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Eating disorder psychopathology does not predict the overweight severity in subjects seeking weight loss treatmentGiovanni Castellini
Psychiatric Unit, Department of Neuropsychiatric Sciences, Florence University School of Medicine, 50134 Firenze, Italy
Compr Psychiatry 49:359-63. 2008....- Cognitive-behavioral therapy for threshold and subthreshold anorexia nervosa: a three-year follow-up studyValdo Ricca
Department of Neuropsychiatric Sciences, Florence University, Florence, Italy
Psychother Psychosom 79:238-48. 2010..The effectiveness of individual cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and the possible predictors of outcome in outpatients suffering from threshold and subthreshold AN (s-AN) were evaluated... - Diagnostic crossover and outcome predictors in eating disorders according to DSM-IV and DSM-V proposed criteria: a 6-year follow-up studyGiovanni Castellini
Psychiatric Unit, Department of Neuropsychiatric Sciences, Florence University School of Medicine, Viale Morgagni 85, 50134 Firenze, Italy
Psychosom Med 73:270-9. 2011..Patients with EDs move in and out of illness states over time, display frequent relapses, show a relevant lifetime psychiatric comorbidity, and migrate between different diagnoses... - Emotional eating in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosaValdo Ricca
Psychiatric Unit, Department of Neuropsychiatric Sciences, Florence University School of Medicine, 50134 Firenze, Italy
Compr Psychiatry 53:245-51. 2012..Few studies considered emotional eating in patients with anorexia nervosa... - Amphetamine derivatives and obesityValdo Ricca
Psychiatric Unit, Department of Neuropsychiatric Sciences, Florence University, Viale Morgagni 85, 50134 Firenze, Italy
Appetite 52:405-9. 2009..Amphetamine derivatives are widely used by obese patients seeking weight loss treatment. The amphetamine derivatives consumption is associated with higher levels of eating psychopathology and a more severe overweight... - Correlations between binge eating and emotional eating in a sample of overweight subjectsValdo Ricca
Psychiatric Unit, Department of Neuropsychiatric Sciences, Florence University, 50134 Firenze, Italy
Appetite 53:418-21. 2009..Emotional eating was positively correlated to the presence/severity of binge eating... - Psychopathological traits and 5-HT2A receptor promoter polymorphism (-1438 G/A) in patients suffering from Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia NervosaValdo Ricca
Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences, Psychiatry Unit, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni, 85, 50134, Italy
Neurosci Lett 365:92-6. 2004..003 and P = 0.010, respectively) scores and greater overall severity of the ED psychopathology (EDE total score) (P = 0.012). The obtained preliminary data suggest the use of dimensional psychopathological measures in ED genetic studies... - Comparison of individual and group cognitive behavioral therapy for binge eating disorder. A randomized, three-year follow-up studyValdo Ricca
Department of Neuropsychiatric Sciences, Florence University School of Medicine, Firenze, Italy
Appetite 55:656-65. 2010..Treatments considering the relationships between binge eating and emotional eating could improve the outcome of BED patients... - Different moderators of cognitive-behavioral therapy on subjective and objective binge eating in bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder: a three-year follow-up studyGiovanni Castellini
Psychiatric Unit, Department of Neuropsychiatric Sciences, Florence University School of Medicine, Florence, Italy
Psychother Psychosom 81:11-20. 2012..The same assessment was repeated at baseline (T0), at the end of an individual cognitive-behavioral treatment (T1), and 3 years after the end of treatment (T2)... - Hysterical traits are not from the uterus but from the testis: a study in men with sexual dysfunctionElisa Bandini
University of Florence, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, Florence, Italy
J Sex Med 6:2321-31. 2009..The relationship between testosterone (T) and psychopathology in subjects with sexual dysfunction has not been completely clarified... - Glucocorticoid receptor gene polymorphisms in Italian patients with eating disorders and obesityElena Cellini
Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences, Neurology Unit, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Psychiatr Genet 20:282-8. 2010.... - Association between psychiatric symptoms and erectile dysfunctionGiovanni Corona
Andrology Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, Italy
