Antonio Lasalvia

Summary

Affiliation: University of Verona
Country: Italy

Publications

  1. ncbi Global pattern of experienced and anticipated discrimination reported by people with major depressive disorder: a cross-sectional survey
    Antonio Lasalvia
    Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Lancet 381:55-62. 2013
  2. ncbi Psychosis Incident Cohort Outcome Study (PICOS). A multisite study of clinical, social and biological characteristics, patterns of care and predictors of outcome in first-episode psychosis. Background, methodology and overview of the patient sample
    A Lasalvia
    Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci 21:281-303. 2012
  3. ncbi Multiple perspectives on mental health outcome: needs for care and service satisfaction assessed by staff, patients and family members
    Antonio Lasalvia
    Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Policlinico G B Rossi, 37134, Verona, Italy
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 47:1035-45. 2012
  4. ncbi Subjective quality of life: its relationship with clinician-rated and patient-rated psychopathology. The South-Verona Outcome Project 6
    Antonio Lasalvia
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Psychother Psychosom 71:275-84. 2002
  5. ncbi Influence of perceived organisational factors on job burnout: survey of community mental health staff
    Antonio Lasalvia
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Policlinico G B Rossi, 37134 Verona, Italy
    Br J Psychiatry 195:537-44. 2009
  6. ncbi Listening to patients' needs to improve their subjective quality of life
    Antonio Lasalvia
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Policlinico G B Rossi, Piazzale L A Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy
    Psychol Med 35:1655-65. 2005
  7. ncbi Association study of dysbindin gene with clinical and outcome measures in a representative cohort of Italian schizophrenic patients
    Sarah Tosato
    Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 144:647-59. 2007
  8. ncbi Effect of COMT genotype on aggressive behaviour in a community cohort of schizophrenic patients
    Sarah Tosato
    Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Italy
    Neurosci Lett 495:17-21. 2011
  9. ncbi Changes and predictors of change in objective and subjective quality of life: multiwave follow-up study in community psychiatric practice
    Mirella Ruggeri
    Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanita Pubblica, Sezione di Psichiatria e di Psicologia Clinica, Universita di Verona, Policlinico G B Rossi, 37134 Verona, Italy
    Br J Psychiatry 187:121-30. 2005
  10. ncbi The impact of cannabis use on age of onset and clinical characteristics in first-episode psychotic patients. Data from the Psychosis Incident Cohort Outcome Study (PICOS)
    Sarah Tosato
    Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
    J Psychiatr Res 47:438-44. 2013

