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[Family psychoeducational interventions for schizophrenia in routine settings: impact on patients' clinical status and social functioning and on relatives' burden and resources]Lorenza Magliano
Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Università di Napoli SUN, Napoli
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 15:219-27. 2006..This study explored the effectiveness of a psychoeducational family intervention for schizophrenia on patients' clinical status and disability and relatives' burden and perceived support...
Family burden in long-term diseases: a comparative study in schizophrenia vs. physical disordersLorenza Magliano
Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples, Largo Madonna delle Grazie, I 80138 Naples, Italy
Soc Sci Med 61:313-22. 2005....
Implementing psychoeducational interventions in Italy for patients with schizophrenia and their familiesLorenza Magliano
Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Largo Madonna delle Grazie, Naples, I 80138, Italy
Psychiatr Serv 57:266-9. 2006..This study explored the feasibility of providing psychoeducational interventions for persons with schizophrenia and their families...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder: a 3-year prospective follow-up study of patients treated with serotonin reuptake inhibitors OCD follow-up studyFrancesco Catapano
Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Largo Madonna delle Grazie, 80138 Naples, Italy
J Psychiatr Res 40:502-10. 2006..The development of alternative strategies is needed to improve the treatment approaches for treatment-resistant OCD patients...
The influence of causal explanations and diagnostic labeling on medical students' views of schizophreniaLorenza Magliano
Department of Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Italy
Acad Med 86:1155-62. 2011..The authors examined the impact of causal explanations and diagnostic labeling on medical students' views of schizophrenia...
Prescription of psychotropic drugs to patients with schizophrenia: an Italian national surveyLorenza Magliano
Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Largo Madonna delle Grazie, 80138 Naples, Italy
Eur J Clin Pharmacol 60:513-22. 2004....
[Burden, attitudes and social support in the families of patients with long-term physical diseases]Lorenza Magliano
Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Università di Napoli SUN, Napoli
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 13:255-61. 2004..To describe in a sample of 646 relatives of patients with physical long-term illnesses: a) the relatives' burden of care; b) the relatives' attitudes towards the patients; c) the social and professional support received by the families...
Social network in long-term diseases: a comparative study in relatives of persons with schizophrenia and physical illnesses versus a sample from the general populationLorenza Magliano
Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Largo Madonna delle Grazie, Naples, Italy
Soc Sci Med 62:1392-402. 2006..These results highlight the need to provide the families of those with long-term diseases with interventions aimed at increasing their social resources...
[Benefits and difficulties in implementing family psychoeducational interventions for schizophrenia in mental health services: results from a multicentre Italian study]Lorenza Magliano
Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Università di Napoli SUN, Napoli
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 14:235-42. 2005....
Psychoeducational family interventions for schizophrenia in the last decade: from explanatory to pragmatic trialsLorenza Magliano
Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Largo Madonna delle Grazie, I 80138 Naples, Italy
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 16:22-34. 2007..Future studies are needed to identify the "best dose" at which PFI can be provided in routine conditions at the most convenient cost-benefit ratio...
Views of persons with schizophrenia on their own disorder: an Italian participatory studyLorenza Magliano
Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Largo Madonna delle Grazie, Naples, Italy
Psychiatr Serv 59:795-9. 2008..This study explored the views of 241 patients with schizophrenia about their own disorder...
What people with schizophrenia think about the causes of their disorderLorenza Magliano
Department of Psychiatry, University of Napoli SUN, Napoli, Italy
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 18:48-53. 2009..To describe what users with schizophrenia think about the causes of their disorder...
Family burden in bipolar disorders: results from the Italian Mood Disorders Study (IMDS)Lorenza Magliano
Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Naples, Italy
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 18:137-46. 2009..To explore: a) the burden of care, and the professional and social support in relatives of patients with bipolar disorders; b) the psychosocial interventions provided to patients and their families by Italian mental health centres...
Metaphoric and non-metaphoric use of the term "schizophrenia" in Italian newspapersLorenza Magliano
Department of Experimental Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 46:1019-25. 2011..This study examines how the term "schizophrenia" is used in Italian newspapers...
Beliefs about schizophrenia in Italy: a comparative nationwide survey of the general public, mental health professionals, and patients' relativesLorenza Magliano
Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples, SUN, Italy
Can J Psychiatry 49:322-30. 2004..This study compared beliefs about the causes, treatments, and psychosocial consequences of schizophrenia in a sample of 714 lay respondents, 465 mental health professionals, and 709 key relatives of patients with this disorder...
Perception of patients' unpredictability and beliefs on the causes and consequences of schizophrenia- a community surveyLorenza Magliano
Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples, Largo Madonna delle Grazie, 80138, Naples, Italy
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 39:410-6. 2004....
[Causes and psychosocial consequences of schizophrenia: the opinions of patient's relatives]L Magliano
Istituto di Psichiatria, Università di Napoli SUN
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 9:113-25. 2000....
[The condition of families of patients with schizophrenia in Italy: burden, social network and professional support]L Magliano
Istituto di Psichiatria, Università di Napoli SUN, Largo Madonna delle Grazie, 80138 Napoli
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 10:96-106. 2001..This study aimed to describe: a) the interventions received by patients with schizophrenia attending Italian mental health services (MHS); b) the relatives' burden and social network and the professional support received by the families...
[Psychosocial causes and consequences of schizophrenia: opinions of Italians]Lorenza Magliano
Istituto di Psichiatria, Università di Napoli SUN, Napoli
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 12:187-97. 2003..Description of opinions on schizophrenia and its psychosocial consequences in a sample of general population...