J Sex Med 5:458-68. 2008..Erectile dysfunction (ED) is often associated with a wide array of psychiatric symptoms, although few studies systematically address their specific association with ED determinants... - Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor-induced sexual dysfunctionGiovanni Corona
Andrology Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, Florence 50139, Italy
J Sex Med 6:1259-69. 2009..Sexual dysfunctions are often present in subjects with mood disturbances; however. antidepressants can induce per se sexual dysfunctions... - Sexual function in obese women with and without binge eating disorderGiovanni Castellini
Psychiatric Unit, Department of Neuropsychiatric Sciences, Florence University School of Medicine, Firenze, Italy
J Sex Med 7:3969-78. 2010..Binge eating disorder (BED) is highly prevalent among individuals seeking treatment for obesity. No controlled studies assessing the sexual functioning of these patients have been published so far... - Severe depressive symptoms and cardiovascular risk in subjects with erectile dysfunctionElisa Bandini
University of Florence Andrology Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, Florence, Italy
J Sex Med 7:3477-86. 2010..Erectile dysfunction (ED) and mood depression are often associated and both are correlated with an increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality... - Eating disorders and body image disturbances among ballet dancers, gymnasium users and body buildersClaudia Ravaldi
Psychiatry Unit, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Florence University Medical School, Florence, Italy
Psychopathology 36:247-54. 2003..01). CONCLUSION: Non-professional performers of sports emphasising thinness or muscularity, such as ballet and body-building, show a high degree of body uneasiness and inappropriate eating attitudes and behaviours... - Hypoprolactinemia: a new clinical syndrome in patients with sexual dysfunctionGiovanni Corona
Andrology Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
J Sex Med 6:1457-66. 2009..The physiological role of prolactin (PRL) in male sexual behavior is poorly understood. Conversely, the association between PRL pathological elevation in both reproductive and sexual behavior is well defined... - Effect of hyperprolactinemia in male patients consulting for sexual dysfunctionGiovanni Corona
Andrology Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
J Sex Med 4:1485-93. 2007..The physiological role of prolactin (PRL) in male sexual function has not been completely clarified... - Gender role, eating disorder symptoms, and body image concern in ballet dancersClaudia Ravaldi
Department of Neuropsychiatric Sciences, Psychiatry Unit, Florence University School of Medicine, Florence, Italy
J Psychosom Res 61:529-35. 2006..Ballet dancers appear to be overconcerned with performance; this could reinforce the internalization of several constructs that are generally considered as typically male... - Increased nitric oxide production in eating disordersAlfredo Vannacci
Department of Preclinical and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Florence, Italy
Neurosci Lett 399:230-3. 2006..This is the first evidence of an alteration of the NO pathway in ED patients. Further studies are needed to ascertain whether an increase in NO levels plays a possible role in the pathogenesis of ED... - 5-HT2A receptor gene polymorphism and eating disordersValdo Ricca
Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni, 85, 50134 Florence, Italy
Neurosci Lett 323:105-8. 2002..Moreover, the evaluation of 148 patients with anorexia nervosa and 86 patients with bulimia nervosa revealed an association of the A allele with both these disorders... - Aggressiveness, anger and eating disorders: a reviewElisabetta Truglia
Psychiatric Unit, Department of Neuropsychiatric Sciences, Florence University School of Medicine, Florence, Italy
Psychopathology 39:55-68. 2006..In the final section of this paper, a model exploring such a relationship in the light of the undefined sense of self is described... - Dimensional profiles of male to female gender identity disorder: an exploratory researchAlessandra D Fisher
University of Florence, Andrology Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, Florence, Italy
J Sex Med 7:2487-98. 2010..Male-to-Female Gender Identity Disorder (MtF GID) is a complex phenomenon that could be better evaluated by using a dimensional approach... - Perceived expressed emotion in anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorderFiammetta Di Paola
Department of Psychology, University of Florence, Italy
