- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Treatment of Major Depression
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Stuttering Research and Treatment
- Religion, Society, and Development
University of Milano-Bicocca
2022-2025
Abstract Background Monitoring symptoms of bipolar disorder (BD) is a challenge faced by mental health services. Speech patterns are crucial in assessing the current experiences, emotions, and thought people with BD. Natural language processing (NLP) acoustic signal may support ongoing BD assessment within mobile (mHealth) framework. Objective Using both NLP-based features from speech BD, we built an app-based tool tested its feasibility performance to remotely assess individual clinical...
Major depressive disorder (MDD) is prevalent and disabling among older adults. Standing on its tolerability profile, vortioxetine might be a promising alternative to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in such vulnerable population.
Religiosity may reduce the risk of substance use in adults and young people. However, religiosity is a complex construct, variously defined assessed. We explored role different religious components: intrinsic (subjective), extrinsic-personal (service attendance) extrinsic-social (church-based social activities) deterring cannabis among adolescents. Combining several years (2015-2019) NSDUH data on 68,263 adolescents between 12 17 years, structural equation modelling (SEM) approach was used...
Introduction Religiosity is believed to be a factor that may reduce the risk of addiction and substance use both in adults young people. It complex construct neither measurable nor objectifiable, thus it must estimated from proxy characteristics. For this purpose, researchers differentiate between subjective religiosity (i.e., individual religious experience) extrinsic religiosity, is, participation services (extrinsic-personal subtype) or social activities consistent with religion-based...