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"Caseness" for depression and anxiety in a depressed outpatient population: symptomatic outcome as a function of baseline diagnostic categories.

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2012 President's Plenary International Psycho-Oncology Society: future directions in psycho-oncology.

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2013 President's Plenary International Psycho-oncology Society: embracing the IPOS standards as a means of enhancing comprehensive cancer care.

scientific article published on 21 June 2014

2015 President's Plenary International Psycho-oncology Society: psychosocial care as a human rights issue-challenges and opportunities

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2016 President's Plenary International Psycho-Oncology Society: challenges and opportunities for growing and developing psychosocial oncology programmes worldwide.

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5-HTTLPR polymorphism and anxious preoccupation in early breast cancer patients

scientific article published on 9 November 2012

A Communication Intervention for Training Southern European Oncologists to Recognize Psychosocial Morbidity in Cancer. I-Development of the Model and Preliminary Results on Physicians' Satisfaction

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A Comparison of Inpatient Adult Psychiatric Services in Italy and Canada

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A cluster analysis-derived classification of psychological distress and illness behavior in the medically ill.

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A person-centred approach in medicine to reduce the psychosocial and existential burden of chronic and life-threatening medical illness

scientific article published on 7 August 2017

Acute renal failure secondary to suicidal behavior: a systematic minireview of case reports referred to the ED.

scientific article published on 14 June 2013

Advancing psychosocial care in cancer patients

scientific article published on 4 December 2017

Advancing the science of distress screening and management in cancer care

scientific article published on 09 January 2020

Affective syndromes and their screening in cancer patients with early and stable disease: Italian ICD-10 data and performance of the Distress Thermometer from the Southern European Psycho-Oncology Study (SEPOS).

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Alcohol use, abuse and dependence in an older European population: Results from the MentDis_ICF65+ study.

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Alexithymia in the medically ill. Analysis of 1190 patients in gastroenterology, cardiology, oncology and dermatology

scientific article published on 10 May 2013

An exploration of the prevalence and predictors of work-related well-being among psychosocial oncology professionals: An application of the job demands-resources model

scientific article published on 14 December 2015

Analgesia, sedation, and memory of intensive care.

scientific article published in September 2001

Analysis of psychiatric consultations in patients with HIV infection and related syndromes.

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Anniversary Reactions in Medical Patients

scientific article published on 01 July 2012

Anxiety Disorders in Old Age: Psychiatric Comorbidities, Quality of Life, and Prevalence According to Age, Gender, and Country

scientific article published on 5 September 2017

Assessing demoralization and depression in the setting of medical disease

article by Lara Mangelli et al published 15 March 2005 in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Attitudes Toward Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide Among Italian Primary Care Physicians

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Attitudes of Italian doctors to euthanasia and assisted suicide for terminally ill patients

scientific article published on November 27, 1999

Awareness of cancer, satisfaction with care, emotional distress, and adjustment to illness: an Italian multicenter study

scientific article published on 23 February 2015

Beliefs about medicines, doctor-patient relationship, and coping among European patients with cancer

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Burnout among psychosocial oncologists: an application and extension of the effort-reward imbalance model

scientific article published on 04 August 2015

Cancer and severe mental illness: Bi-directional problems and potential solutions

scientific article published on 11 September 2020

Cancer patients' emotional distress, coping styles and perception of doctor-patient interaction in European cancer settings

scientific article published on 9 July 2015

Characteristics of violent behaviour in acute psychiatric in-patients: a 5-year Italian study.

scientific article published in October 2001

Communicating anticancer treatment cessation and transition to palliative care: The need for a comprehensive and culturally relevant, person-centered approach

scientific article published on 26 August 2015

Communication training in oncology: results of intensive communication workshops for Italian oncologists

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Communication with patients suffering from serious physical illness

scientific article published on 30 March 2015

Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry in the General Hospital: the Experience of UK, Italy, and Japan

scientific article published in June 2015

Coping styles and psychosocial-related variables in HIV-infected patients.