Compr Psychiatry 51:401-5. 2010.... - Stress, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and eating disordersCarolina Lo Sauro
Psychiatric Unit, Department of Neuropsychiatric Sciences, University of Florence School of Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Neuropsychobiology 57:95-115. 2008.... - Epidemiology of life events: life events and psychiatric disorders in the Sesto Fiorentino studyCarlo Faravelli
Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy
Psychother Psychosom 76:361-8. 2007.... - Psychopathology after rapeCarlo Faravelli
Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, Florence University Medical School, Italy
Am J Psychiatry 161:1483-5. 2004..This study evaluated the psychopathological consequences of a single rape occurring in adult women... - Case-control and combined family trios analysis of three polymorphisms in the ghrelin gene in European patients with anorexia and bulimia nervosaElena Cellini
Department of Neurology and Psychiatric Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Psychiatr Genet 16:51-2. 2006 - Prevalence and correlates of mental disorders in a school-survey sampleCarlo Faravelli
Department of Psychology, Florence University, S Salvi, Padiglione 16, Firenze, Italy
Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health 5:1-8. 2009.... - Zonisamide Combined with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Binge Eating Disorder: A One-year Follow-up StudyValdo Ricca
Drs Ricca, Castellini, and Lo Sauro are from the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Florence, Florence, Italy Dr Rotella is from the Department of Pathophysiology, Unit of Endocrinology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy and Dr Faravelli is from the Department of Psychology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Psychiatry (Edgmont) 6:23-8. 2009..These results are maintained one year after the end of treatment... - Assessment of the relational factor in male patients consulting for sexual dysfunction: the concept of couple sexual dysfunctionGiovanni Corona
Andrology Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, Diabetes Section, Viale Pieraccini 6, Florence, Italy
J Androl 27:795-801. 2006..Resolving, or at least ameliorating, the relational background and the sexual framework might help in treating male sexual dysfunction... - Association of NTRK3 and its interaction with NGF suggest an altered cross-regulation of the neurotrophin signaling pathway in eating disordersJosep Maria Mercader
Genes and Disease Program, Center for Genomic Regulation, 08003 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Hum Mol Genet 17:1234-44. 2008..The reported data, in addition to the previous reported findings for BDNF and NTRK2, point neurotrophin signaling genes as key regulators of eating behavior and their altered cross-regulation as susceptibility factors for EDs... - Psycho-biological correlates of free-floating anxiety symptoms in male patients with sexual dysfunctionsGiovanni Corona
Andrology Unit, Department of Clinical Physiopathology, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139 Florence, Italy
J Androl 27:86-93. 2006..05) related to ASs. In conclusion, in patients with ED-based sexual problems, ASs are correlated to many relational and life stressors. Conversely, organic problems are not necessarily associated with MHQ-A score... - Association of BDNF with restricting anorexia nervosa and minimum body mass index: a family-based association study of eight European populationsMarta Ribases
Genes and Disease Program, Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, Barcelona, Spain
Eur J Hum Genet 13:428-34. 2005..These results support the involvement of BDNF in eating behaviour and further suggest its participation in the genetic susceptibility to ED, mainly ANR and low minBMI... - Association of BDNF with anorexia, bulimia and age of onset of weight loss in six European populationsMarta Ribases
Genes and Disease Program, Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, Barcelona, Spain
Hum Mol Genet 13:1205-12. 2004..These are the first two variants associated with the pathophysiology of ED in different populations and support a role for BDNF in the susceptibility to aberrant eating behaviors... - [Cardiac complications of anorexia nervosa]Claudia Ravaldi
Recenti Prog Med 94:267-70. 2003..The principal risk factors are duration of illness > 10 years, chronic hypokalemia, plasmatic albumin chronically < 3.6 g/dl and absolute QT > or = 600 ms... - Anorexia nervosa and the risk of sudden deathAlfredo Vannacci
Am J Med 112:327-8. 2002