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View article: Exploring weight bias and negative self-evaluation in patients with mood disorders: insights from the BodyTalk Project
Exploring weight bias and negative self-evaluation in patients with mood disorders: insights from the BodyTalk Project Open
Background Negative body image and adverse body self-evaluation represent key psychological constructs within the realm of weight bias (WB), potentially intertwined with the negative self-evaluation characteristic of depressive symptomatol…
View article: Effects of electroconvulsive therapy on cortical thickness in depression: a systematic review
Effects of electroconvulsive therapy on cortical thickness in depression: a systematic review Open
Objective: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is one of the most studied and validated available treatments for severe or treatment-resistant depression. However, little is known about the neural mechanisms underlying ECT. This systematic rev…
View article: Self-Oriented Empathy and Personality Organisation Level: Insights from a Psychiatric Sample.
Self-Oriented Empathy and Personality Organisation Level: Insights from a Psychiatric Sample. Open
The consistency of our findings with evolutionary concepts pertaining to both traditional psychodynamic models and contemporary models of psychopathology, such as the p factor theory, was illustrated. Despite the many limitations of our co…
View article: The Cyberball task in people after obesity surgery: preliminary evaluation of cognitive effects of social inclusion and exclusion with a laboratory task
The Cyberball task in people after obesity surgery: preliminary evaluation of cognitive effects of social inclusion and exclusion with a laboratory task Open
Background Social cognition and temperamental and interpretative styles could play a role in the outcome of bariatric surgery. This study aims to assess preliminary evidence about how obesity surgery patients evaluate social inclusion and …
View article: Olfactory and Gustatory Function before and after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
Olfactory and Gustatory Function before and after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Open
Background and Objectives: Bariatric surgery is the gold standard for the treatment of morbid obesity, and current evidence suggests that patients undergoing surgery can show changes in their sense of taste and smell. However, no definitiv…
View article: Retrospective analysis of the predictive factors associated with good surgical outcome in brachioplasty in massive weight loss patients
Retrospective analysis of the predictive factors associated with good surgical outcome in brachioplasty in massive weight loss patients Open
The authors' technique resulted in positive outcomes overall, considering the difficulty in dealing with the problems of MWL patients. Based on our results, we aim to suggest to perform brachioplasty in patient with the lower achievable BM…
View article: Olfactory neuroepithelium alterations and cognitive correlates in schizophrenia
Olfactory neuroepithelium alterations and cognitive correlates in schizophrenia Open
Fresh ONE cells collected by nasal brushing might eventually represent a tool for diagnosing schizophrenia based upon markers of cell proliferation, which can be easily implemented as single-layer culture. Cell proliferation at passage 3 c…
View article: Rare thrombophilic conditions
Rare thrombophilic conditions Open
Thrombophilia, either acquired or inherited, can be defined as a predisposition to developing thromboembolic complications. Since the discovery of antithrombin deficiency in the 1965, many other conditions have been described so far, which…
View article: Psychological Aspects of a Patient with Neglected Skin Tumor of the Scalp
Psychological Aspects of a Patient with Neglected Skin Tumor of the Scalp Open
Many articles describe cases of neglected skin tumors. Authors emphasize macroscopical and histological characteristics of the tumor, prognosis, and other clinical and surgical aspects but do not answer a fundamental question: why do these…
View article: Plastic Surgery Treatment of Post-bariatric Patients Cannot Remain “brainless”
Plastic Surgery Treatment of Post-bariatric Patients Cannot Remain “brainless” Open
Introduction The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of executive difficulties due to a lack of the management of cognitive conflict, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility in this group of patients. If executive difficulties …
View article: Overweight/obese Patient Referrals to Plastic Surgery: Temperamental and Personality Traits
Overweight/obese Patient Referrals to Plastic Surgery: Temperamental and Personality Traits Open
Introduction Correlations between psychiatric disorders and overweight/obesity are reported in the literature. The study aimed at detecting correlations between psychiatric disorders, temperamental traits and body image perception in overw…
View article: The new target therapy to prevent weight gain associated to atypical antipsychotics: PKCβ
The new target therapy to prevent weight gain associated to atypical antipsychotics: PKCβ Open
Antipsychotic drugs are currently used in clinical practice for a variety of mental disorders. Clozapine is the most effective medication for treatment-resistant schizophrenia, in controlling aggression and suicidal behavior in psychosis. …
View article: Mammary Malignant Ulcer after Radiotherapy: Unpleasant Surprise
Mammary Malignant Ulcer after Radiotherapy: Unpleasant Surprise Open
Summary: We present a case of a woman, 79 years old, followed by Psychiatry for depressive episodes after breast cancer removal. She was operated on for ductal breast carcinoma in 1983. Afterward she was submitted to adjuvant radiotherapy.…
View article: Prognostic biomarkers in acute coronary syndrome
Prognostic biomarkers in acute coronary syndrome Open
The acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a leading cause of death around the globe. Beside a still high mortality rate, additional complications of ACS include arrhythmias, left ventricular mural thrombus, cardiac fibrosis, heart failure (HF),…
View article: Munchausen’s Syndrome in Plastic Surgery
Munchausen’s Syndrome in Plastic Surgery Open
Munchausen's syndrome is a rare psychiatric disease. We report a case in which we have collaborated with the psychiatrist for the diagnosis and also propose a diagnostic flowchart.