List of works - Laura Amato

A systematic review on the efficacy of naltrexone maintenance treatment in opioid dependence

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Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programmes for alcohol dependence

scientific article

An overview of systematic reviews of the effectiveness of opiate maintenance therapies: available evidence to inform clinical practice and research

scientific article

An overview of systematic reviews on cannabis and psychosis: discussing apparently conflicting results

scientific article

Anticonvulsants for alcohol withdrawal

scientific article (publication date: 17 March 2010)

Anticonvulsants for cocaine dependence

scientific article (publication date: 17 April 2015)

Anticonvulsants for cocaine dependence

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Anticonvulsants for cocaine dependence

scientific article (published 2008-04-23)

Antidepressants for cocaine dependence and problematic cocaine use

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Antidepressants for the treatment of depression in alcohol dependent individuals

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Antipsychotic medications for cocaine dependence

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Antipsychotic medications for cocaine dependence

scientific article (publication date: 18 July 2007)

Avian influenza overview February - May 2018

scientific article published on 29 June 2018

Avian influenza overview May - August 2018

scientific article published on 27 September 2018

Avian influenza overview November 2017 - February 2018

scientific article published on 28 March 2018

Benzodiazepines for alcohol withdrawal

scientific article (published 2010-03-17)

Cochrane systematic reviews in the field of addiction: past and future

scientific article

Cochrane systematic reviews in the field of addiction: what's there and what should be.

scientific article published on 15 September 2010

DECIDE: developing and evaluating communication strategies to support informed decisions and practice based on evidence

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Detoxification treatments for opiate dependent adolescents

scientific article (publication date: 29 April 2014)

Detoxification treatments for opiate dependent adolescents

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Detoxification treatments for opiate dependent adolescents

scientific article (publication date: 17 October 2007)

Developing trustworthy recommendations as part of an urgent response (1-2 weeks): a GRADE concept paper GRADE Rapid Guidelines project group

scientific article published on 30 September 2020

Development of dependence following treatment with opioid analgesics for pain relief: a systematic review

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Disulfiram for the treatment of cocaine dependence

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Disulphiram for the treatment of cocaine dependence

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Do Cochrane reviews provide useful information to guide policy and practice? The experience of the Cochrane Drugs and Alcohol Group

Does direction of results of abstracts submitted to scientific conferences on drug addiction predict full publication?

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Dopamine agonists for the treatment of cocaine dependence

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Dopamine agonists for the treatment of cocaine dependence

scientific article (publication date: 7 December 2011)

ECG screening for preventing long QTc-related cardiac morbidity/mortality in methadone treated opioid addicts

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Effectiveness of interventions on opiate withdrawal treatment: an overview of systematic reviews

scientific article published on March 2004

Effectiveness of therapies for heroin addiction in retaining patients in treatment: results from the VEdeTTE study

scientific article published in October 2010

Efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions for the treatment of the Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome

scientific article

Efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions for the treatment of the Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome

scientific article (published 2011-06-15)

GRADE guidelines: 10. Considering resource use and rating the quality of economic evidence

scientific article published on 03 August 2012

Large Evidence Base, Small Effects: Motivational Interviewing for Alcohol Misuse in Young Adults

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Maintenance agonist treatments for opiate dependent pregnant women

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Maintenance agonist treatments for opiate-dependent pregnant women

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Maintenance treatments for opiate -dependent adolescents

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Maintenance treatments for opiate dependent adolescent

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Maintenance treatments for opiate dependent adolescent

scientific article (published 2008-07-16)

Methadone Treatment in Clinical Practice in Italy: Need for Improvement

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Methadone at tapered doses for the management of opioid withdrawal

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Methadone at tapered doses for the management of opioid withdrawal

scientific article (publication date: 20 July 2005)

Methadone at tapered doses for the management of opioid withdrawal

scientific article (publication date: 21 July 2003)

Modernizing methodology for the WHO assessment of substances for the international drug control conventions

scientific article published on 30 March 2013

Oral naltrexone maintenance treatment for opioid dependence

scientific article (published 2011-04-13)

Oral naltrexone maintenance treatment for opioid dependence

scientific article (published 2011-02-16)

