A5057256929- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Family Support in Illness
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Sleep and related disorders
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Congenital heart defects research
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Psychology and Mental Health
- Neurological and metabolic disorders
- Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
Sapienza University of Rome
2012-2024
Policlinico Umberto I
2014-2024
Pregnancy is a crucial transition moment exposing women to potential mental health problems, especially depressive disturbances. Sociodemographic, pregnancy-related, and psychological factors have been related symptoms in the perinatal period. This study aims at (1) exploring personality individual with symptoms, (2) testing mediating role of relation between characteristics woman's family origin symptoms.Women period admitted gynecology unit for motherhood-related routine assessments (n =...
Background . This study aims to verify if the presence and severity of perinatal depression are related any particular pattern attachment. Methods The started with a screening sample 453 women in their third trimester pregnancy, who were administered survey data form, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) Experience Close Relationship (ECR). A clinical group subjects (PND, 89 subjects) was selected compared control (C), regarding psychopathological variables attachment patterns....
Background . To assess personality characteristics of women who develop perinatal depression. Methods The study started with a screening sample 453 in their third trimester pregnancy, to which was administered survey data form, the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2 (MMPI-2). A clinical group subjects depression (PND, 55 subjects) selected; validity scales MMPI-2 were used as predictors hierarchical cluster analysis carried out....
Several studies focused on mothers' psychopathological and environmental risk factors linked to filicide, understand the genesis of this violent act. Considering transition motherhood a critical period for any woman, requiring activation deep personality resources, aim study was detect, in sample 16 filicide women hospitalized Italian Forensic Psychiatric Hospitals, recurrent characteristics with specific focus traits. Women were assessed using Structured Clinical Interview DSM-IV Axis I...
This study investigates the prevalence of post partum depression (PPD) in a sample Roman women, and role socio-demographic variables, personality structure maternal attachment patterns, order to identify primary secondary prevention strategies.Data were collected two phases. During third trimester pregnancy, 453 women completed data sheet Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). Among patients scoring 12 or more at EPDS, 15 entered second phase SCID-II Adult Attachment Interview. PPD...
The aim of the present study is to explore effect early neuro-psychomotor therapy improve theory mind skills and emotion recognition in children with neurodevelopmental disorders. A pilot was set up, consisting in-group training activities based on approach. Children were evaluated using Neuropsychological Assessment for Child (Nepsy-II), Test Emotion Comprehension (TEC), Social Communication Questionnaire (SCQ). For data analysis, one-sample Wilcoxon signed rank test used a significance p <...
This study aims to examine whether the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), excluding self-harm item (EPDS-9), performs as effectively full EPDS in identifying depression among perinatal women.
Purpose Increased inflammation has been described as consistently associated with depression. Moreover, the pro-inflammatory pattern was found in women a history of trauma irrespective major depression diagnosis. In this study, we explored possible association inflammatory markers perinatal (PND), measuring serum levels cytokines (IL-6, TNF-a, IFN-γ), acute phase proteins (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), cortisol and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) at second trimester...
Objectives: The aims of this study were to: (1) explore sleep problems in preschool children with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), selective mutism (SM), and oppositional defiant (ODD) (2) examine the relationship between stressful life events, problems, emotional behavior disorders preschoolers. Methods: parents 213 SM, GAD, ODD, TD (typical development, age range 2-6 years) completed Children's Sleep Habits Questionnaire (CSHQ), Coddington Life Events Scale, version (CLES-P), CBCL 1½-5....
BACKGROUND: Specific screening for anxiety and depression in pregnant women is important to identify those at risk provide timely intervention. The aims of the study were: 1) compare four groups belonging types healthcare centers distinguished by level risk: low-risk; high-risk an obstetric reason; fetal anomalies; psychiatric conditions 2) response that National Health Service offers positively screened depression.METHODS: A cross-sectional was conducted on 2801 women, cared Service,...
Filicide is an act of terrible violence that generates dismay and astonishment invites everybody to ask: why?As the transition motherhood a critical period for any woman, requiring activation deep personality resources, aim this study was deepen our knowledge profiles new mothers by comparing sample 16 women who had killed their own child ("filicide mothers") with murdered someone outside family ("non-family homicide women").All similar psychiatric diagnosis, as assessed Structured Clinical...
Attachment theory has been linked with the caregiving system, acting as a drive for mother's behavior towards her offspring. The most dramatic consequence of distress following maternity is filicide. Despite this, only few studies addressed attachment models women who committed filicide, and very little provided comparisons mothers diagnosed post-partum depression.We described socio-demographic psychopathological characteristics Our aim was to detect differences in between depression control...
Several studies focused on mothers' psychopathological and environmental risk factors linked to filicide, but few explored personality characteristics of these women. Considering that the transition motherhood requires activation deep resources, aim this report is describe profile attachment style a woman who killed her 5-year-old son tried kill 3-months-old daughter. The was assessed using Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I (SCID-I), Graphical Tests, Big Five Inventory (BFI),...
This study aims to investigate the influence of "romantic attachment" style, stressful life events, social factors on risk developing a depression during pregnancy and severity depressive symptoms.The started with screening sample 453 women, their third trimester pregnancy, which has been administered survey data form, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) Experience in Close Relationship (ECR). Based results at EPDS, clinical group pre-natal (D=89) was selected compared control...
There is a lot of evidence in the literature showing that early-onset depression determines an emotional and cognitive vulnerability for psychiatric disorders subsequent years.The first aim this outcome research was to analyze impact parental support treatment sample depressed preschool children divided into two groups comparison (under-reactive over-reactive) through evolution Clinical Global Impression (CGI). The second correlation between presence psychopathology severity children's...
Perinatal mental health is a topic of growing interest, that could affect mothers in period high vulnerability, and the impact coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic an important factor to consider this field. The aim our study correlations between five dimensions personality subjective Covid-19-related distress sample women perinatal period.
In questo articolo gli Autori presentano i risultati preliminari relativi a 20 pazienti con diagnosi di depressione post-partum. Di recente infatti, č stato avviato dalla UOS Igiene Mentale delle Relazioni Affettive e del post-partum Policlinico Umberto I Roma, un progetto intervento sui disturbi dell'umore nel puerperio. dati raccolti finora indicano la prevalenza disturbo personalitŕ cluster B che si configura come una difficoltŕ processo separazione-individuazione madre-bambino appare...
The first aim of this study, has been to observe the differences in developmental profiles children depressed mothers comparison with undepressed a period from 3 12 months after childbirth through cross-sectional study. second study describe romantic attachment style, mother-child bond and parenting stress control sample.The clinical sample examined consisted 46 Perinatal Psychopathology an hospital Rome their aged between compared 28 without PD matched cases by age. were evaluated using...
Objective: To investigate the psychological profile of a sample new mothers, who requested an elective caesarean section (CS), compared with group women had CS in emergency. Furthermore, study examined psychiatric, environmental, medical and obstetrical risk factors related to mother’s choice CS, order develop specific intervention strategies. Methods: A 16 mothers aged 34.88 ± 8.53 years were enrolled assessed using semi-structured face-to-face interview, Minnesota Personality Inventory...