scientific article published in July 1998

DAY-NIGHT VARIATION IN AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR AMONG PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENTS

scientific article published on 01 May 2001

Dealing with death in cancer care: should the oncologist be an amicus mortis?

scientific article published on 12 November 2019

Demoralization and embitterment

scientific article published in January 2018

Demoralization syndrome: New insights in psychosocial cancer care

scientific article published on 12 May 2016

Depression and abnormal illness behavior in cancer patients

scientific article published on 01 November 1989

Depression and serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) polymorphism in breast cancer patients

scientific article published on 31 January 2010

Depression in HIV infected patients: a review

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Depression or hypoactive delirium? A report of ciprofloxacin-induced mental disorder in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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Depression, psychosocial variables and occurrence of life events among patients with cancer

scientific article published on 01 June 1997

Depressive Spectrum Disorders in Cancer: Diagnostic Issues and Intervention. A Critical Review

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Depressive spectrum disorders in cancer: prevalence, risk factors and screening for depression: a critical review.

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Determinants of antipsychotic polypharmacy in psychiatric inpatients: a prospective study

scientific article published on 01 November 2005

Diagnostic criteria for psychosomatic research and psychosocial variables in breast cancer patients

scientific article published in November 2004

Dignity and Psychosocial-Related Variables in Advanced and Nonadvanced Cancer Patients by Using the Patient Dignity Inventory-Italian Version.

scientific article published on 31 October 2016

Disparities in psychosocial cancer care: A report from the International Federation of Psycho-Oncology Societies

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Dissociative disorder after traumatic brain injury.

scientific article published in April 1999

Do spirituality and faith make a difference? Report from the Southern European Psycho-Oncology Study Group

scientific article published on 28 September 2010

Educational intervention in cancer outpatient clinics on routine screening for emotional distress: an observational study

scientific article published on 2 March 2011

Effect of Reboxetine on Major Depressive Disorder in Breast Cancer Patients

scholarly article by Luigi Grassi et al published 15 April 2004 in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Effects of Supportive-Expressive Group Therapy in Breast Cancer Patients with Affective Disorders: A Pilot Study

Effects of supportive-expressive group therapy in breast cancer patients with affective disorders: a pilot study.

scientific article published on 18 November 2009

Efficacy and safety of pharmacotherapy in cancer-related psychiatric disorders across the trajectory of cancer care: a review

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Efficacy of a short-term psychoeducational intervention for persistent non-organic insomnia in severely mentally ill patients. A pilot study

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Efficacy of pharmacotherapy against core traits of borderline personality disorder: meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

scientific article published in November 2006

Emotional stress, psychosocial variables and coping associated with hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus infections in intravenous drug users

scientific article published in November 2002

Exploration of experiences in therapeutic groups for patients with severe mental illness: development of the Ferrara group experiences scale (FE- GES).

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Factor structure of the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale in unipolar depression

scientific article published on 06 January 2010

Factors Influencing Depression Endpoints Research (FINDER): baseline results of Italian patients with depression

scientific article published on 29 May 2009

Factors associated with antipsychotic dosing in psychiatric inpatients: a prospective study

scientific article published in July 2007

Factors influencing depression endpoints research (FINDER): study design and population characteristics.

scientific article published on 20 December 2007

Factors related to admission of psychiatric patients to medical wards from the general hospital emergency department: a 3-year study of urgent psychiatric consultations

scientific article published in January 2009

Family Affective Climate During the Childhood of Adult Cancer Patients

Hopelessness and related variables among cancer patients in the Southern European Psycho-Oncology Study (SEPOS).

scientific article published in May 2010

Hostility in cancer patients as an under-explored facet of distress

scientific article published on 18 November 2020

Il modello della terapia della dignità nelle cure palliative

Integrating psychosocial care into neuro-oncology: challenges and strategies

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Irritable mood in Italian patients with medical disease

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Management of delirium in palliative care: a review

scientific article published on March 2015

Measuring symptoms and diagnosing mental disorders in the elderly community: the test-retest reliability of the CIDI65.