Oral naltrexone maintenance treatment for opioid dependence

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Outcome measures in health research: from assessing validity to outcome reporting

scientific article published on 24 November 2015

Outcome measures in trials: the systematic reviewer's point of view

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Pharmacological therapies for maintenance treatments of opium dependency

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Pharmacological therapies for management of opium withdrawal

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Pharmacological treatment for depression during opioid agonist treatment for opioid dependence

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Pharmacological treatment for depression in opioid dependence

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Psychic Structure of Opioid Addiction

Psychopathological symptoms of patients with heroin addiction entering opioid agonist or therapeutic community treatment.

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Psychopathology of addiction: May a SCL-90-based five dimensions structure be applied irrespectively of the involved drug?

scientific article published on 26 April 2016

Psychosocial and pharmacological treatments versus pharmacological treatments for opioid detoxification

scientific article (published 2011-09-07)

Psychosocial and pharmacological treatments versus pharmacological treatments for opioid detoxification

scientific article

Psychosocial and pharmacological treatments versus pharmacological treatments for opioid detoxification

scientific article (published 2008-07-16)

Psychosocial combined with agonist maintenance treatments versus agonist maintenance treatments alone for treatment of opioid dependence

scientific article (publication date: 5 October 2011)

Psychosocial combined with agonist maintenance treatments versus agonist maintenance treatments alone for treatment of opioid dependence

scientific article

Psychosocial interventions for psychostimulant misuse

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Psychosocial treatment for opiate abuse and dependence

scientific article (published 2014-04-15)

Psychosocial treatment for opiate abuse and dependence

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Psychosocial treatments for drugs and alcohol abusing adolescents

scientific article (published 2015-11-23)

Psychosocial treatments for drugs and alcohol abusing adolescents

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Psychosocial treatments for opioid dependent adolescents

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Response to commentaries

scientific article published on June 2015

Slow-release oral morphine as maintenance therapy for opioid dependence

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Slow-release oral morphine as maintenance therapy for opioid dependence

scientific article (publication date: 5 June 2013)

Stakeholders apply the GRADE evidence-to-decision framework to facilitate coverage decisions

scientific article published on April 2017

The role of Cochrane reviews in informing international guidelines: a case study of using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation system to develop World Health Organization guidelines for the psychosocially assisted p

scientific article published on 10 December 2014

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a systematic review of the literature on efficacy and safety data

scientific article

VEdeTTE, a longitudinal study on effectiveness of treatments for heroin addiction in Italy: study protocol and characteristics of study population

scientific article published on January 2006

What is needed in future drug treatment research? A systematic approach to identify gaps on effectiveness of drug treatment from the EMCDDA

article published in 2014

[Guidelines 2.0: systematic development of a comprehensive checklist for a successful guideline enterprise].

scientific article published in June 2015

List of works by Laura Amato

A systematic review on the efficacy of naltrexone maintenance treatment in opioid dependence

Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programmes for alcohol dependence

An overview of systematic reviews of the effectiveness of opiate maintenance therapies: available evidence to inform clinical practice and research

An overview of systematic reviews on cannabis and psychosis: discussing apparently conflicting results

Anticonvulsants for alcohol withdrawal

Anticonvulsants for cocaine dependence

Anticonvulsants for cocaine dependence

Anticonvulsants for cocaine dependence

Antidepressants for cocaine dependence and problematic cocaine use

Antidepressants for the treatment of depression in alcohol dependent individuals

Antipsychotic medications for cocaine dependence

Antipsychotic medications for cocaine dependence

Avian influenza overview February - May 2018

Avian influenza overview May - August 2018

Avian influenza overview November 2017 - February 2018

Benzodiazepines for alcohol withdrawal

Cochrane systematic reviews in the field of addiction: past and future

Cochrane systematic reviews in the field of addiction: what's there and what should be.

