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Psychological correlates in patients with different levels of hypertensionChiara Rafanelli
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Psychiatry Res 198:154-60. 2012..They also outline the need to monitor the clinical course of hypertensive patients characterized by these specific clinical and subclinical psychological conditions...- Assessment of psychological well-being in psychosomatic medicineChiara Rafanelli
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Adv Psychosom Med 32:182-202. 2012.... 
[Drug dependence and lack of psychological well-being: observational study]Chiara Rafanelli
Dipartimento di Psicologia, Universita di Bologna
Riv Psichiatr 44:401-8. 2009....- Dysthymia before myocardial infarction as a cardiac risk factor at 2.5-year follow-upChiara Rafanelli
Dept of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat, 5, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Psychosomatics 51:8-13. 2010..Despite its implications for treatment strategies, the potential role of previous depression on the medical course after coronary heart disease (CHD) has not yet been thoroughly studied... - Minor depression as a short-term risk factor in outpatients with congestive heart failureChiara Rafanelli
Department of Psychology, Bellaria Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Psychosomatics 50:493-9. 2009..In the past decade, there has been an increasing awareness of both quality-of-life impairment and the negative prognostic role of depression in congestive heart failure (CHF) patients... - Sequential treatment of depression in primary careC Rafanelli
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Int J Clin Pract 61:1719-29. 2007..The aim of this paper was to illustrate the practical implications of sequential treatment strategy for depression in primary care, with particular reference to the increasingly common problem of recurrent depression... - Psychological factors affecting cardiologic conditionsChiara Rafanelli
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Adv Psychosom Med 28:72-108. 2007..There remains the need to further investigate if treating both clinical and subsyndromal psychological conditions can improve quality of life and reduce the risk of morbidity and mortality in these patients... - Assessing demoralization and depression in the setting of medical diseaseLara Mangelli
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, 40127 Bologna, Italy
J Clin Psychiatry 66:391-4. 2005..Further research may determine whether demoralization, alone or in association with major depression, entails prognostic and clinical implications... - Well-being therapy. A novel psychotherapeutic approach for residual symptoms of affective disordersG A Fava
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy
Psychol Med 28:475-80. 1998..Further research should determine its value as a relapse-preventive strategy in specific mood and anxiety disorders... - Family intervention approach to loss of clinical effect during long-term antidepressant treatment: a pilot studyStefania Fabbri
Affective Disorder Program and Laboratory of Experimental Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
J Clin Psychiatry 68:1348-51. 2007..The aims of this investigation were to explore the feasibility of a family intervention approach to loss of clinical effect during long-term antidepressant therapy and to compare this approach with dose increase... - Irritable mood in Italian patients with medical diseaseLara Mangelli
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
J Nerv Ment Dis 194:226-8. 2006..Further research may determine whether irritability, alone or in association with major depression, entails prognostic and clinical implications... - Type A behaviour: a reappraisal of its characteristics in cardiovascular diseaseL Sirri
Laboratory of Psychosomatics and Clinimetrics, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Int J Clin Pract 66:854-61. 2012..The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of type A behaviour in cardiology and in other medical settings using reliable interview methods that reflect its original description... - Sequential treatment of mood and anxiety disordersGiovanni A Fava
Affective Disorders Program and Laboratory of Experimental Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 5, 40127 Bologna, Italy
J Clin Psychiatry 66:1392-400. 2005..The aim of this review was to survey the literature concerned with a sequential use of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy in mood and anxiety disturbances... - Cognitive behavior approach to loss of clinical effect during long-term antidepressant treatment: a pilot studyGiovanni A Fava
Affective Disorder Program and Laboratory of Experimental Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 5, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Am J Psychiatry 159:2094-5. 2002..The aims of this investigation were to explore the feasibility of a cognitive behavior approach to loss of clinical effect during long-term antidepressant therapy and to compare it with dose increase... - The spectrum of anxiety disorders in the medically illGiovanni A Fava
