Corrado Barbui

Summary

Affiliation: University of Verona
Country: Italy

Publications

  1. ncbi Using the needs of WHO to prioritise Cochrane reviews: The case of antipsychotic drugs
    Marianna Purgato
    Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Int J Ment Health Syst 5:25. 2011
  2. ncbi Persistence with polypharmacy and excessive dosing in patients with schizophrenia treated in four European countries
    Corrado Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Int Clin Psychopharmacol 21:355-62. 2006
  3. ncbi Drug treatment modalities in psychiatric inpatient practice: a 20-year comparison
    Corrado Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Ospedale Policlinico, 37134 Verona, Italy
    Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 255:136-42. 2005
  4. ncbi Off-label and non-classical prescriptions of antipsychotic agents in ordinary in-patient practice
    C Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Ospedale Policlinico, 37134 Verona, Italy
    Acta Psychiatr Scand 109:275-8. 2004
  5. ncbi Amitriptyline for inpatients and SSRIs for outpatients with depression? Systematic review and meta-regression analysis
    C Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Italy
    Pharmacopsychiatry 37:93-7. 2004
  6. ncbi "Wish bias" in antidepressant drug trials?
    Corrado Barbui
    Section of Psychiatry, Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    J Clin Psychopharmacol 24:126-30. 2004
  7. ncbi Does the addition of a second antipsychotic drug improve clozapine treatment?
    Corrado Barbui
    Schizophr Bull 35:458-68. 2009
  8. ncbi Cross-sectional database analysis of antidepressant prescribing in Italy
    Corrado Barbui
    Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano, Italy
    J Clin Psychopharmacol 23:31-4. 2003
  9. ncbi Development of a registry for monitoring psychotropic drug prescriptions: aims, methods and implications for ordinary practice and research
    Corrado Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Italy
    Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 14:151-7. 2005
  10. ncbi Decision models in the evaluation of psychotropic drugs : useful tool or useless toy?
    Corrado Barbui
    Dept Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psichiatry and Clinical Psichology, University of Verona, Italy
    Eur J Health Econ 7:173-5. 2006

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Publications103 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi Using the needs of WHO to prioritise Cochrane reviews: The case of antipsychotic drugs
    Marianna Purgato
    Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Int J Ment Health Syst 5:25. 2011
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  2. ncbi Persistence with polypharmacy and excessive dosing in patients with schizophrenia treated in four European countries
    Corrado Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Int Clin Psychopharmacol 21:355-62. 2006
    ..Clinicians should consider that dose reduction strategies have been shown to be a feasible intervention in patients with schizophrenia...
  3. ncbi Drug treatment modalities in psychiatric inpatient practice: a 20-year comparison
    Corrado Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Ospedale Policlinico, 37134 Verona, Italy
    Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 255:136-42. 2005
    ....
  4. ncbi Off-label and non-classical prescriptions of antipsychotic agents in ordinary in-patient practice
    C Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Ospedale Policlinico, 37134 Verona, Italy
    Acta Psychiatr Scand 109:275-8. 2004
    ..To estimate the proportion of off-label prescriptions of antipsychotics (APs) in ordinary in-patient practice...
  5. ncbi Amitriptyline for inpatients and SSRIs for outpatients with depression? Systematic review and meta-regression analysis
    C Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Italy
    Pharmacopsychiatry 37:93-7. 2004
    ..The aim of this study was to investigate the contribution of study setting on outcome in clinical trials comparing amitriptyline with any other AD...
  6. ncbi "Wish bias" in antidepressant drug trials?
    Corrado Barbui
    Section of Psychiatry, Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    J Clin Psychopharmacol 24:126-30. 2004
    ..The evidence that the outcome of fluoxetine trials varied according to whether this drug was used as a new compound or a reference one suggests the presence of bias...
  7. ncbi Does the addition of a second antipsychotic drug improve clozapine treatment?
    Corrado Barbui
    Schizophr Bull 35:458-68. 2009
    ..91, 95% CI = 0.75 to 1.11). We conclude that the evidence base supporting a second antipsychotic in addition to clozapine in partially responsive patients with schizophrenia is weak. This weak evidence indicates modest to absent benefit...