DECIDE: developing and evaluating communication strategies to support informed decisions and practice based on evidence

Detoxification treatments for opiate dependent adolescents

Detoxification treatments for opiate dependent adolescents

Detoxification treatments for opiate dependent adolescents

Developing trustworthy recommendations as part of an urgent response (1-2 weeks): a GRADE concept paper GRADE Rapid Guidelines project group

Development of dependence following treatment with opioid analgesics for pain relief: a systematic review

Disulfiram for the treatment of cocaine dependence

Disulphiram for the treatment of cocaine dependence

Do Cochrane reviews provide useful information to guide policy and practice? The experience of the Cochrane Drugs and Alcohol Group

Does direction of results of abstracts submitted to scientific conferences on drug addiction predict full publication?

Dopamine agonists for the treatment of cocaine dependence

Dopamine agonists for the treatment of cocaine dependence

ECG screening for preventing long QTc-related cardiac morbidity/mortality in methadone treated opioid addicts

Effectiveness of interventions on opiate withdrawal treatment: an overview of systematic reviews

Effectiveness of therapies for heroin addiction in retaining patients in treatment: results from the VEdeTTE study

Efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions for the treatment of the Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome

Efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions for the treatment of the Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome

GRADE guidelines: 10. Considering resource use and rating the quality of economic evidence

Large Evidence Base, Small Effects: Motivational Interviewing for Alcohol Misuse in Young Adults

Maintenance agonist treatments for opiate dependent pregnant women

Maintenance agonist treatments for opiate-dependent pregnant women

Maintenance treatments for opiate -dependent adolescents

Maintenance treatments for opiate dependent adolescent

Maintenance treatments for opiate dependent adolescent

Methadone Treatment in Clinical Practice in Italy: Need for Improvement

Methadone at tapered doses for the management of opioid withdrawal

Methadone at tapered doses for the management of opioid withdrawal

Methadone at tapered doses for the management of opioid withdrawal

Modernizing methodology for the WHO assessment of substances for the international drug control conventions

Oral naltrexone maintenance treatment for opioid dependence

Oral naltrexone maintenance treatment for opioid dependence

Oral naltrexone maintenance treatment for opioid dependence

Outcome measures in health research: from assessing validity to outcome reporting

Outcome measures in trials: the systematic reviewer's point of view

Pharmacological therapies for maintenance treatments of opium dependency

Pharmacological therapies for management of opium withdrawal

Pharmacological treatment for depression during opioid agonist treatment for opioid dependence

Pharmacological treatment for depression in opioid dependence

Psychic Structure of Opioid Addiction

Psychopathological symptoms of patients with heroin addiction entering opioid agonist or therapeutic community treatment.

Psychopathology of addiction: May a SCL-90-based five dimensions structure be applied irrespectively of the involved drug?

Psychosocial and pharmacological treatments versus pharmacological treatments for opioid detoxification

Psychosocial and pharmacological treatments versus pharmacological treatments for opioid detoxification

Psychosocial and pharmacological treatments versus pharmacological treatments for opioid detoxification

Psychosocial combined with agonist maintenance treatments versus agonist maintenance treatments alone for treatment of opioid dependence

Psychosocial combined with agonist maintenance treatments versus agonist maintenance treatments alone for treatment of opioid dependence

Psychosocial interventions for psychostimulant misuse

Psychosocial treatment for opiate abuse and dependence

Psychosocial treatment for opiate abuse and dependence

Psychosocial treatments for drugs and alcohol abusing adolescents

Psychosocial treatments for drugs and alcohol abusing adolescents

Psychosocial treatments for opioid dependent adolescents

Response to commentaries

Slow-release oral morphine as maintenance therapy for opioid dependence

Slow-release oral morphine as maintenance therapy for opioid dependence

Stakeholders apply the GRADE evidence-to-decision framework to facilitate coverage decisions

The role of Cochrane reviews in informing international guidelines: a case study of using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation system to develop World Health Organization guidelines for the psychosocially assisted p

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a systematic review of the literature on efficacy and safety data

VEdeTTE, a longitudinal study on effectiveness of treatments for heroin addiction in Italy: study protocol and characteristics of study population

What is needed in future drug treatment research? A systematic approach to identify gaps on effectiveness of drug treatment from the EMCDDA

[Guidelines 2.0: systematic development of a comprehensive checklist for a successful guideline enterprise].