A multicenter Italian study of patients' relatives' beliefs about schizophreniaL Magliano
Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Largo Madonna delle Grazie, Italy
Psychiatr Serv 52:1528-30. 2001..The findings of this study may be useful for developing psychoeducational intervention and sensitization campaigns for the general population...
[Causes and psychosocial consequences of schizophrenia: opinions of mental health personnel]Lorenza Magliano
Istituto di Psichiatria, Università di Napoli SUN, Largo Madonna delle Grazie, 80138 Napoli
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 11:35-44. 2002..Description of the opinions about causes and psychosocial consequences of schizophrenia in a sample of psychiatric professionals, recruited in 29 Italian Mental Health Centres (MHC)...
The impact of professional and social network support on the burden of families of patients with schizophrenia in ItalyL Magliano
Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Italy
Acta Psychiatr Scand 106:291-8. 2002....
Psychological consequences of the 1998 landslide in Sarno, Italy: a community studyF Catapano
Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Largo Madonna della Grazie, 80138 Naples, Italy
Acta Psychiatr Scand 104:438-42. 2001..CONCLUSION: This study emphasizes the negative impact of a natural catastrophic event on mental health, and the need for preventive interventions...
Long-term outcome of lithium prophylaxis in bipolar disorder: a 5-year prospective study of 402 patients at a lithium clinicM Maj
Department of Psychiatry, First Medical School, University of Naples, Italy
Am J Psychiatry 155:30-5. 1998..In this prospective study, information was collected on all bipolar I patients who started lithium prophylaxis at a lithium clinic during more than 15 years...
Agitated "unipolar" major depression: prevalence, phenomenology, and outcomeMario Maj
Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Italy
J Clin Psychiatry 67:712-9. 2006....
Beliefs of psychiatric nurses about schizophrenia: a comparison with patients' relatives and psychiatristsLorenza Magliano
Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples, Italy
Int J Soc Psychiatry 50:319-30. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Family psychoeducational interventions and nurses' training should address not only clinical aspects but also disability and psychosocial consequences of schizophrenia...
Patient functioning and family burden in a controlled, real-world trial of family psychoeducation for schizophreniaLorenza Magliano
Department of Psychiatry, Second University of Naples SUN, Largo Madonna delle Grazie, Naples I 80138, Italy lorenza
Psychiatr Serv 57:1784-91. 2006..This study explored the effectiveness of a psychoeducational family intervention for schizophrenia on patients' personal and social functioning as well as on relatives' burden and perceived support...
The effect of social network on burden and pessimism in relatives of patients with schizophreniaLorenza Magliano
Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples, Naples, Italy
Am J Orthopsychiatry 73:302-9. 2003..Strengthening the relatives' social network may represent a useful strategy to alleviate their burden and pessimism about schizophrenia...
Agitated depression in bipolar I disorder: prevalence, phenomenology, and outcomeMario Maj
Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples, Naples, Italy
Am J Psychiatry 160:2134-40. 2003..The study aimed to explore how prevalent agitated depression is in bipolar I disorder, whether it represents a mixed state, and whether it differs from nonagitated depression with respect to course and outcome...
The prognostic significance of "switching" in patients with bipolar disorder: a 10-year prospective follow-up studyMario Maj
Clinica Psichiatrica, Primo Policlinico Universitario, Largo Madonna delle Grazie, I 10138 Naples, Italy
Am J Psychiatry 159:1711-7. 2002..This study explored whether "switching" (i.e., the direct transition from one mood polarity to the other) has significant prognostic implications in patients with bipolar disorder...
Phenomenology and prognostic significance of delusions in major depressive disorder: a 10-year prospective follow-up studyMario Maj
Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Naples, Italy
J Clin Psychiatry 68:1411-7. 2007..The study explored the phenomenology and prognostic significance of delusions in major depressive disorder...
[Beliefs about psychosocial consequences of schizophrenia and depression: a comparative study in a sample of secondary school students]Giuseppina Castiello
Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Università di Napoli SUN, Napoli
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 16:163-71. 2007..Description of students' opinions about schizophrenia and depression...
Development and validation of a self-reported questionnaire on users' opinions about schizophrenia: a participatory researchLorenza Magliano
Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Naples, Italy
Int J Soc Psychiatry 55:425-41. 2009..Although users' involvement in mental health research has repeatedly been acknowledged as having a positive influence on research quality, this rarely happens...
Long-term outcome of lithium prophylaxis in bipolar disorder with mood-incongruent psychotic features: a prospective studyMario Maj
Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples SUN, Largo Madonna delle Grazie, I 80138 Napoli, Italy
J Affect Disord 71:195-8. 2002..No study has assessed systematically up to now the long-term outcome of lithium prophylaxis in bipolar patients with vs. without mood-incongruent psychotic features...
[Randomised controlled trial of a behavioural family intervention: 1 year and 11-years follow-up]Franco Veltro
Dipartimento di Salute Mentale di Campobasso, Campobasso
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 15:44-51. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: The BFT was rather easy to implement in a CMHS and very cost effective. However, as it has been shown in other studies, to keep all the benefits a consistent program of monitoring with booster sessions is essential...
[Efficacy of the "VADO" approach in psychiatric rehabilitation: a controlled study]Michela Vittorielli
IRCCS Centro S Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Via Piastroni 4, 25125 Brescia
Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 12:43-52. 2003..Assessment of the efficacy of the rehabilitation approach that is recommended by the manual VADO (AAOS in English: Abilities Assessment and Objectives Setting) in schizophrenic syndromes...