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 5, Bologna, Italy
J Clin Psychiatry 71:910-4. 2010..The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to assess the prevalence and characteristics of anxiety disorders in the medically ill... - Psychological assessment in cardiac rehabilitationChiara Rafanelli
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Psychother Psychosom 72:343-9. 2003..While there has been an upsurge of interest in the psychiatric correlates of myocardial infarction, little is known about the presence of psychological distress in the setting of cardiac rehabilitation... - Psychometric theory is an obstacle to the progress of clinical researchGiovanni A Fava
Affective Disorders Program, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Psychother Psychosom 73:145-8. 2004..Current diagnostic entities (DSM) are based on clinimetric principles, but their use is still influenced by psychometric models. Suggestions for switching gears in assessment research are offered... - Assessing somatization with various diagnostic criteriaLara Mangelli
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Psychosomatics 50:38-41. 2009..Somatization is a widespread clinical phenomenon that cuts across diagnostic categories, both psychiatric and medical... - Agoraphobia is a disease: a tribute to Sir Martin RothGiovanni A Fava
Affective Disorders Program, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Psychother Psychosom 77:133-8. 2008..These recent research findings confirm the clinical observations and phenomenological research of Sir Martin Roth (1917-2006) and call for a reassessment of the concept of neurosis... - Six-year outcome of cognitive behavior therapy for prevention of recurrent depressionGiovanni A Fava
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 5, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Am J Psychiatry 161:1872-6. 2004..The objective of this investigation was to provide a 6-year follow-up of cognitive behavior treatment versus clinical management... - Well-being therapy of generalized anxiety disorderGiovanni A Fava
Affective Disorders Program and Laboratory of Experimental Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 5, IT 40127 Bologna, Italy
Psychother Psychosom 74:26-30. 2005..The aim of this study was to apply a novel psychotherapeutic approach for increasing the level of remission in GAD... - [Stressful life events and depressive disorders as risk factors for acute coronary heart disease]Chiara Rafanelli
Dipartimento di Psicologia, Universita degli Studi, Bologna
Ital Heart J Suppl 6:105-10. 2005..The relationship between recent life events, major depression, depressive symptomatology and onset of acute coronary heart disease has been less considered... - Effects of gradual discontinuation of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in panic disorder with agoraphobiaGiovanni A Fava
Affective Disorders Program, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy
Int J Neuropsychopharmacol 10:835-8. 2007..Discontinuation syndromes appeared to be fairly common even when performed with slow tapering and during clinical remission. In some cases disturbances persisted for months after discontinuation... - Stressful life events, depression and demoralization as risk factors for acute coronary heart diseaseChiara Rafanelli
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Psychother Psychosom 74:179-84. 2005.... - Minor depression as a cardiac risk factor after coronary artery bypass surgeryChiara Rafanelli
Dept of Psychology, Univ of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 5, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Psychosomatics 47:289-95. 2006..The clinical approach to coronary artery bypass grafting patients should thus include not only major depressive symptoms but also minor depression... - Differential effects of well-being promoting and anxiety-management strategies in a non-clinical school settingElena Tomba
Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy
J Anxiety Disord 24:326-33. 2010..WBT, by facilitating progression toward positive and optimal functioning, may integrate symptom-centered strategies... - Psychological well-being and residual symptoms in remitted patients with panic disorder and agoraphobiaG A Fava
Affective Disorders Program and Laboratory of Experimental Psychotherapy, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bolgna, Italy
J Affect Disord 65:185-90. 2001.... - The relationship of psychological well-being to distress and personalityChiara Ruini
Affective Disorders Program, Department of Psychology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Psychother Psychosom 72:268-75. 2003..PWB scales measure an attitude toward optimal functioning that is crucial for a comprehensive consideration of individuals in clinical settings... - Psychosomatic characterization of adjustment disorders in the medical setting: some suggestions for DSM-VLuigi Grassi
Department of Medical Sciences of Communication and Behavior, Section of Psychiatry, University of Ferrara, Italy
J Affect Disord 101:251-4. 2007..Problems have been raised, however, as to their clinical value. The aim of the study was to characterize the psychosomatic features of adjustment disorders...