  8. ncbi Cross-sectional database analysis of antidepressant prescribing in Italy
    Corrado Barbui
    Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano, Italy
    J Clin Psychopharmacol 23:31-4. 2003
    ..The high proportion of occasional antidepressant users suggests that clinical trials should follow all patients, without excluding those who fail to continue the study medication...
  9. ncbi Development of a registry for monitoring psychotropic drug prescriptions: aims, methods and implications for ordinary practice and research
    Corrado Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Italy
    Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 14:151-7. 2005
    ....
  10. ncbi Decision models in the evaluation of psychotropic drugs : useful tool or useless toy?
    Corrado Barbui
    Dept Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psichiatry and Clinical Psichology, University of Verona, Italy
    Eur J Health Econ 7:173-5. 2006
    ..In this commentary, taking the olanzapine vs. risperidone model as an example, arguments are provided to support this statement...
  11. ncbi Explanatory and pragmatic trials
    Corrado Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Piazzale L.A. Scuro, 10 - 37134 Verona, Italy
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 16:124-5. 2007
  12. ncbi CNS drugs approved by the centralised European procedure: true innovation or dangerous stagnation?
    Corrado Barbui
    Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Policlinico GB Rossi, Piazzale Scuro 10, 37134, Verona, Italy
    Psychopharmacology (Berl) 190:265-8. 2007
  13. ncbi Factors associated with antipsychotic dosing in psychiatric inpatients: a prospective study
    Corrado Barbui
    Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Int Clin Psychopharmacol 22:221-5. 2007
    ..Clinicians should consider that concurrent prescribing of two or more antipsychotic agents increases the probability of administering excessive dosing in the long-term...
  14. ncbi Evidence-based psychopharmacology: an agenda for the future
    C Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Evid Based Ment Health 10:4-6. 2007
  15. ncbi [Systematic review and clinical decisions in psychiatry]
    Corrado Barbui
    , Sezione di Psichiatria, , Policlinico G.B. Rossi, P.le L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 12:154-9. 2003
  16. ncbi Validity of the impact factor of journals as a measure of randomized controlled trial quality
    Corrado Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Policlinico G B Rossi, 37134 Verona, Italy
    J Clin Psychiatry 67:37-40. 2006
    ..To assess whether the impact factor, a measure of the frequency with which journal articles are cited in the scientific literature, is a proxy measure of the quality of articles reporting the results of randomized controlled trials...
  17. ncbi Psychotropic drug epidemiology: the road travelled, the road ahead
    Corrado Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychiatry, University of Verona, Policlinico GB Rossi, 37134 Verona, Italy
    Int Rev Psychiatry 17:143-51. 2005
    ....
  18. ncbi What are evidence-based treatment recommendations?
    C Barbui
    Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci 20:29-31. 2011
    ..This article briefly presents how this methodology may be employed to develop treatment recommendations that might constitute a permanent infrastructure between primary research and everyday clinical practice...
  19. ncbi Aripiprazole versus haloperidol in combination with clozapine for treatment-resistant schizophrenia in routine clinical care: a randomized, controlled trial
    Corrado Barbui
    World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health and Service Organization, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Verona, Italy
    J Clin Psychopharmacol 31:266-73. 2011
    ..However, an advantage in the perception of adverse effects with aripiprazole treatment may be meaningful for patients...
  20. ncbi Efficacy of antidepressants and benzodiazepines in minor depression: systematic review and meta-analysis
    Corrado Barbui
    Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Policlinico GB Rossi, 37134 Verona, Italy
    Br J Psychiatry 198:11-6, sup 1. 2011
    ..Depression is a common condition that has been frequently treated with psychotropics...
  21. ncbi Health status, resource consumption, and costs of dysthymia. A multi-center two-year longitudinal study
    Corrado Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Ospedale Policlinico, 37134 Verona, Italy
    J Affect Disord 90:181-6. 2006
    ..In this study we estimated the health status, resource consumption and costs of a large cohort of patients with early and late-onset dysthymia...
