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25C-NBOMe: preliminary data on pharmacology, psychoactive effects and toxicity of a new potent hallucinogenic drug
Bersani, Francesco Saverio; Corazza, Ornella; Albano, Gabriella; Valeriani, Giuseppe; Santacroce, Rita; Bolzan, Flamina; Cinosi, Eduardo; Simonato, Pierluigi; Martinotti, Giovanni; Bersani, Giuseppe; Schifano, Fabrizio (2014-07-03)Introduction. The use of novel psychoactive substances (NPSs) has rapidly increased as well as their online availability. The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of the nature and the risks associated ... -
3-Methoxy-Phencyclidine Induced Psychotic Disorder: A Literature Review and an 18 F-FDG PET/CT Case Report
Pepe, Maria; Di Nicola, Marco; Cocciolillo, Fabrizio; Chiappini, Stefania; Martinotti, Giovanni; Calcagni, Maria Lucia; Sani, Gabriele (2024-03-31)New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) are modifying the drug scenario worldwide and have become a public health concern because of their toxicological profiles and their harmful physical/psychological effects. 3-Methoxy-Phencyclidine ... -
Aberrant salience in cannabis-induced psychosis: a comparative study
Ricci, Valerio; Di Muzio, Ilenia; Ceci, Franca; Di Carlo, Francesco; Mancusi, Gianluca; Piro, Tommaso; Paggi, Andrea; Pettorruso, Mauro; Vellante, Federica; De Berardis, Domenico; Martinotti, Giovanni; Maina, Giuseppe (2024-01-08)Background: Natural Cannabis (NC) and Synthetic Cannabinoids (SCs) use can increase the risk and exacerbate the course of psychotic disorders. These could be influenced by the Aberrant Salience (AS) construct. It refers ... -
Advances in Problematic Usage of the Internet Research – A Narrative Review by Experts from the European Network for Problematic Usage of the Internet
Fineberg, Naomi; Menchon, Josè M; Hall, Natalie; Dell'Osso, Bernardo; Brand, Matthias; Potenza, Marc; Chamberlain, Samuel R; Cirnigliaro, Giovanna; Lochner, Christine; Billieux, Joël; Demetrovics, Zsolt; Rumpf, Hans Jürgen; Muller, Astrid; Castro-Calvo, Jesús; Hollander, Eric; Burkauskas, Julius; Grünblatt, Edna; Walitza, Susanne; Corazza, Ornella; King, Daniel L; Stein, Dan J.; Grant, Jon E; Pallanti, Stefano; Bowden-Jones, Henrietta; Van Ameringen, Michael; Ioannidis, Konstantinos; Carmi, Lior; Goudriaan, Anna E; Martinotti, Giovanni; Sales, Celia M; Jones, Julia; Gjoneska, Biljiana; Király, Orsolya; Benatti, Beatrice; Vismara, Matteo; Pellegrini, Lucas; Conti, Dario; Cataldo, Ilaria; Riva, Gianluigi M; Yücel, Murat; Flayelle, Maèva; Hall, Thomas; Griffiths, Morgan; Zohar, Joseph (2022-10-30)Global concern about problematic usage of the internet (PUI), and its public health and societal costs, continues to grow, sharpened in focus under the privations of the COVID-19 pandemic. This narrative review reports the ... -
Alprazolam-related deaths in Scotland, 2004-2020
Corkery, John Martin; Guirguis, Amira; Chiappini, Stefania; Martinotti, Giovanni; Schifano, Fabrizio (2022-09-27)Background: The benzodiazepine drug alprazolam, a fast-acting tranquiliser, cannot be prescribed on the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. Illicit alprazolam supply and consumption have increased. Concern about ... -
The benzydamine experience: A systematic review of Benzydamine abuse
Chiappini, Stephania; Miuli, Andrea; Mosca, Alessio; Pettorruso, Mauro; Guirguis, Amira; Corkery, John Martin; Martinotti, Giovanni; di Giannantonio, Massimo; Schifano, Fabrizio (2021-01-13)Background: Both prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs recently emerged among novel psychoactive substances (NPS) being reported as ingested for recreational purposes. Among them, benzydamine (BZY), normally ... -
Brexpiprazole as a new approach of treatment in somatization disorder
Chiappini, Stefania; Mosca, Alessio; Martinotti, Giovanni; Di Carlo, Francesco; Miuli, Andrea; Dattoli, Luigi; Pettorruso, Mauro; Di Giannantonio, Massimo (2022-01-27)Introduction: Somatic symptom disorder (SSD) is a mental disorder that involves one or more physical symptoms (e.g. palpitations, dizziness, diarrhoea, limb weakness, pain, and pseudo neurological symptoms) accompanied by ... -
Can mobile phone technology support a rapid sharing of information on Novel Psychoactive Substances among health and other professionals internationally?
