) in treatment Bipolar Disorder (BD) a large sample bipolar patients with drug resistant depression, mania, mixed state and catatonic features.522 consecutive DSM-IV-TR BD were prior to after ECT course. Responders nonresponders compared subsamples depressed patients. Descriptive analyses reported for mania features.Of original only 22 excluded occurrence side effects or consent withdrawal. After course, 344 (68.8%) considered...
Objective: A substantial portion of juvenile bipolar disorder (BD) has a comorbid attention‐deficit hyperactivity (ADHD). The aim our study was to analyze the cross‐sectional and longitudinal implications such comorbidity in children adolescents with BD. Methods: Ninety‐eight refereed patients (mean age 13.7 ± 3.0 years) diagnosis BD by Schedule for Affective Disorders Schizophrenia School‐Age Children, Present Lifetime version (K‐SADS‐PL) were followed 6 months. Results: Thirty‐seven...
Abstract Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is currently classified as a somatoform in DSM-IV, but has been long noted to have some important similarities with obsessive—compulsive (OCD). In addition, BDD and OCD often reported be comorbid each other. the present study, we compared demographic characteristics, clinical features psychiatric comorbidity patients OCD, or BDD—OCD (34 subjects BDD, 79 24 BDD—OCD). We also pattern of body concerns associated behaviors without comorbidity. our sample,...
Article AbstractBackground: Notwithstanding the emerging literature on comorbidity between obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and bipolar disorder, relatively few systematic data exist clinical characteristics of this interface its treatment. The aim present study is to address challenge as it appears in a setting routine practice. Method: sample comprised 68 patients with comorbid DSM-IV diagnoses OCD major depressive episode admitted treated at day-hospital Department Psychiatry...
Objectives We describe the clinical characteristics and short‐term outcomes of a sample inpatients with bipolar disorder severe catatonic features resistant to pharmacological treatment. Methods The study involved 26 patients, trial benzodiazepines, then treated electroconvulsive therapy ( ECT ). All patients were evaluated prior one week following course using Bush–Francis Catatonia Rating Scale BFCRS ) Clinical Global Impression CGI Results In our sample, women over‐represented (n = 23,...
We describe a consecutive clinical sample of children and adolescents with bipolar disorder to define the pattern comorbid anxiety externalizing disorders (attention-deficit hyperactivity [ADHD] conduct [CD]) explore possible influence such comorbidity on their cross-sectional longitudinal characteristics.The comprised 43 outpatients, 26 boys 17 girls, (mean age 14.9 years, SD 3.1; range 7 18), type I or II, according DSM-IV diagnostic criteria. All patients were screened for psychiatric...
Objective: Previous studies and case observations have suggested that dopamine agonists (DAAs) such as pramipexole (PPX) ropinirole (RPN) might be effective for major depression, but their adjunctive use in treatment-resistant bipolar II depression has not yet been specifically addressed. Method: A chart review was conducted on 18 patients with a DSM-III-R NOS (Bipolar II) depressive episode who were admitted to the day-hospital of Department Psychiatry at University Pisa. DAAs added ongoing...
Past epidemiological and clinical research has identified depression as the most common psychiatric disorder associated with headache. The present study carried out in a neurology headache clinic showed that major associations were current anxiety disorders, especially panic related conditions. These findings particularly true of subgroup migraine aura; relatively few patients mood was nearly always comorbid or other disorders. history mainly characteristic tension group. data are compatible...