Detail Information

Publications27

  1. ncbi Global pattern of experienced and anticipated discrimination reported by people with major depressive disorder: a cross-sectional survey
    Antonio Lasalvia
    Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Lancet 381:55-62. 2013
    ....
  2. ncbi Psychosis Incident Cohort Outcome Study (PICOS). A multisite study of clinical, social and biological characteristics, patterns of care and predictors of outcome in first-episode psychosis. Background, methodology and overview of the patient sample
    A Lasalvia
    Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci 21:281-303. 2012
    ..This paper aims at providing an overview of the background, design and initial findings of Psychosis Incident Cohort Outcome Study (PICOS)...
  3. ncbi Multiple perspectives on mental health outcome: needs for care and service satisfaction assessed by staff, patients and family members
    Antonio Lasalvia
    Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Policlinico G B Rossi, 37134, Verona, Italy
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 47:1035-45. 2012
    ..The present study aimed to compare the perceptions of these three groups on two important subjective mental health outcome measures--needs for care and service satisfaction--to identify potential areas of discrepancy...
  4. ncbi Subjective quality of life: its relationship with clinician-rated and patient-rated psychopathology. The South-Verona Outcome Project 6
    Antonio Lasalvia
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Psychother Psychosom 71:275-84. 2002
    ....
  5. ncbi Influence of perceived organisational factors on job burnout: survey of community mental health staff
    Antonio Lasalvia
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Policlinico G B Rossi, 37134 Verona, Italy
    Br J Psychiatry 195:537-44. 2009
    ..Staff burnout is a critical issue for mental healthcare delivery, as it can lead to decreased work performance and, ultimately, to poorer treatment outcomes...
  6. ncbi Listening to patients' needs to improve their subjective quality of life
    Antonio Lasalvia
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Policlinico G B Rossi, Piazzale L A Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy
    Psychol Med 35:1655-65. 2005
    ....
  7. ncbi Association study of dysbindin gene with clinical and outcome measures in a representative cohort of Italian schizophrenic patients
    Sarah Tosato
    Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 144:647-59. 2007
    ..These preliminary results are compatible with the view that DTNBP1 is a susceptibility factor for schizophrenia, and is associated with worse psychopathology...
  8. ncbi Effect of COMT genotype on aggressive behaviour in a community cohort of schizophrenic patients
    Sarah Tosato
    Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Italy
    Neurosci Lett 495:17-21. 2011
    ..Antipsychotic dosage, alcohol and drug abuse were taken into account as confounders. The Met/Met genotype of COMT may have an effect on aggressive behaviour in schizophrenia because norepinephrine is less effectively inactivated...
  9. ncbi Changes and predictors of change in objective and subjective quality of life: multiwave follow-up study in community psychiatric practice
    Mirella Ruggeri
    Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanita Pubblica, Sezione di Psichiatria e di Psicologia Clinica, Universita di Verona, Policlinico G B Rossi, 37134 Verona, Italy
    Br J Psychiatry 187:121-30. 2005
    ..There is little knowledge of the predictors of objective and subjective quality of life...
  10. ncbi The impact of cannabis use on age of onset and clinical characteristics in first-episode psychotic patients. Data from the Psychosis Incident Cohort Outcome Study (PICOS)
    Sarah Tosato
    Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy
    J Psychiatr Res 47:438-44. 2013
    ..Particular attention must be paid to this behaviour, because reducing cannabis use can delay or prevent some cases of psychosis...
  11. ncbi Is neuregulin 1 involved in determining cerebral volumes in schizophrenia? Preliminary results showing a decrease in superior temporal gyrus volume
    Sarah Tosato
    Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy sarah tosato univr it
    Neuropsychobiology 65:119-25. 2012
    ..In this study, the association between NRG1 and STG anatomy in patients with schizophrenia was explored for the first time...
  12. ncbi A longitudinal evaluation of two-year outcome in a community-based mental health service using graphical chain models. The South-Verona Outcome Project 9
    Mirella Ruggeri
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Italy
    Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 13:10-23. 2004
    ..This study throws some light on the complex relationships between clinical, social and economic variables affecting the medium-term outcome of mental health care...
  13. ncbi Severe and persistent mental illness: a useful definition for prioritizing community-based mental health service interventions
    Alberto Parabiaghi
    Dept of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Ospedale Policlinico, Verona, Italy
    Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 41:457-63. 2006
    ..This study investigates the external and predictive validity of an operationalized definition for the severity and persistency of mental illness applied to a sample of service users attending a community mental health service...
  14. ncbi Heterogeneity of outcomes in schizophrenia. 3-year follow-up of treated prevalent cases
