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Physical Activity and Exercise Addiction During the Covid-19 Pandemic in Italy
(2022-04-20)
Severe restrictive measures were implemented globally to limit the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic leading to significant lifestyle changes and impacting on both the physical and the mental health of citizens. Caught by ...
An international cross-sectional investigation on social media, fitspiration content exposure, and related risks during the COVID-19 self-isolation period
(2022-04)
With the global COVID-19 pandemic, governments from many countries in the world implemented various restrictions to prevent the SARS-Cov-2 virus's spread, including social distancing measures, quarantine, in-home lockdown, ...
Misuse of anticholinergic medications: a systematic review.
(2022-02-01)
(1) Background: Over the last decade, misuse and diversion of medications has appeared to be increasingly concerning phenomena, including a range of different molecules. As current knowledge on the abuse of centrally acting ...
Brexpiprazole as a new approach of treatment in somatization disorder
(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 ...
Knowledge and Use of Novel Psychoactive Substances in an Italian Sample with Substance Use Disorders
(2022-01-14)
This study aims to determine prevalence and frequency of use of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) and to identify the factors associated with NPS use in an Italian sample of patients diagnosed with substance use disorder ...
Duration of Untreated Disorder and Cannabis Use: An Observational Study on a Cohort of Young Italian Patients Experiencing Psychotic Experiences and Dissociative Symptoms
(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 ...
An Italian survey of opioids misuse: Epidemiological and psychopathological aspects
(2021-11-18)
Objective Opioid abuse is a worrying reality especially in the US. The increase in the prescription of opioids in Europe poses the risk of a possible increase in the number of abusers also in Italy. The aim of the study ...
Knowledge and Use of Novel Psychoactive Substances in Italy: a Survey-Based Study in the General Population
(2021-11-08)
In this study, we aimed to identify the current trend of novel psychoactive substance (NPS) consumption in Italy and the level of knowledge about NPS in the general population and to explore the presence of risk factors ...
The factitious/malingering continuum and its burden on public health costs: a review and experience in an Italian neurology setting
(2021-08-04)
Abstract: Factitious disorder is classified as one of the five aspects of somatic symptom disorders. The fundamental element of factitious disorder is deception, i.e., pretending to have a medical or psychiatric disorder, ...
Club Drugs and Psychiatric Sequelae: An Issue of Vulnerability and Previous Psychiatric History
(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 ...