Laura Amato

Summary

Affiliation: Agency for Public Health
Country: Italy

Publications

  1. ncbi Cochrane systematic reviews in the field of addiction: what's there and what should be
    Laura Amato
    Department of Epidemiology, Lazio Region, via di S Costanza 53, 00198 Rome, Italy
    Drug Alcohol Depend 113:96-103. 2011
  2. ncbi An overview of systematic reviews of the effectiveness of opiate maintenance therapies: available evidence to inform clinical practice and research
    Laura Amato
    Department of Epidemiology, 00198 Rome, Italy
    J Subst Abuse Treat 28:321-9. 2005
  3. ncbi VEdeTTE, a longitudinal study on effectiveness of treatments for heroin addiction in Italy: study protocol and characteristics of study population
    Anna Maria Bargagli
    Department of Epidemiology, ASL Rome E, Rome, Italy
    Subst Use Misuse 41:1861-79. 2006
  4. ncbi Effectiveness of interventions on opiate withdrawal treatment: an overview of systematic reviews
    Laura Amato
    Department of Epidemiology, Via S Costanza, 53, 00198 Rome, Italy
    Drug Alcohol Depend 73:219-26. 2004
  5. ncbi Psychosocial and pharmacological treatments versus pharmacological treatments for opioid detoxification
    Laura Amato
    Department of Epidemiology, ASL RM E, Via di Santa Costanza, 53, Rome, Italy, 00198
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 9:CD005031. 2011
  6. ncbi Oral naltrexone maintenance treatment for opioid dependence
    Silvia Minozzi
    Department of Epidemiology, ASL RM E, Via di Santa Costanza, 53, Rome, Italy, 00198
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 4:CD001333. 2011
  7. ncbi Methadone treatment in clinical practice in Italy: need for improvement
    Patrizia Schifano
    Department of Epidemiology, ASL Rome E, Rome, Italy
    Eur Addict Res 12:121-7. 2006
  8. ncbi Anticonvulsants for alcohol withdrawal
    Silvia Minozzi
    Department of Epidemiology, ASL RM E, Via di Santa Costanza, 53, Rome, Italy, 00198
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 3:CD005064. 2010
  9. ncbi Does direction of results of abstracts submitted to scientific conferences on drug addiction predict full publication?
    Simona Vecchi
    Department of Epidemiology, Italian National Health Service, Local Health Unit Rome E, Via di S, Costanza, 53, 00198 Rome, Italy
    BMC Med Res Methodol 9:23. 2009
  10. ncbi Oral naltrexone maintenance treatment for opioid dependence
    Silvia Minozzi
    Department of Epidemiology, ASL RM E, Via di Santa Costanza, 53, Rome, Italy, 00198
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2:CD001333. 2011