  22. ncbi Effectiveness of paroxetine in the treatment of acute major depression in adults: a systematic re-examination of published and unpublished data from randomized trials
    Corrado Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    CMAJ 178:296-305. 2008
    ..We undertook a systematic review of published and unpublished clinical trial data to determine the effectiveness and acceptability of paroxetine...
  23. ncbi Comparison of patient and clinician perspectives in the assessment of antipsychotic medication adherence
    Corrado Barbui
    Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Psychopathology 42:311-7. 2009
    ..Factors influencing patient and clinician perspectives in the assessment of medication adherence have never been compared...
  24. ncbi Sex differences in the subjective tolerability of antipsychotic drugs
    Corrado Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Italy
    J Clin Psychopharmacol 25:521-6. 2005
    ..Studies should no longer consider men and women as a homogeneous group, given that the subjective tolerability of antipsychotic drugs substantially differs between sexes...
  25. ncbi Fluoxetine dose and outcome in antidepressant drug trials
    Corrado Barbui
    Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Milan, Italy
    Eur J Clin Pharmacol 58:379-86. 2002
    ..The present study compared fluoxetine dose and outcome in trials in which fluoxetine was the experimental drug with trials in which it was the comparator...
  26. ncbi [Everyday evidence and practice based medicine: an issue of antidepressants]
    Corrado Barbui
    , Sezione di Psichiatria, , Ospedale Policlinico, 37134 Verona
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 11:152-8. 2002
  27. ncbi Prescribing second-generation antipsychotics and the evolving standard of care in Italy
    C Barbui
    Laboratory of Epidemiology and Social Psychiatry, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Milan, Italy
    Pharmacopsychiatry 35:239-43. 2002
    ....
  28. ncbi Determinants of first- and second-generation antipsychotic drug use in clinically unstable patients with schizophrenia treated in four European countries
    Corrado Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Italy
    Int Clin Psychopharmacol 21:73-9. 2006
    ..Physicians tended to reserve polypharmacy for difficult-to-treat patients (i.e. for managing situations where, despite the lack of an evidence base, there is a pressing need to provide clinical answers)...
  29. ncbi Economic evaluation of antidepressive agents: a systematic critique of experimental and observational studies
    Corrado Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Italy
    J Clin Psychopharmacol 23:145-54. 2003
    ..Taken together, available pharmacoeconomic studies indicate that tricyclic drugs and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have similar cost effectiveness in the health care systems where these comparisons have been made...
  30. ncbi Identification and management of depression in primary care settings. A meta-review of evidence
    Corrado Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health and Service Evaluation, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 15:276-83. 2006
    ....
  31. ncbi Rationale and design of an independent randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of aripiprazole or haloperidol in combination with clozapine for treatment-resistant schizophrenia
    Michela Nose
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Italy
    Trials 10:31. 2009
    ....
  32. ncbi Does randomized evidence support sertraline as first-line antidepressant for adults with acute major depression? A systematic review and meta-analysis
    Andrea Cipriani
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Policlinico G B Rossi, Piazzale L A Scuro, 10, 37134 Verona, Italy
    J Clin Psychiatry 69:1732-42. 2008
    ..The aim of this study was to carry out a systematic review and meta-analysis to compare sertraline with any other antidepressant in the acute phase treatment of major depression at 8 weeks...
  33. ncbi Determinants of antipsychotic polypharmacy in psychiatric inpatients: a prospective study
    Bruno Biancosino
    Section of Psychiatry, Department of Medical Sciences of Communication and Behaviour, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
    Int Clin Psychopharmacol 20:305-9. 2005
    ..Conversely, the theoretical advantage of avoiding a high dose of a single drug is counterbalanced by the documented disadvantage of administering high total doses...
  34. ncbi Is the Defined Daily Dose system a reliable tool for standardizing antipsychotic dosages?
    Michela Nose
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Italy
    Int Clin Psychopharmacol 23:287-90. 2008
    ..In conclusion, this study found that the DDD system is a reliable tool for standardizing antipsychotic doses in drug utilization research...