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Medical Students' Opinions of Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide in Italy

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Meta-analysis of screening and case finding tools for depression in cancer: evidence based recommendations for clinical practice on behalf of the Depression in Cancer Care consensus group

scientific article published on 24 May 2012

Modulation of clinical expression of plaque-induced gingivitis: effects of personality traits, social support and stress

scientific article published on 01 November 2005

Overcoming cultural barriers to giving bad news: feasibility of training to promote truth-telling to cancer patients

scientific article published in January 2009

Patient Opinions on the Helpfulness of External Rehabilitative Activities in Residential Psychiatric Care: A Pilot Study

Patient opinions on the benefits of treatment programs in residential psychiatric care

scientific article published in September 2004

Pattern of Emotional Control and Psychological Reactions to Breast Cancer: A Preliminary Report

scientific article published on 01 June 1988

Pharmacogenetics of escitalopram and mental adaptation to cancer in palliative care: report of 18 cases

scientific article published in May 2011

Phenomenology of delirium in cancer patients, as described by the Memorial Delirium Assessment Scale (MDAS) and the Delirium Rating Scale (DRS).

scientific article published in November 2006

Physician-patient communication among Southern European cancer physicians: the influence of psychosocial orientation and burnout

scientific article published in August 2005

Pre-loss symptoms related to risk of complicated grief in caregivers of terminally ill cancer patients.

scientific article published on 30 December 2013

Predisposing, enabling, and need factors of service utilization in the elderly with mental health problems

scientific article published on 4 December 2017

Prescribing patterns of antidepressants in Europe: results from the Factors Influencing Depression Endpoints Research (FINDER) study

scientific article published in January 2008

Presence and predictors of pain in depression: results from the FINDER study.

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Prevalence and correlates of somatoform disorders in the elderly: Results of a European study.

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Prevalence of depression, anxiety, and adjustment disorder in oncological, haematological, and palliative-care settings: a meta-analysis of 94 interview-based studies

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Prevalence of mental disorders in elderly people: the European MentDis_ICF65+ study.

scientific article published on 8 September 2016

Psychiatric and psychosocial concomitants of abnormal illness behaviour in patients with cancer.

scientific article published in January 1996

Psychiatric and psychosocial implications in cancer care: the agenda of psycho-oncology

scientific article published on 09 January 2020

Psychiatric morbidity and burnout in the medical profession: an Italian study of general practitioners and hospital physicians.

scientific article published in November 2000

Psychopharmacology in psycho-oncology

scientific article published on September 2013

Psychosocial Factors and Breast Cancer: A 6-Year Italian Follow-Up Study

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Psychosocial care in cancer: an overview of psychosocial programmes and national cancer plans of countries within the International Federation of Psycho-Oncology Societies

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Psychosocial morbidity and its correlates in cancer patients of the Mediterranean area: findings from the Southern European Psycho-Oncology Study

scientific article published in December 2004

Psychosocial problems secondary to cancer

scientific article published on 01 March 2000

Psychosocial variables associated with mental adjustment to cancer

Psychosomatic characterization of adjustment disorders in the medical setting: some suggestions for DSM-V.

scientific article published on 28 December 2006

Quality of Life of Homebound Patients with Advanced Cancer

Quality of life outcomes among patients with depression after 6 months of starting treatment: results from FINDER.

scientific article published on 7 July 2008

Quam bene vivas referre: curing and caring in psycho‐oncology

scientific article published on July 3, 2013

Quetiapine may induce mania: a case report

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Rationale and design of an independent randomised controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of aripiprazole or haloperidol in combination with clozapine for treatment-resistant schizophrenia

scientific article published on 15 May 2009

Relationship between Self-Reported and Observer-Reported Ratings for Psychopathology in Psychiatric Inpatients

scientific article published on 25 July 2007

Relationship of demoralization with anxiety, depression, and quality of life: A Southern European study of Italian and Portuguese cancer patients