Detail Information

Publications18

  1. ncbi Cochrane systematic reviews in the field of addiction: what's there and what should be
    Laura Amato
    Department of Epidemiology, Lazio Region, via di S Costanza 53, 00198 Rome, Italy
    Drug Alcohol Depend 113:96-103. 2011
    ..Cochrane reviews provide information on the most effective treatments, particularly in the area of opioid and alcohol dependence, and help clarify areas for further research...
  2. ncbi An overview of systematic reviews of the effectiveness of opiate maintenance therapies: available evidence to inform clinical practice and research
    Laura Amato
    Department of Epidemiology, 00198 Rome, Italy
    J Subst Abuse Treat 28:321-9. 2005
    ..To summarize the major findings of the five Cochrane reviews on substitution maintenance treatments for opioid dependence...
  3. ncbi VEdeTTE, a longitudinal study on effectiveness of treatments for heroin addiction in Italy: study protocol and characteristics of study population
    Anna Maria Bargagli
    Department of Epidemiology, ASL Rome E, Rome, Italy
    Subst Use Misuse 41:1861-79. 2006
    ..The Italian heroin-addicted population under treatment seems to have low level of education but good social integration. Compared with men, women show a higher severity. Participants show a beneficial effect of treatment...
  4. ncbi Effectiveness of interventions on opiate withdrawal treatment: an overview of systematic reviews
    Laura Amato
    Department of Epidemiology, Via S Costanza, 53, 00198 Rome, Italy
    Drug Alcohol Depend 73:219-26. 2004
    ..To provide an overview of 5 Cochrane reviews of different approaches for treating opioid withdrawal...
  5. ncbi Psychosocial and pharmacological treatments versus pharmacological treatments for opioid detoxification
    Laura Amato
    Department of Epidemiology, ASL RM E, Via di Santa Costanza, 53, Rome, Italy, 00198
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 9:CD005031. 2011
    ..Some studies have suggested that the sorts of symptoms which are most distressing to addicts during detoxification are psychological rather than physiological symptoms associated with the withdrawal syndrome...
  6. ncbi Oral naltrexone maintenance treatment for opioid dependence
    Silvia Minozzi
    Department of Epidemiology, ASL RM E, Via di Santa Costanza, 53, Rome, Italy, 00198
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 4:CD001333. 2011
    ..Research on clinical application of oral naltrexone agrees on several things. From a pharmacological perspective, naltrexone works. From an applied perspective, the medication compliance and the retention rates are poor...
  7. ncbi Methadone treatment in clinical practice in Italy: need for improvement
    Patrizia Schifano
    Department of Epidemiology, ASL Rome E, Rome, Italy
    Eur Addict Res 12:121-7. 2006
    ..Methadone at appropriate doses has been demonstrated to be the most effective means for retaining patients in treatment and suppressing heroin use...
  8. ncbi Anticonvulsants for alcohol withdrawal
    Silvia Minozzi
    Department of Epidemiology, ASL RM E, Via di Santa Costanza, 53, Rome, Italy, 00198
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 3:CD005064. 2010
    ..Anticonvulsants seem to have limited side effects, although adverse effects are not rigorously reported in the analysed trials...
  9. ncbi Does direction of results of abstracts submitted to scientific conferences on drug addiction predict full publication?
    Simona Vecchi
    Department of Epidemiology, Italian National Health Service, Local Health Unit Rome E, Via di S, Costanza, 53, 00198 Rome, Italy
    BMC Med Res Methodol 9:23. 2009
    ..Some studies have indicated that full publication is associated with the direction of results (publication bias). No study has looked into the occurrence of publication bias in the field of addiction...
  10. ncbi Oral naltrexone maintenance treatment for opioid dependence
    Silvia Minozzi
    Department of Epidemiology, ASL RM E, Via di Santa Costanza, 53, Rome, Italy, 00198
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2:CD001333. 2011
    ..Research on the clinical application of oral naltrexone agrees on several things. From a pharmacological perspective, naltrexone works. From an applied perspective, however, the medication compliance and the retention rates are very poor...
  11. ncbi An overview of systematic reviews on cannabis and psychosis: discussing apparently conflicting results
    Silvia Minozzi
    Department of Epidemiology, Local Health Unit Roma E, Roma, Italy
    Drug Alcohol Rev 29:304-17. 2010
    ..Cannabis intoxication can lead to acute, transient psychotic symptoms and the short-term exacerbation of pre-existing psychotic symptoms. However, controversy exists about whether cannabis can actually cause long-term psychosis...
  12. ncbi Psychosocial combined with agonist maintenance treatments versus agonist maintenance treatments alone for treatment of opioid dependence
    Laura Amato
    Department of Epidemiology, ASL RM E, Via di Santa Costanza, 53, Rome, Italy, 00198
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 10:CD004147. 2011
    ..Maintenance treatments are effective in retaining patients in treatment and suppressing heroin use. Questions remain regarding the efficacy of additional psychosocial services...
  13. ncbi Dopamine agonists for the treatment of cocaine dependence
    Laura Amato
    Department of Epidemiology, ASL RM E, Via di Santa Costanza, 53, Rome, Italy, 00198
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 12:CD003352. 2011
    ..Cocaine dependence is a disorder for which no pharmacological treatment of proven efficacy exists, advances in the neurobiology could guide future medication development..
  14. ncbi Benzodiazepines for alcohol withdrawal
    Laura Amato
    Department of Epidemiology, ASL RM E, Via di Santa Costanza, 53, Rome, Italy, 00198
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 3:CD005063. 2010
    ..Nevertheless, no definite conclusions about the effectiveness and safety of benzodiazepines was possible, because of the heterogeneity of the trials both in interventions and the assessment of outcomes...
  15. ncbi Development of dependence following treatment with opioid analgesics for pain relief: a systematic review
    Silvia Minozzi
    Department of Epidemiology, Lazio Regional Health Service, Cochrane Drugs and Alcohol Group, Rome, Italy
    Addiction 108:688-98. 2013
    ..To assess the incidence or prevalence of opioid dependence syndrome in adults (with and without previous history of substance abuse) following treatment with opioid analgesics for pain relief...
  16. ncbi Efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions for the treatment of the Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome
    Laura Amato
    Department of Epidemiology, ASL RM E, Via di Santa Costanza, 53, Rome, Italy, 00198
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev 6:CD008537. 2011
    ..Pharmacological treatments presently used are of uncertain effectiveness and there is even more doubt on the comparative effects and value for money...
  17. ncbi A systematic review on the efficacy of naltrexone maintenance treatment in opioid dependence
    Ursula Kirchmayer
    Department of Epidemiology, ASL RM E, Rome, Italy
    Addiction 97:1241-9. 2002
    ..To evaluate the efficacy of naltrexone maintenance treatment in preventing relapse in opioid addicts after detoxification...
  18. ncbi [Volume and health outcomes: an overview of systematic reviews]
    Marina Davoli
    Dipartimento di epidemiologia ASL RME
    Epidemiol Prev 29:3-63. 2005
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