  35. ncbi Antidepressant drug use in Lombardy, Italy: a population-based study
    Mauro Percudani
    Health Care Directorate, Region of Lombardy, Milan, Italy
    J Affect Disord 83:169-75. 2004
    ..In the present study, we examined the prevalence and distribution of antidepressant prescribing in Lombardy, a northern Italy region of nine million inhabitants...
  36. ncbi Cerebral atrophy and white matter disruption in chronic schizophrenia
    Nicola Andreone
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 257:3-11. 2007
    ..It also suggested that physiological aging effects on brain anatomy may be abnormally pronounced in schizophrenia...
  37. ncbi Epidemiological impact of antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs on the general population
    Corrado Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Italy
    Curr Opin Psychiatry 19:405-10. 2006
    ..SUMMARY: The assessment of, and attention to, the development of specific adverse reactions in individuals exposed to second-generation psychotropic drugs may improve treatment outcomes...
  38. ncbi Past use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and the risk of cerebrovascular events in the elderly
    Corrado Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Italy
    Int Clin Psychopharmacol 20:169-71. 2005
    ..31, 95% CI 0.87-1.97). Although the risk of cerebrovascular accidents is a rare but serious event that should carefully be monitored during antidepressant therapy, this study indicated an absence of difference between TCAs and SSRIs...
  39. ncbi Prevalence, incidence and persistence of antipsychotic drug prescribing in the Italian general population: retrospective database analysis, 1999-2002
    Mersia Mirandola
    Servizio Farmaceutico ULSS 20, Verona, Italy
    Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 15:412-20. 2006
    ....
  40. ncbi Sertraline versus other antidepressive agents for depression
    Andrea Cipriani
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Policlinico G B Rossi, Piazzale L A Scuro, 10, Verona, Italy, 37134
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 4:CD006117. 2010
    ..However, the included studies did not report on all the outcomes that were pre-specified in the protocol of this review. Outcomes of clear relevance to patients and clinicians were not reported in any of the included studies...
  41. ncbi Impact of regulatory changes on first- and second-generation antipsychotic drug consumption and expenditure in Italy
    Margherita Andretta
    Servizio Farmaceutico, ULSS 20, Verona, Italy
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 40:72-7. 2005
    ....
  42. ncbi Understanding antipsychotic non-classical prescriptions: a quantitative and qualitative approach
    Antonio Veronese
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Piazzale L A Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 17:236-41. 2008
    ..The present study was carried out to develop concepts which help understand this phenomenon in a natural setting, giving emphasis to views of clinicians according to quali - quantitative research methodologies...
  43. ncbi Benzodiazepine use in the real world of psychiatric practice: low-dose, long-term drug taking and low rates of treatment discontinuation
    Antonio Veronese
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Ospedale Policlinico, 37134, Verona, Italy
    Eur J Clin Pharmacol 63:867-73. 2007
    ....
  44. ncbi Adverse effects of antipsychotic drugs: survey of doctors' versus patients' perspective
    Michela Nose
    Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Policlinico GB Rossi, 37134 Verona, Italy
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 47:157-64. 2012
    ..The aim of this survey is to compare doctors' versus patients' perspective on the presence and level of distress due to antipsychotic adverse effects in a sample of patients under the care of the South-Verona mental health services...
  45. ncbi Antidepressant drug prescription and risk of abnormal bleeding: a case-control study
    Corrado Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, University of Verona, Italy
    J Clin Psychopharmacol 29:33-8. 2009
    ..74; 95% CI, 1.04-2.93). In a population with a low baseline risk of bleeding, we detected a significant increase in the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding only...
  46. ncbi Are we going to increase the use of antidepressants up to that of benzodiazepines?
    Arcangelo Ciuna
    Servizio Farmaceutico ULSS 20, Verona, Italy
    Eur J Clin Pharmacol 60:629-34. 2004
    ..CONCLUSIONS: In Italy, the consumption of benzodiazepines was not affected by the increased prescribing of selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors and newer antidepressants...