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Risk for Depression, Burnout and Low Quality of Life Among Personnel of a University Hospital in Italy is a Consequence of the Impact One Economic Crisis in the Welfare System?

scientific article published on 13 October 2017

Role of psychosocial variables on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting and health-related quality of life among cancer patients: a European study

scientific article published on 24 September 2015

Sales of antidepressants, suicides and hospital admissions for depression in Veneto Region, Italy, from 2000 to 2005: an ecological study

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Schizophrenia and quality of life: how important are symptoms and functioning?

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Screening for distress in cancer patients: a multicenter, nationwide study in Italy

scientific article published on 19 February 2013

Screening for emotional disorders in patients with cancer using the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) and the BSI-18 versus a standardized psychiatric interview (the World Health Organization Composite International Diagnostic Interview).

scientific article published on 16 April 2018

Social Support and Psychological Distress in Primary Care Attenders

scientific article published on 01 March 2000

Somatization and somatic symptom presentation in cancer: a neglected area

scientific article published on February 2013

Still a long way to go to achieve multidisciplinarity for the benefit of patients: commentary on the ESMO position paper (Annals of Oncology 25(1): 9-15, 2014).

scientific article published on 10 July 2014

Study approach and field work procedures of the MentDis_ICF65+ project on the prevalence of mental disorders in the older adult European population

scientific article published on 16 November 2017

Styles of coping with cancer: the Italian version of the Mini-Mental Adjustment to Cancer (Mini-MAC) scale

scientific article published in February 2005

Subtyping depression in the medically ill by cluster analysis

scientific article published on 31 March 2011

Suicide probability and psychological morbidity secondary to HIV infection: a control study of HIV-seropositive, hepatitis C virus (HCV)-seropositive and HIV/HCV-seronegative injecting drug users.

scientific article published in May 2001

Suspected neuroleptic catatonia induced by clozapine.

scientific article published in June 2001

The BPRS-E as Predictor of Length of Stay in a Residential Facility

scientific article published on 01 June 2005

The Factors Influencing Depression Endpoints Research (FINDER) study: final results of Italian patients with depression

scientific article published on 29 July 2010

The MentDis_ICF65+ study protocol: prevalence, 1-year incidence and symptom severity of mental disorders in the elderly and their relationship to impairment, functioning (ICF) and service utilisation.

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The Neurobiological Basis of the Distress Thermometer: A PET Study in Cancer Patients.

scientific article published on 6 November 2013

The burden of psychosocial morbidity related to cancer: patient and family issues

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The expanding role of primary care in cancer control.

scientific article published on September 2015

The factor structure and use of the Demoralization Scale (DS-IT) in Italian cancer patients

scientific article published on 6 March 2017

The role of meaning in life in community-dwelling older adults with depression and relationship to other risk factors

scientific article published on 8 November 2017

The use of antidepressants in oncology: a review and practical tips for oncologists.

scientific article published on 9 October 2017

Type A behaviour: a reappraisal of its characteristics in cardiovascular disease.

scientific article published in September 2012

Use of distress and depression thermometers to measure psychosocial morbidity among southern European cancer patients

scientific article published on 11 March 2005

Use of the diagnostic criteria for psychosomatic research in oncology

scientific article published in January 2005

Validation of the distress thermometer worldwide: state of the science

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Violence in psychiatric units: a 7-year Italian study of persistently assaultive patients

scientific article published on 23 June 2006

Violent behavior in acute psychiatric inpatient facilities: a national survey in Italy

scientific article published in October 2009

Working with the 'difficult' patient: the use of a contextual cognitive-analytic therapy based training in improving team function in a routine psychiatry service setting

scientific article published on 5 January 2013