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  1. Article ; Online: Post-traumatic Stress and Depressive Symptoms in Women With Ovarian Cancer 3-6 Months After Diagnosis.

    Carmassi, Claudia / Pedrinelli, Virginia / Fantasia, Sara / Andreoli, Debora / Giovannoni, Federico / Massimetti, Enrico / Cosio, Stefania / Dell'osso, Liliana / Gadducci, Angiolo

    Anticancer research

    2024  Volume 44, Issue 2, Page(s) 829–838

    Abstract: Background/aim: The potentially traumatic role of severe life-threatening medical conditions is still debated in psychiatry and not yet recognized, particularly among post-traumatic stress disorders. However, increasing evidence suggests the ... ...

    Abstract Background/aim: The potentially traumatic role of severe life-threatening medical conditions is still debated in psychiatry and not yet recognized, particularly among post-traumatic stress disorders. However, increasing evidence suggests the psychopathological impact of severe medical conditions related to their poor prognosis, high lethality, treatments heaviness and invasiveness. Ovarian cancer (OC) is one of the malignancies with the highest mortality and the aim of this study was to investigate post-traumatic stress and depressive symptoms in women 3 to 6 months after diagnosis.
    Patients and methods: A sample of 83 women diagnosed with OC at different stages (from AI to IV) was recruited and assessed by means of the: Structural Clinical Interview for Mental Disorders according to DSM-5 (SCID-5), Trauma and Loss Spectrum Self-Report (TALS-SR), Impact Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D), Mood Spectrum-Self Report (MOOD-SR), Work and Social Adjustment Scale (WSAS).
    Results: Full data on the psychiatric assessments were available for 45 patients: 13 (28.9%) patients reported a diagnosis of PTSD. Patients with PTSD reported statistically significant higher depressive symptoms and more severe impact on work and social functioning compared to those without PTSD.
    Conclusion: Our results highlight the need to carefully assess the potentially traumatic burden of a diagnosis of OC and its association with depressive symptoms for their impact on patients' global functioning, in order to provide appropriate preventive and therapeutic interventions.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Female ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/diagnosis ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/etiology ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/psychology ; Depression/diagnosis ; Depression/etiology ; Ovarian Neoplasms/complications ; Ovarian Neoplasms/diagnosis
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-02
    Publishing country Greece
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 604549-2
    ISSN 1791-7530 ; 0250-7005
    ISSN (online) 1791-7530
    ISSN 0250-7005
    DOI 10.21873/anticanres.16875
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  2. Article ; Online: Plasma and Platelet Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Levels in Bipolar Disorder Patients with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or in a Major Depressive Episode Compared to Healthy Controls.

    Dell'Oste, Valerio / Palego, Lionella / Betti, Laura / Fantasia, Sara / Gravina, Davide / Bordacchini, Andrea / Pedrinelli, Virginia / Giannaccini, Gino / Carmassi, Claudia

    International journal of molecular sciences

    2024  Volume 25, Issue 6

    Abstract: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a highly disabling mental disorder arising after traumatism exposure, often revealing critical and complex courses when comorbidity with bipolar disorder (BD) occurs. To search for PTSD or depression biomarkers ... ...

    Abstract Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a highly disabling mental disorder arising after traumatism exposure, often revealing critical and complex courses when comorbidity with bipolar disorder (BD) occurs. To search for PTSD or depression biomarkers that would help clinicians define BD presentations, this study aimed at preliminarily evaluating circulating brain-derived-neurotrophic factor (BDNF) levels in BD subjects with PTSD or experiencing a major depressive episode versus controls. Two bloodstream BDNF components were specifically investigated, the storage (intraplatelet) and the released (plasma) ones, both as adaptogenic/repair signals during neuroendocrine stress response dynamics. Bipolar patients with PTSD (
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Biomarkers ; Bipolar Disorder ; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor ; Depressive Disorder, Major ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
    Chemical Substances Biomarkers ; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-20
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Comparative Study ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2019364-6
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    ISSN (online) 1422-0067
    ISSN 1422-0067 ; 1661-6596
    DOI 10.3390/ijms25063529
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  3. Article: Emotional Dysregulation and Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms: Which Interaction in Adolescents and Young Adults? A Systematic Review.

    Conti, Lorenzo / Fantasia, Sara / Violi, Miriam / Dell'Oste, Valerio / Pedrinelli, Virginia / Carmassi, Claudia

    Brain sciences

    2023  Volume 13, Issue 12

    Abstract: Emotional dysregulation (ED) has recently been conceptualized as a transnosographic entity in major mental disorders, and increasing evidence has suggested association between ED and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), though the nature of this ... ...

    Abstract Emotional dysregulation (ED) has recently been conceptualized as a transnosographic entity in major mental disorders, and increasing evidence has suggested association between ED and post-traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), though the nature of this association is unclear. The aim of the present review was to examine the possible interplay between ED and trauma exposure in the literature, as well as a possible role for the comorbidity of PTSD or PTSS in adolescents and young adults. In particular, we explored whether ED may represent a risk factor for PTSD or, conversely, a consequence of traumatic exposure. This systematic review was conducted according to PRISMA 2020 guidelines in three databases (PubMed, Scopus, and Embase). The 34 studies included showed a wide heterogeneity in terms of the populations selected and outcomes examined. Most studies used the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) and examined the relationship between ED, trauma, and psychopathological manifestations after the occurrence of trauma, with a focus on child abuse. Although current data in the literature are heterogeneous and inconclusive, this research highlights the role of ED as a mechanism that may mediate vulnerability to PTSD, but also as a predictor of severity and maintenance of typical, atypical, or associated PTSD symptoms, suggesting prevention programs for PTSD and other mental disorders should support the development of emotion regulation strategies.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-18
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2651993-8
    ISSN 2076-3425
    ISSN 2076-3425
    DOI 10.3390/brainsci13121730
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  4. Article: The relationship between peritraumatic distress, mental health symptoms and functioning impairment in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 emergency.

    Carmassi, Claudia / Bertelloni, