Search results for "Psichiatria"

NEUROPSICHIATRIA INFANTILE

2008

DISTURBO MOTORIO E QUALITA' DELLA VITA. VALUTAZIONE DELLA QUALITA' DELLA VITA IN BAMBINI CON PARALISI CEREBRALI

2008

Social network and addiction.

2009

In recent decades, the rapid development of innovative Internet-based communication technologies created a new field of academic study among scholars. Particularly, the attention of researchers is focusing on new ways to form relationship-thought social web. Social Network sites constitute a new form of web communities, where people meet and share interests and activities. Due to exponential growth of these sites, an increasing number of scholars are beginning to study the emergent phenomena in order to identify any psychopathological risk related to use of social web, such as addiction. This article examines the recent literature about this issue. In recent decades, the rapid development o…

Epilepsy: A Multifaced Spectrum Disorder

2023

Epilepsy is one of the most widespread chronic conditions, affecting about 50 million people worldwide [...]

Behavioral phenotype and autism spectrum disorders in Cornelia de Lange syndrome

2015

Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a congenital disorder characterized by distinctive facial features, growth retardation, limb abnormalities, intellectual disability, and behavioral problems. Cornelia de Lange syndrome is associated with abnormalities on chromosomes 5, 10 and X. Heterozygous point mutations in three genes (<em>NIPBL</em>, <em>SMC3</em> and <em>SMC1A</em>), are responsible for approximately 50-60% of CdLS cases. CdLS is characterized by autistic features, notably excessive repetitive behaviors and expressive language deficits. The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptomatology is comparatively high in CdLS. However, the pro…

Duration of untreated psychosis in first-episode psychosis is not associated with common genetic variants for major psychiatric conditions: results f…

2021

The EU-GEI Project is funded by the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement No. HEALTH-F2-2010–241909 (Project EU-GEI).

The Impact of the COVID-19 Emergency on the Quality of Life of the General Population

2022

COVID-19 is a pandemic that has forced many states to declare restrictive measures in order to prevent its wider spread. These measures are necessary to protect the health of adults, children, and people with disabilities. Long quarantine periods could cause an increase in anxiety crises, fear of contagion, and post-traumatic stress disorder (frustration, boredom, isolation, fear, insomnia, difficulty concentrating). Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a condition that can develop in subjects who have been or have witnessed a traumatic, catastrophic, or violent event, or who have become aware of a traumatic experience that happened to a loved one. In fact, from current cases, it emerge…

On the Waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic

2023

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a tsunami that has deeply changed the lives of the people all over the planet [...]

Latent burnout profiles in a sample of frontline healthcare professionals after the peak of the Italian COVID-19 pandemic

2022

Background: In Italy since February 2020, the unexpected massive afflux of COVID-19 patients exposed healthcare professionals to high work-related stress, high time pressure and increased the risk of being infected. This is the first study that aimed to investigate the psychological impact of COVID-pandemic at the end of the peak, by identifying latent burnout profiles in a sample of front-line healthcare professionals that worked in Italy during the peak of the pandemic. Methods: A total of 589 subjects filled in an online ad-hoc questionnaire and the Italian version of Maslach Burnout Inventory - Human Services Survey. Results: A higher presence of burnout profile in healthcare profession…

VALUTAZIONE DELLA FATTIBILITA', ACCETTABILITA', COMPRENSIBILITA' E ATTRATTIVITA', DELLA VERSIONE ITALIANA DEL "COMPUTERISED INTERACTIVE REMEDIATION O…

Background: le persone con schizofrenia hanno difficoltà cognitive e nel funzionamento sociale. La Cognitive Remediation Theraphy (CRT) è una terapia psicologica mirata a ridurre tali deficit. CIRCuiTS è una versione computerizzata di CRT, che promuove l'uso di strategie e della metacognizione. CIRCuiTS è risultato efficace e accettabile nei suoi studi originali condotti nel Regno Unito. Obiettivi: valutare la fattibilità, l'accettabilità, la comprensibilità e l'attrattiva della versione italiana di CIRCuiTS per le persone con psicosi. Metodi: sono stati condotti tre studi per valutare la versione italiana di CIRCuiTS. Studio 1, sono state valutate l'aderenza e la soddisfazione in 20 sogget…