Chiara Rafanelli

ORCID: 0000-0003-3025-7918
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Research Areas
  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Educational and Social Studies
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Heart Failure Treatment and Management
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Health, psychology, and well-being
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Sleep and related disorders
  • Psychiatric care and mental health services
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

University of Bologna
2015-2024

Creative Commons
2024

University Medical Center Groningen
2023

University of Groningen
2023

Harbin Medical University
2023

Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University
2023

Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
2023

University of Toronto
2023

Tzu Chi University
2023

Ospedale Bellaria
2006-2013

<h3>Background</h3> Cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT) of residual symptoms after successful pharmacotherapy yielded a substantially lower relapse rate than did clinical management in patients with primary major depressive disorders. The aim this study was to test the effectiveness approach recurrent depression (≥3 episodes depression). <h3>Methods</h3> Forty who had been successfully treated antidepressant drugs were randomly assigned either CBT (supplemented by lifestyle modification and...

10.1001/archpsyc.55.9.816 article EN Archives of General Psychiatry 1998-09-01

There is increasing awareness of the prognostic value residual symptomatology in affective disorders and need for specific therapeutic strategies this phase illness. The aims study were to apply a novel, short-term psychotherapeutic approach well-being, based on Ryff's conceptual model, remitted patients with compare results those obtained symptom-oriented cognitive behavioural strategies.Twenty (major depression, panic disorder agoraphobia, social phobia, generalized anxiety disorder,...

10.1017/s0033291797006363 article EN Psychological Medicine 1998-03-01

A paucity of studies use nonpharmacological strategies for preventing recurrence in depression. Cognitive behavior treatment residual symptoms was found to yield a significantly lower relapse rate than clinical management recurrent depression at 2-year follow-up. The objective this investigation provide 6-year follow-up cognitive versus management.Forty patients with major who had been successfully treated antidepressant drugs were randomly assigned either (supplemented by lifestyle...

10.1176/ajp.161.10.1872 article EN American Journal of Psychiatry 2004-10-01

Recent years have seen major developments in psychotherapy research that suggest the need to address critical methodological issues. These recommendations, developed by an international group of researchers, do not replace those for randomized controlled trials, but rather supplement strategies be taken into account when considering psychological treatments. The limitations traditional taxonomy and assessment methods are outlined, with suggestions consideration staging methods. Active...

10.1159/000490574 article EN Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 2018-01-01

&lt;i&gt;Background:&lt;/i&gt; There is increasing awareness that the goal of treatment in generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) should not simply be a response, but restoration normal function. The aim this study was to apply novel psychotherapeutic approach for level remission GAD. &lt;i&gt;Methods:&lt;/i&gt; Twenty patients with DSM-IV GAD devoid comorbid conditions were randomly assigned 8 sessions cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or sequential administration 4 CBT followed by other...

10.1159/000082023 article EN Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 2004-12-23

Objective:The authors' goal was to determine whether cognitive behavioral treatment of residual symptoms depression might have a significant effect on relapse rate. Method:A 6-year follow-up assessment conducted 40 patients with primary major depressive disorder who had been successfully treated antidepressants and were randomly assigned either or standard clinical management.Results:Ten the (50%) in group 15 (75%) management relapsed. The difference did not attain statistical significance....

10.1176/ajp.155.10.1443 article EN American Journal of Psychiatry 1998-10-01

There is a lack of controlled studies psychological treatment cyclothymic disorder. The aim this investigation was to examine the benefits sequential combination cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and well-being (WBT) compared clinical management (CM) in DSM-IV disorder.Sixty-two patients with disorder were randomly assigned CBT/WBT (n = 31) or CM 31). Both consisted ten 45-min sessions every other week. An independent blind evaluator assessed before treatment, after therapy, at 1- 2-year...

10.1159/000321575 article EN Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 2011-01-01

&lt;i&gt;Background:&lt;/i&gt; The concept of psychological well-being has been neglected for a long time in scientific literature. Over the last decades, however, many psychometric instruments have developed to measure it. aim present study was analyze and its relationship distress personality traits. It is clinically empirically important establish where measures are located relation symptomatology indices &lt;i&gt;Methods:&lt;/i&gt; A sample 450 subjects general population completed three...

10.1159/000071898 article EN Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 2003-01-01

Article AbstractObjective: The aim of this study was to assess the presence demoralization and major depression in setting medical disease. Method: 807 consecutive outpatients recruited from different settings (gastroenterology, cardiology, endocrinology, oncology) were assessed according DSM-IV criteria Diagnostic Criteria for Psychosomatic Research, using semistructured research interviews. Results: Demoralization identified 245 patients (30.4%), while present 135 (16.7%). Even though...

10.4088/jcp.v66n0317 article EN The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2005-03-15

Background. There is a paucity of long-term outcome studies panic disorder that exceed 2-year follow-up. The aim the study was to evaluate follow-up patients with agoraphobia treated according standardized protocol. Methods. A consecutive series 200 satisfying DSM-IV criteria for in an out-patient clinic behavioural methods based on exposure homework. One hundred and thirty-six became free after 12 sessions psychotherapy 132 were available 2- 14-year (median = 8 years) performed. Survival...

10.1017/s0033291701003592 article EN Psychological Medicine 2001-07-01

Psychometric theory is the basis for development of assessment instruments in psychiatric research. However, psychometric model appears to be largely inadequate clinical setting because its lack sensitivity change and quest homogeneous components. Clinimetrics offers a viable alternative psychometrics, both from conceptual methodological viewpoint. Current diagnostic entities (DSM) are based on clinimetric principles, but their use still influenced by models. Suggestions switching gears...

10.1159/000076451 article EN Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 2004-01-01

&lt;i&gt;Background:&lt;/i&gt; While the effect of psychological stress and depression on course heart disease is commonly recognized, relationship between recent life events, major depression, depressive symptomatology onset acute coronary (CHD) has been less considered. The aim this study was to investigate presence stressful minor recurrent demoralization in year preceding occurrence a first myocardial infarction (AMI) and/or episode instable angina compare also related with mood...

10.1159/000084003 article EN Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 2005-01-01

Placebo effects are often attributed to clinical interactions and contextual factors that affect expectations of the patient about treatment result in symptom changes. The prevailing conceptualization consists an undifferentiated placebo response needs be minimized controlled investigations maximized practice. However, outcome is cumulative interaction several classes variables with a selected treatment: living conditions (housing, nutrition, work environment, social support),...

10.1159/000480038 article EN Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 2017-01-01

Introduction: Randomized controlled trials (RCT) of psychotherapeutic interventions have addressed depression and demoralization associated with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). The present trial introduces psychological well-being, an increasingly recognized factor in cardiovascular health, as a therapeutic target. Objective: This study was designed to determine whether the sequential combination cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) well-being (WBT) may yield more favorable outcomes than...

10.1159/000510006 article EN Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 2020-01-01

There is insufficient research on rating psychological well-being and distress in clinical populations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the differential characteristics instruments assessing 20 remitted patients with affective (mood anxiety) disorders healthy control subjects matched for sociodemographic variables. Remitted displayed significantly higher levels distress—as measured by Paykel's Clinical Interview Depression (CID), Van Praag's Scale Personality Disturbances Kellner's...

10.1002/(sici)1099-1700(200001)16:1<55::aid-smi832>3.0.co;2-m article EN Stress Medicine 2000-01-01
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