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View article: Future Time Perspective and Locomotion Jointly Predict Anticipatory Pleasure in Adolescence: An Integrative Hierarchical Model
Future Time Perspective and Locomotion Jointly Predict Anticipatory Pleasure in Adolescence: An Integrative Hierarchical Model Open
Objectives: Grounded in Zimbardo’s Time Perspective theory and Regulatory Mode theory, together with developmental accounts of adolescent prospection and value-based choice, this study tests a unified model in which Locomotion (primary) an…
View article: Psychosocial profiles and motivations for adolescent engagement in hazardous games: the role of boredom, peer influence, and self-harm tendencies
Psychosocial profiles and motivations for adolescent engagement in hazardous games: the role of boredom, peer influence, and self-harm tendencies Open
Background Adolescents’ engagement in hazardous games has increased in recent years, presenting significant risks to physical and psychological well-being. These behaviors are often driven by complex psychosocial factors, including boredom…
View article: Gut Microbiota and Bipolar Disorder: An Overview on a Novel Biomarker for Diagnosis and Treatment
Gut Microbiota and Bipolar Disorder: An Overview on a Novel Biomarker for Diagnosis and Treatment Open
The gut microbiota is the set of microorganisms that colonize the gastrointestinal tract of living creatures, establishing a bidirectional symbiotic relationship that is essential for maintaining homeostasis, for their growth and digestive…
View article: Lurasidone treatment in a delusional disorder patient with atrial fibrillation: A case report
Lurasidone treatment in a delusional disorder patient with atrial fibrillation: A case report Open
Introduction Psychosis itself may be associated with an increased risk of atrial fibrillation. Moreover, antipscyhotic treatment increases this risk. Recently D’Urso et al. reported aripiprazole-induced atrial fibrillation in a patient wit…
View article: Sharing own story telling during COVID-19’s italian lockdown: An experience with schizophrenic outpatients
Sharing own story telling during COVID-19’s italian lockdown: An experience with schizophrenic outpatients Open
Introduction Affective flattening is one of the main symptoms in Schizophrenia, several studies highlighted the importance of social skills training in improving negative symptoms. However, Covid-19 pandemic is changing our life with limit…
View article: Phone-based outpatients’ follow-up in mental health centers during the COVID-19 quarantine
Phone-based outpatients’ follow-up in mental health centers during the COVID-19 quarantine Open
Background: The current COVID-19 pandemic is affecting mental health of global population and, particularly, of people suffering from preexisting mental disorders. Aims: This study aims to report on findings from a phone-based clinical fol…
View article: Pharmacodynamic targets of psychotic patients treated with a long-acting therapy
Pharmacodynamic targets of psychotic patients treated with a long-acting therapy Open
Introduction Given the poor compliance of schizofrenic patients to antipsychotic therapies, are been developed drugs in long-acting formulation that for their pharmacokinetic ensures prolonged therapeutic activities. Currently, we consider…
View article: Suicide in the Early Stage of Schizophrenia
Suicide in the Early Stage of Schizophrenia Open
Suicide is a relevant leading cause of death among patients affected by schizophrenia. Even if suicidal ideation may be present in different stages of disease, some differences have been described between the risk of suicide in patients ex…
View article: Metabolic issues in patients affected by schizophrenia: clinical characteristics and medical management
Metabolic issues in patients affected by schizophrenia: clinical characteristics and medical management Open
Patients affected by psychotic disorders are more likely to develop high rates of co-morbidities, such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemias, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, myocardial infarction, stroke etc., in the long-term. Thes…
View article: Affective Temperaments and Somatization Among Unipolar Depression Patients and Healthy Controls
Affective Temperaments and Somatization Among Unipolar Depression Patients and Healthy Controls Open
Introduction Literature describes important comorbidity rates between somatization and mood disorders. Furthermore, there are data suggesting an association between affective temperament and somatization traits in healthy subjects. Objecti…