  47. ncbi Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and risk of suicide: a systematic review of observational studies
    Corrado Barbui
    World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    CMAJ 180:291-7. 2009
    ..We explored the association between exposure to SSRIs and risk of suicide completion or attempt...
  48. ncbi Relationship between quality of reports of antidepressant randomized controlled trials and treatment estimates: systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression analysis
    Andrea Cipriani
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    J Clin Psychopharmacol 27:352-6. 2007
    ..However, current quality measures are not related with treatment estimates in antidepressant trials and may not be useful weighting tools when meta-analyses of data extracted from antidepressant RCTs are carried out...
  49. ncbi Second-generation antipsychotics and risk of cerebrovascular accidents in the elderly
    Mauro Percudani
    Health Care Directorate, Region of Lombardy, Milan, Italy
    J Clin Psychopharmacol 25:468-70. 2005
    ..12-1.93). These data provide preliminary epidemiological evidence that exposure to SGAs, in comparison with exposure to first-generation antipsychotics, significantly increased the risk of cerebrovascular accidents in the elderly...
  50. ncbi Assessment of cerebral blood volume in schizophrenia: A magnetic resonance imaging study
    Paolo Brambilla
    Department of Pathology and Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Psychiatry, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
    J Psychiatr Res 41:502-10. 2007
    ..Thus, altered intracranial hemodynamics may accompany brain atrophy and cognitive deficits, being a crucial factor in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia...
  51. ncbi Are all antidepressants really the same? The case of fluoxetine: a systematic review
    Andrea Cipriani
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    J Clin Psychiatry 67:850-64. 2006
    ..To systematically review the efficacy and tolerability of fluoxetine, the most widely studied of newer antidepressants, in comparison with all other antidepressants in the acute treatment of depression in patients aged more than 18 years...
  52. ncbi Violence in psychiatric units: a 7-year Italian study of persistently assaultive patients
    Luigi Grassi
    Section of Psychiatry, Department of Medical Sciences of Communication and Behaviour, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 41:698-703. 2006
    ..The aim of this paper is to describe the characteristics of repeated episodes of violence among patients admitted to an Italian psychiatric ward...
  53. ncbi Seven criteria for improving effectiveness trials in psychiatry
    Michele Tansella
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Italy
    Psychol Med 36:711-20. 2006
    ..There are no published criteria for improving the quality of effectiveness of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in psychiatry...
  54. ncbi Antidepressant drug prescribing among elderly subjects: a population-based study
    Mauro Percudani
    Health Care Directorate, Region of Lombardy, Milan, Italy
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 20:113-8. 2005
    ..In the present study we examined the prevalence and distribution of antidepressant prescribing in Lombardy, a northern Italy region with more than one and a half million elderly inhabitants...
  55. ncbi Comparative efficacy and acceptability of antimanic drugs in acute mania: a multiple-treatments meta-analysis
    Andrea Cipriani
    Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Italy
    Lancet 378:1306-15. 2011
    ..We did a multiple-treatments meta-analysis, which accounted for both direct and indirect comparisons, to assess the effects of all antimanic drugs...
  56. ncbi Antipsychotic drug prescribing in the elderly is cause for concern
    Mauro Percudani
    Health Care Directorate, Region of Lombardy, Milan, Italy
    Int Clin Psychopharmacol 19:347-50. 2004
    ....
  57. ncbi Relationship between self-reported and observer-reported ratings for psychopathology in psychiatric inpatients
    Bruno Biancosino
    Section of Psychiatry, Department of Medical Sciences of Communication and Behaviour, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
    Psychopathology 40:418-23. 2007
    ..Psychopathology can be measured adopting the perspective of clinicians or the perspective of patients themselves. In the present study, we investigated the degree of coherence between these two viewpoints...
  58. ncbi Health status, resource consumption, and costs of dysthymic patients in Italian primary care
    Corrado Barbui
    Laboratory of Epidemiology and Social Psychiatry, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Milan, Italy
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 13:120-5. 2004
    ..All dysthymic patients diagnosed by GPs might be considered together from a health policy perspective...
