Omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants in neurological and psychiatric diseases: an overviewMarianna Mazza
Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 31:12-26. 2007
..Recently, clinical trials of several neurodegenerative diseases have increasingly targeted the evaluation of the effectiveness of various antioxidants...
Treatment of prurigo nodularis with pregabalinM Mazza
Department of Neurosciences, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Roma, Roma, Italy
J Clin Pharm Ther 38:16-8. 2013
..Pregabalin is one of the possible treatments for PN but its safety and efficacy are not well defined. We aimed to assess the efficacy of pregabalin in patients with PN...
- Description and validation of a questionnaire for the detection of meteoropathy and meteorosensitivity: the METEO-Q
Marianna Mazza
Department of Neurosciences, Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Compr Psychiatry 53:103-6. 2012
..There is a growing interest for the effects of weather changes on both healthy and psychiatric individuals. This study aims to validate a short questionnaire (METEO-Q) for the detection of meteoropathy and meteorosensitivity...
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors provide significant lower re-hospitalization rates in patients recovering from acute coronary syndromes: evidence from a meta-analysis
Marianna Mazza
Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart of Rome, Via Ugo De Carolis 48, Rome, Italy
J Psychopharmacol 24:1785-92. 2010
..These data suggest that antidepressant therapy with SSRIs, given its efficacy and safety, should be routinely considered in patients with a recent ACS and depression symptoms...
- Mood, hormones and quality of life
M Mazza
Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Clin Ter 159:105-9. 2008
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- Effect of aripiprazole on self-reported anhedonia in bipolar depressed patients
Marianna Mazza
Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Bipolar Disorders Unit, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Psychiatry Res 165:193-6. 2009
..Only 16% of patients experienced side effects (akathisia, headache). Future studies should investigate the specificity of anti-anhedonic and anti-depressant properties of aripiprazole in bipolar patients...
- Beneficial acute antidepressant effects of aripiprazole as an adjunctive treatment or monotherapy in bipolar patients unresponsive to mood stabilizers: results from a 16-week open-label trial
Marianna Mazza
Catholic University of Sacred Heart of Rome, Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Bipolar Disorders Unit, Via Ugo De Carolis, 48 00136 Roma, Italy
Expert Opin Pharmacother 9:3145-9. 2008
..The aim of this open-label trial is to give more evidence of the clinical effectiveness and tolerability of aripiprazole in acute bipolar depression...
- Non-Epileptic Seizures (NES) are predicted by depressive and dissociative symptoms
Marianna Mazza
Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Via Ugo De Carolis, 48 00136 Roma, Italy
Epilepsy Res 84:91-6. 2009
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- What is the effect of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors on temperament and character in patients with fibromyalgia?
Marianna Mazza
Institute of Psychiatry, Catholic University of Sacred Heart of Rome, Largo F Vito 1, Rome 00168, Italy
Compr Psychiatry 50:240-4. 2009
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- Primary cerebral blood flow deficiency and Alzheimer's disease: shadows and lights
Marianna Mazza
Department of Neurosciences, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
J Alzheimers Dis 23:375-89. 2011
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- Factors associated with the course of symptoms in bipolar disorder during a 1-year follow-up: depression vs. sub-threshold mixed state
Marianna Mazza
Department of Neurosciences, Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Bipolar Disorders Unit, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Nord J Psychiatry 65:419-26. 2011
..Mixed mood states, even in their sub-threshold forms, may significantly affect the course and outcome of bipolar disorder (BD)...
- Effect of levetiracetam on depression and anxiety in adult epileptic patients
Marianna Mazza
Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Via Ugo De Carolis, 48 00136 Rome, Italy
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 32:539-43. 2008
..Interictal depression is common in patients with epilepsy and it significantly impacts quality of life. Some studies indicate that levetiracetam (LEV) may have mood stabilizing properties...
- Oxcarbazepine in bipolar disorder: a critical review of the literature
Marianna Mazza
Institute of Psychiatry, Bipolar Disorders Unit, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Expert Opin Pharmacother 8:649-56. 2007
..OXC can be particularly useful as an add-on treatment in bipolar disorder patients for whom previous treatments have failed, or in patients who have difficulty tolerating adequate dosages of standard approved treatments...
- Neuroendocrinology of mood disorders
M Mazza
Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Clin Ter 155:537-41. 2004
..Consideration and evaluation of endocrine status result important in psychiatric patients, both to ensure proper diagnosis and adequate treatment...