    Mirella Ruggeri
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Italy
    Br J Psychiatry 184:48-57. 2004
    ..Care for people with schizophrenia should address a wide range of outcomes, including professional and consumer perspectives...
  15. ncbi A multi-element psychosocial intervention for early psychosis (GET UP PIANO TRIAL) conducted in a catchment area of 10 million inhabitants: study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial
    Mirella Ruggeri
    Section of Psychiatry, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Verona and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona, Verona, Italy
    Trials 13:73. 2012
    ....
  16. ncbi [Heterogeneity of the Departments of Mental Health in the Veneto Region ten years after the National Plan 1994-96 for Mental Health. Which implication for clinical practice? Findings from the PICOS Project]
    Antonio Lasalvia
    Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanita Pubblica, Sezione di Psichiatria e Psicologia Clinica, Universita di Verona, Policlinico G B Rossi, P le L A Scuro 10, 37134 Verona, Italy
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 16:59-70. 2007
    ....
  17. ncbi [Anti stigma campaigns: really useful and effective? A critical review of the anti-stigma initiatives conducted in Italy]
    Silvia Zoppei
    Dipartimento di Sanita Pubblica, Universita di Verona, Verona, Italy
    Riv Psichiatr 46:242-9. 2011
    ..It is important to determine if the number of anti-stigma campaigns are effective and useful. This paper aims to identify anti-stigma projects carried out in Italy in the last ten years and to evaluate their effectiveness...
  18. ncbi Can the role of genetic factors in schizophrenia be enlightened by studies of candidate gene mutant mice behaviour?
    Rodolfo Mazzoncini
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
    World J Biol Psychiatry 10:778-97. 2009
    ..On the other hand, multivariate and translational approach should be implemented in several behavioural domains...
  19. ncbi [Patterns of clinical course in persons with mental disorders: which impact on social disability and quality of life? A longitudinal study]
    Antonio Lasalvia
    Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanita Pubblica, Sezione di Psichiatria e WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health and Service Evaluation, Universita di Verona
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 13:169-80. 2004
    ..To investigate in persons with mental disorders 1) the patterns of clinical course and their frequencies, 2) the impact of clinical course on two social dimensions of outcome, such as disability and quality of life...
  20. ncbi [Care across all phases of schizophrenia and initiation of treatment: discrepancy between routine practice and evidence. The SIEP-DIRECT'S Project]
    Mirella Ruggeri
    Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanita Pubblica, Sezione di Psichiatria e di Psicologia Clinica, Universitd di Verona, Verona
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 17:305-18. 2008
    ....
  21. ncbi The contribution of epidemiology to defining the most appropriate approach to genetic research on schizophrenia
    Sarah Tosato
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 18:81-90. 2009
    ..If environmental and/or genetic factors are not precisely measured, it is impossible to study their independent effects or interactions...
  22. ncbi [Systematic review on the role of neurocognitive deficits in first-degree relatives of schizophrenic patients]
    Silvia Scala
    Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Medicina di Comunità, Sezione di Psichiatria e Psicologia Clinica, Università di Verona WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Mental Health and Service Evaluation
    Riv Psichiatr 45:271-89. 2010
    ....
  23. ncbi The SIEP-DIRECT'S Project on the discrepancy between routine practice and evidence. An outline of main findings and practical implications for the future of community based mental health services
    Mirella Ruggeri
    Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanita Pubblica, Sezione di Psichiatria e di Psicologia Clinica, Universita di Verona, Verona
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 17:358-68. 2008
    ....
  24. ncbi Neurocognitive profile and its association with psychopathology in first-degree relatives of patients with schizophrenia. a case-control study
    Silvia Scala
    Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, P le L A Scuro, 10 37134 Verona, Italy
    Psychiatry Res 200:137-43. 2012
    ..Similar deficits, albeit at a lesser degree, have been also found in their healthy biological relatives. These deficits, if better characterized, might represent underlying vulnerable traits for psychosis...
  25. ncbi Satisfaction with mental health services among people with schizophrenia in five European sites: results from the EPSILON Study
    Mirella Ruggeri
    Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona, Italy
    Schizophr Bull 29:229-45. 2003
    ....
  26. ncbi People with schizophrenia in five countries: conceptual similarities and intercultural differences in family caregiving
    Bob van Wijngaarden
    Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    Schizophr Bull 29:573-86. 2003
    ..As long as cultural bias cannot be ruled out, researchers are advised to compose their own national norm groups and use these as a local standard...
  27. ncbi Fighting discrimination and stigma against people with mental disorders
    Antonio Lasalvia
    Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc 17:1-9. 2008