Simonato, Pierluigi; Bersani, Francesco Saverio; Santacroce, Rita; Cinosi, Eduardo; Schifano, Fabrizio; Bersani, Giuseppe; Martinotti, Giovanni; Corazza, Ornella (2017-06-28)Background The diffusion of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPSs), combined with the ability of the Internet to act as an online marketplace, has led to unprecedented challenges for governments, health agencies, and substance ... -
Club Drugs and Psychiatric Sequelae: An Issue of Vulnerability and Previous Psychiatric History
Martinotti, Giovanni; Del Villar, Cristina Merino; Cordoba, Andrés Garcia; Tubau, Lluís Andrés; Sánchez, Ivan Castro; Di Carlo, Francesco; Chiappini, Stefania; Pettorruso, Mauro; Schifano, Fabrizio; Di Giannantonio, Massimo (2021-06-29)The pursuit of pleasure among clubbers and disco-goers often involves drug use. However, whether substance use may represent a relevant risk factor contributing to the development of psychiatric symptoms and of mental ... -
Club Drugs: Psychotropic Effects and Psychopathological Characteristics of a Sample of Inpatients
Martinotti, Giovanni; Giorgetti, Raffaele; Schifano, Fabrizio; di Giannantonio, Massimo (2020-08-31)Background: growing evidence supports the possibility of significant psychiatric consequences related to novel and traditional psychoactive substance consumption. The problem of differential diagnosis has hampered research ... -
Contribution of drugs to drownings in Scotland, 1996-2020
Corkery, John; Martinotti, Giovanni; Schifano, Fabrizio (2022-08-30)Objective Psychoactive substances use (including alcohol) can affect risk perception, leading to accidents and deaths. There is little detailed or up-to-date information on the role of drugs in United Kingdom (UK) drownings. ... -
Could Cariprazine Be a Possible Choice for High Functioning Autism? A Case Report
Miuli, Andrea; Marrangone, Carlotta; Di Marco, Ornella; Pasino, Arianna; Stigliano, Gianfranco; Mosca, Alessio; Pettorruso, Mauro; Schifano, Fabrizio; Martinotti, Giovanni (2023-12-01)This case report was conducted by searching for the following keywords on PubMed: High Functioning Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, cariprazine, aripiprazole, partial agonist antipsychotic, DRD2/DRD3. High Functioning ... -
The diffusion of Performance and Image Enhancing Drugs (PIEDs) on the internet : The abuse of the cognitive enhancer Piracetam
Corazza, Ornella; Bersani, Saverio; Brunoro, Roberto; Valeriani, G.; Martinotti, Giovanni; Schifano, Fabrizio (2014-12-06)Introduction: Performance and image-enhancing drugs (PIEDs), also known as “lifestyle drugs,” are increasingly sold on the Internet to enhance cognitive as well as sexual, muscular, attentive, and other natural capacities. ... -
Dorsal Prefrontal Cortex Impairment in Methoxetamine-Induced Psychosis: an 18F-FDG PET/CT Case Study
Moccia, Lorenzo; Tofani, Anna; Mazza, Marianna; Covino, Marcello; Martinotti, Giovanni; Schifano, Fabrizio; Janiri, Luigi; Di Nicola, Marco (2019-05-27)Novel psychoactive substances (NPSs) have currently become a major public health concern because of relatively easy accessibility to these compounds and difficulty in identifying them with routine laboratory techniques. ... -
Duration of Untreated Disorder and Cannabis Use: An Observational Study on a Cohort of Young Italian Patients Experiencing Psychotic Experiences and Dissociative Symptoms
Ricci, Valerio; Martinotti, Giovanni; Ceci, Franca; Chiappini, Stefania; Di Carlo, Francesco; Burkauskas, Julius; Susini, Ottavia; Luciani, Debora; Quattrone, Diego; De Berardis, Domenico; Pettorruso, Mauro; Maina, Giuseppe; Di Giannantonio, Massimo (2021-11-30)Background: The Duration of Untreated Psychosis (DUP) is the time between the first-episode psychosis (FEP) and the initiation of antipsychotic treatment. It is an important predictor of several disease-related outcomes ... -
Editorial: Comorbidity in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, volume III
Martinotti, Giovanni; Fornaro, Michele; De Berardis, Domenico (2024-01-09) -
Editorial: Prescribing Psychotropics: Misuse, Abuse, Dependence, Withdrawal and Addiction
Chiappini, Stefania; Schifano, Fabrizio; Martinotti, Giovanni (2021-04-30) -
Editorial: Prescribing Psychotropics: Misuse, Abuse, Dependence, Withdrawal and Addiction-Volume II
Chiappini, Stephania; Schifano, Fabrizio; Martinotti, Giovanni (2022-10-18) -
The emergence of Exercise Addiction, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, and other image-related psychopathological correlates in fitness settings : A cross sectional study
Corazza, Ornella; Simonato, Pierluigi; Demetrovics, Zsolt; Mooney, Roisin; van de Ven, Katinka; Roman-Urrestarazu, Andres; Rácmolnár, Lili; De Luca, Ilaria; Cinosi, Eduardo; Santacroce, Rita; Marini, Massimo; Wellsted, David; Sullivan, Keith; Bersani, Giuseppe; Martinotti, Giovanni (2019-04-03)INTRODUCTION: In a society that perpetuates the strive for a perfect appearance, a fit body has become synonymous with success, but simultaneously hard to achieve. This represents a fertile ground for the development of ... -
Exercise and Use of Enhancement Drugs at the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multicultural Study on Coping Strategies During Self-isolation and Related Risks
Dores, Artemisa; Carvalho, Irene; Burkauskas, Julius; Simonato, Pierluigi; De Luca, Ilaria; Mooney, Roisin; Ioannidis, Konstantinos; Gomez-Martinez, M. Angeles; Demetrovics, Zsolt; Abel, Krisztina Edina; Szabo, Attila; Fujiwara , Hironobu; Shibata, Mami; Melero Ventolo , Alejandro Rebeca; Arroyo-Anllo, Eva Maria; Santos-Labrador, Ricardo M; Griskova-Bulanova, Inga; Pranckeviciene, Aiste; Koboyashi, Kei; Martinotti, Giovanni; Fineberg, Naomi; Barbosa, Fernando; Corazza, Ornella (2021-03-10)Introduction: Little is known about the impact of restrictive measures during the COVID-19 pandemic on self-image and engagement in exercise and other coping strategies alongside the use of image and performance-enhancing ...