- A treatment protocol for suicidal patients in a day hospital setting: preliminary results
Marianna Mazza
Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Largo F Vito 1, 00168 Rome, Italy
Psychiatry Res 143:307-10. 2006
..Gemelli" Hospital in Rome, eight (11.4%) dropped out, 62 (88.5%) completed the study, and 15 (24.19%) showed suicidal ideation within 1 year. No patients completed suicide...
- [Psychopathology in epilepsy and pseudoepilepsy: preliminary results in our experience]
M Mazza
Istituto di Psichiatria e Psicologia, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italia
Clin Ter 157:219-23. 2006
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- Ginkgo biloba and donepezil: a comparison in the treatment of Alzheimer's dementia in a randomized placebo-controlled double-blind study
M Mazza
Department of Psychiatry, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Eur J Neurol 13:981-5. 2006
..In addition, this study contributes to establish the efficacy and tolerability of the Ginkgo biloba special extract E.S. in the dementia of the Alzheimer type with special respect to moderately severe stages...
- Epilepsy and depression: risk factors for suicide?
M Mazza
Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Clin Ter 155:425-7. 2004
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- Sleep disorders in the elderly
M Mazza
Istituto di Psichiatria e Psicologia, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italia
Clin Ter 155:391-4. 2004
..This review describes all these common sleep problems in the older population and their possible treatment...
- Day hospital treatment for mood disorders
Marianna Mazza
Department of Psychiatry, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Psychiatr Serv 55:436-8. 2004
..The study participants reported a significant reduction in symptoms as well as improvements in social adaptation and overall functioning...
- Bipolar disorder: "pure" versus mixed depression over a 1-year follow-up
Marianna Mazza
Department of Neurosciences, Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Bipolar Disorders Unit, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Int J Psychiatry Clin Pract 16:113-20. 2012
..To compare two samples of Bipolar (BD) patients presenting "pure" (D) and mixed (Mx) depression to assess any difference in terms of clinical outcome, social functioning and quality of life during a 1-year follow-up...
- Oxcarbazepine improves mood in patients with epilepsy
Marianna Mazza
Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Via Ugo De Carolis 48, 00136 Rome, Italy
Epilepsy Behav 10:397-401. 2007
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- Behavioural addictions in bipolar disorder patients: role of impulsivity and personality dimensions
Marco Di Nicola
Institute of Psychiatry, Bipolar Disorder Unit, Catholic University Medical School, Rome, Italy
J Affect Disord 125:82-8. 2010
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- Role of substance abuse comorbidity and personality on the outcome of depression in bipolar disorder: harm avoidance influences medium-term treatment outcome
Laura Mandelli
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Psychopathology 45:174-8. 2012
..Though several limitations characterize the present study, neurotic personality traits seem to be associated with a slower recovery from depressive symptoms in BD, independently from their initial severity...
- Further evidence supporting the influence of brain-derived neurotrophic factor on the outcome of bipolar depression: independent effect of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and harm avoidance
Laura Mandelli
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bologna, Viale C Pepoli 5, Bologna, Italy
J Psychopharmacol 24:1747-54. 2010
..Given that many factors may influence response to pharmacological treatments, studies that consider personality and other individual characteristics are warranted also in pharmacogenetic investigations...
- Clinical features, response to treatment and functional outcome of bipolar disorder patients with and without co-occurring substance use disorder: 1-year follow-up
Marianna Mazza
Department of Psychiatry, Bipolar Disorders Unit, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
J Affect Disord 115:27-35. 2009
..The purpose of this study was to examine clinical and psychopathological features of BP with and without comorbid SUD in a real-world setting...
- Duloxetine for premenstrual dysphoric disorder: a pilot study
Marianna Mazza
Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mood Disorders Unit, Via Ugo De Carolis, 48 00136 Rome, Italy
Expert Opin Pharmacother 9:517-21. 2008
..Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) is a complex clinical syndrome that is notoriously difficult to treat. The purpose of the present study was to provide preliminary data on the effectiveness of duloxetine in PMDD...
- Further evidence supporting the association between 5HTR2C gene and bipolar disorder
Marianna Mazza
Department of Psychiatry, Catholic University, Gemelli Hospital, Rome, Italy
Psychiatry Res 180:151-2. 2010
..0036). Thus, 5HTR2C may have a role in BD. Further investigation is required to understand its involvement in co-morbidity for substance use disorders (SUDs)...