  59. ncbi Routine outcome monitoring in clinical practice: service and non-service costs of psychiatric patients attending a Community Mental Health Centre in Italy
    Mauro Percudani
    Department of Mental Health, Hospital of Legnano, Via Candiani 2, 20025 Legnano, Milan, Italy
    Eur Psychiatry 19:469-77. 2004
    ..This study estimated service and non-service costs in a random sample of patients attending a community psychiatric mental health centre in Italy...
  60. ncbi Head-to-head comparison of the costs of atypical antipsychotics: a systematic review
    Corrado Barbui
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    CNS Drugs 19:935-50. 2005
    ..As healthcare providers in different settings are ultimately the ones who pay for new innovations, it seems appropriate that they commission research into the cost effectiveness of SGAs...
  61. ncbi Generating psychotropic drug exposure data from computer-based medical records
    Chiara Bonetto
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Comput Methods Programs Biomed 83:120-4. 2006
    ....
  62. ncbi [Systemic review of clinical interventions for reducing treatment non-adherence in psychosis]
    Michela Nose
    Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanita Pubblica, Sezione di Psichiatria, Universita di Verona, Policlinico G B Rossi, P le L A Scuro 10, 37134 Verona
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 12:272-86. 2003
    ..This systematic review was carried out to investigate the efficacy of clinical interventions that community psychiatric services can implement to reduce non-adherence in patients with psychosis...
  63. ncbi Cost and outcome implications of using typical and atypical antipsychotics in ordinary practice in Italy
    Mauro Percudani
    Department of Psychiatry, Hospital of Legnano, Milan, Italy
    J Clin Psychiatry 64:1293-9. 2003
    ..CONCLUSIONS: The introduction of atypical agents had a small impact in terms of total health care costs and outcome, and more important than the agent prescribed was the severity of illness...
  64. ncbi Epidemiology of first- and second-generation antipsychotic agents in Lombardy, Italy
    M Percudani
    Health Care Directorate, Region of Lombardy, Milan, Italy
    Pharmacopsychiatry 38:128-31. 2005
    ..This study investigated the age and gender distribution of antipsychotic prescribing in Lombardy, a region of nine million inhabitants in northern Italy...
  65. ncbi Patterns of benzodiazepine use in a Canadian population sample
    Eleonora Esposito
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 18:248-54. 2009
    ....
  66. ncbi Metareview on short-term effectiveness and safety of antidepressants for depression: an evidence-based approach to inform clinical practice
    Andrea Cipriani
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Verona, Italy
    Can J Psychiatry 52:553-62. 2007
    ....
  67. ncbi What is an individual patient data meta-analysis?
    Andrea Cipriani
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 16:203-4. 2007
  68. ncbi Allocation concealment and blinding in clinical trials
    Andrea Cipriani
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 17:115-6. 2008
  69. ncbi What is an intention to treat analysis?
    Andrea Cipriani
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 17:26-7. 2008
  70. ncbi What is a risk ratio?
    Andrea Cipriani
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Piazzale L.A. Scuro, 10, 37134 Verona, Italy
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 16:20-1. 2007
  71. ncbi Stressful life events and social health factors in women using anxiolytics and antidepressants: an Italian observational study in community pharmacies
    Paola D'Incau
    Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, Section of Clinical Pharmacology Unit, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Gend Med 8:80-92. 2011
    ..Women are more likely than men to have experienced poverty, gender discrimination, and physical and sexual abuse...
  72. ncbi Monitoring community psychiatric services in Italy: differences between patients who leave care and those who stay in treatment
    Mauro Percudani
    Department of Psychiatry, Hospital of Legnano, and Laboratory of Epidemiology and Social Psychiatry, Mario Negri' Institute for Pharmacological Research, Milan, Italy
    Br J Psychiatry 180:254-9. 2002
    ..Those who stay in treatment are more likely to suffer from psychosis, suggesting a commitment of Italian out-patient facilities to tackling the needs of patients with more severe disorders...