- Depression and the cardiovascular system: increasing evidence of a link and therapeutic implications
Giuseppe Marano
Department of Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther 7:1123-47. 2009
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- Efficacy and safety of pregabalin in alcohol dependence
Giovanni Martinotti
Department of Psychiatry, Catholic University Medical School, Rome, Italy
Adv Ther 25:608-18. 2008
..Reduction of cravings, psychiatric symptom improvements, and the evaluation of safety parameters were the secondary endpoints...
- Sexual behavior in women with bipolar disorder
Marianna Mazza
Department of Neurosciences, Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Bipolar Disorders Unit, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
J Affect Disord 131:364-7. 2011
..The aim of this study is to investigate sexual behavior in women affected by bipolar disorder in order to stimulate interest and debate in this area of care...
Cardiologic side effects of psychotropic drugsGiuseppe Marano
Department of Neurosciences, Institute of Psychiatry, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome 00168, Italy
J Geriatr Cardiol 8:243-53. 2011
..This paper discusses the known cardiovascular complications of psychotropic drugs and analyzes the important implications of antidepressive treatment in patients with previous cardiac history...
- Escitalopram 20 mg versus duloxetine 60 mg for the treatment of chronic low back pain
Marianna Mazza
Catholic University of Sacred Heart of Rome, Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Department of Neurosciences, Via Ugo De Carolis, 48, 00136 Rome, Italy
Expert Opin Pharmacother 11:1049-52. 2010
..The aim of this trial was to examine the efficacy of escitalopram for the treatment of CLBP compared with duloxetine...
- Harm avoidance moderates the influence of serotonin transporter gene variants on treatment outcome in bipolar patients
Laura Mandelli
Department of Psychiatry, University of Bologna, Italy
J Affect Disord 119:205-9. 2009
..Given that many factors may influence response to pharmacological treatments, studies that consider personality and other individual characteristics are warranted also in pharmacogenetic investigations...
- Bipolar disorder and epilepsy: a bidirectional relation? Neurobiological underpinnings, current hypotheses, and future research directions
Marianna Mazza
Institute of Psychiatry, Bipolar Disorders Unit, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Neuroscientist 13:392-404. 2007
..Future research on intracellular mechanisms might become decisive for a better understanding of the similarities between these two disorders...
- Reduced hedonic capacity in euthymic bipolar subjects: a trait-like feature?
Marco Di Nicola
Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Catholic University Medical School, Rome, Italy
J Affect Disord 147:446-50. 2013
..The aim of our study was to assess hedonic capacity in euthymic bipolar subjects, identifying possible differences compared to remitted unipolar depressed patients and healthy controls...
- Left thalamomegaly in a patient with partial epilepsy
Giacomo Della Marca
Department of Neurosciences, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 110:298-301. 2008
..18-FDG PET showed reduced metabolic activity in the upper right temporal gyrus and in the ipsilateral thalamus. Thalamic asymmetry in our patient could be an occasional finding...
- Microstructure of sleep in depressed patients according to the cyclic alternating pattern
Benedetto Farina
Institute of Psychiatry, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, via Alexander Fleming 110, 00191, Rome, Italy
J Affect Disord 77:227-35. 2003
..The aim of this study was to evaluate the microstructure of the EEG sleep of depressed subjects by cyclic alternating pattern (CAP) analysis...
- Affective temperaments and psychopathological dimensions of personality in bipolar and cyclothymic patients
Desiree Harnic
Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Behav Med 39:17-23. 2013
..BD and cyclothymic patients differed significantly in temperament and personality, differences that may have important implications for treatment...
- To be or not to be a bipolar disorder patient: problems with diagnosis
Marianna Mazza
Department of Neurosciences, Institute of Psychiatry and Psychology, Bipolar Disorders Unit, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
J Nerv Ment Dis 201:435-7. 2013
..To address this potential overdiagnosis, clinicians should carefully and systematically assess whether symptoms are included in diagnostic criteria and include the individual context of the patient...
- Oxcarbazepine at high dosages for the treatment of alcohol dependence
Giovanni Martinotti
Am J Addict 16:247-8. 2007
- Efficacy and safety of oxcarbazepine in bipolar disorder
Marianna Mazza
Can J Psychiatry 52:272; author reply 272-3. 2007