  73. ncbi What is a clinical trial protocol?
    Andrea Cipriani
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Italy
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 19:116-7. 2010
    ..Trial protocols must meet a standard that adheres to the principles of Good Clinical Practice, and are used to obtain ethics approval by local Ethics Committees or Institutional Review Boards...
  74. ncbi What is a forest plot?
    Andrea Cipriani
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Piazzale L.A. Scuro, 10-37134 Verona, Italy
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 15:258-9. 2006
  75. ncbi Superiority, equivalence or non-inferiority?
    Andrea Cipriani
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 18:311-3. 2009
    ..Three kinds of RCTs may be designed: Superiority trials, Equivalence studies, Non-inferiority studies...
  76. ncbi Antipsychotic drugs and cerebrovascular events in elderly patients with dementia: a systematic review
    Sara Mazzucco
    Department of Neurological Sciences and Vision, Section of Clinical Neurology, University of Verona, Piazzale L A Scuro, 10, 37134 Verona, Italy
    Mini Rev Med Chem 8:776-83. 2008
    ..Assessing both randomised and non-randomised evidence, this systematic review found conflicting findings, particularly for risperidone. More research is needed to better inform clinical practice...
  77. ncbi Mortality and cause of death among psychiatric patients: a 20-year case-register study in an area with a community-based system of care
    L Grigoletti
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Italy
    Psychol Med 39:1875-84. 2009
    ....
  78. ncbi Determinants of subjective quality of life in patients attending community-based mental health services. The South-Verona Outcome Project 5
    M Ruggeri
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Italia
    Acta Psychiatr Scand 105:131-40. 2002
    ....
  79. ncbi Avoidable mortality of psychiatric patients in an area with a community-based system of mental health care
    F Amaddeo
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Acta Psychiatr Scand 115:320-5. 2007
    ....
  80. ncbi Clinical databases of patients receiving antidepressants. The missing link between research and practice?
    Corrado Barbui
    Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Via Eritrea 62, 20157, Milano, Italy
    J Affect Disord 70:191-6. 2002
    ..Unfortunately, the epidemiology of these compounds has shown significant gaps between recommendations derived from randomised controlled trials and current clinical practice...
  81. ncbi Antidepressant drug use in Italy since the introduction of SSRIs: national trends, regional differences and impact on suicide rates
    C Barbui
    Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milano, Italy
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 34:152-6. 1999
    ..9 to 3.2 per 100,000. These data suggest that SSRIs gave a new impetus to antidepressant sales. However, possible public health benefits related to the shift from old to new antidepressants have yet to be demonstrated...
  82. ncbi Clozapine-treated subjects with treatment-resistant schizophrenia: a systematic review of experimental and observational studies
    P Brambilla
    Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Milano, Italy
    Int Clin Psychopharmacol 17:189-95. 2002
    ..A new generation of observational studies should be developed to provide evidence on patient outcome in typical settings and under real-world circumstances, and on variables which may affect outcome...
  83. ncbi Drug epidemiology in Italy: methods and ethical issues. The example of psychiatry
    C Barbui
    Laboratory of Epidemiology and Social Psychiatry, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Milano, Italy
    Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 10:647-52. 2001
    ..These notes aim at analysing current methods, ethical issues and major legislation changes related to drug epidemiology in Italy...
  84. ncbi The Qualyop Project. 1: Monitoring the dismantlement of Italian public psychiatric hospitals. Characteristics of patients scheduled for discharge
    B D'Avanzo
    Laboratorio di Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy
    Int J Soc Psychiatry 45:79-92. 1999
    ....
  85. ncbi Clinical trials of new antipsychotics: a critical appraisal
    C Barbui
    Laboratory of Epidemiology and Social Psychiatry, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Milan, Italy
    Int Clin Psychopharmacol 14:133-7. 1999
    ..The final goal is the implementation of a new generation of trials with the aim of demonstrating superiority of effect of the new antipsychotic over the reference one...
  86. ncbi Psychotropic drug use in Italy, 1984-99: the impact of a change in reimbursement status
    C Barbui
    Laboratory of Epidemiology and Social Psychiatry, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Milano, Italy
    Int Clin Psychopharmacol 16:227-33. 2001
    ..This analysis highlights specific areas of concern which should become the object of public health programs...
  87. ncbi Cortical white-matter microstructure in schizophrenia. Diffusion imaging study
    N Andreone
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Verona, Italy
    Br J Psychiatry 191:113-9. 2007
    ..Several, although not all, of the previous small diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) studies have shown cortical white-matter disruption in schizophrenia...
  88. ncbi Side-effect profile of fluoxetine in comparison with other SSRIs, tricyclic and newer antidepressants: a meta-analysis of clinical trial data
    P Brambilla
    Department of Pathology and Experimental Medicine, Section of Psychiatry, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
    Pharmacopsychiatry 38:69-77. 2005
    ....
  89. ncbi Efficacy and tolerability of milnacipran in the treatment of major depression in comparison with other antidepressants : a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Atsuo Nakagawa
    Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
    CNS Drugs 22:587-602. 2008
    ..We undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials that compared the efficacy and tolerability of milnacipran with other antidepressants...
  90. ncbi [Antidepressant and antipsychotic drug prescribing in Lombardy]
    Mauro Percudani
    Direzione Generale Sanita, Regione Lombardia, Milano
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 15:59-70. 2006
    ..In the present study we examined the prevalence and distribution of antidepressant and antipsychotic prescribing in Lombardy, a northern Italy region of nine million inhabitants...
  91. ncbi Mild depression in general practice: is the automatism of antidepressant prescribing an evidence-based approach?
    Corrado Barbui
    Acta Psychiatr Scand 113:449-51. 2006
  92. ncbi International dosage differences in fluoxetine clinical trials
    Scott Patten
    Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta
    Can J Psychiatry 50:31-8. 2005
    ..CONCLUSIONS: International differences in prescriber behaviour may influence, and in turn be influenced by, the conduct of clinical trials. It is difficult to reconcile such differences with the principles of evidence-based medicine...
  93. ncbi Antidepressant drugs: prevalence, incidence and indication of use in general practice of Southern Italy during the years 2003-2004
    Gianluca Trifiro
    Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Pharmacology, Pharmacology Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
    Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 16:552-9. 2007
    ..To estimate 1-year prevalence, 1-year incidence and indication of use of antidepressant (AD) drug treatment in general practice of Southern Italy during the years 2003-2004...
  94. ncbi Imputing missing standard deviations in meta-analyses can provide accurate results
    Toshi A Furukawa
    Department of Psychiatry and Cognitive Behavioral Medicine, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Mizuho cho, Mizuho ku, Nagoya 467 8601 Japan
    J Clin Epidemiol 59:7-10. 2006
    ..Some meta-analysts substitute them by those reported in other studies, either from another meta-analysis or from other studies in the same meta-analysis. But the validity of such practices has never been empirically examined...
  95. ncbi Antidepressant drug consumption and public health indicators in Italy, 1955 to 2000
    Giuseppe Guaiana
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Hull, UK
    J Clin Psychiatry 66:750-5. 2005
    ..Furthermore, in Italy, newer antidepressants had no impact on the total number of admissions for depression or on the proportion of all admissions that were first admissions...
  96. ncbi The prevalence of antidepressant and antipsychotic drug prescribing in Lombardy, Italy
    Mauro Percudani
    J Clin Psychopharmacol 25:92-4. 2005
  97. ncbi Antidepressants and the risk of suicidal behaviors
    Corrado Barbui
    JAMA 292:2833; author reply 2833. 2004
  98. ncbi Trends in the use of the Italian Mental Health Act, 1979--1997
    Giuseppe Guaiana
    The University of Hull, Hertford Building, Cottingham Road, Hull HU6 7RX, UK
    Eur Psychiatry 19:444-5. 2004
    ..The proportion of all admissions that were compulsory decreased from 17.1% to 11%. This study shows that a shift to community care was not associated with an increase in compulsory admissions in Italy...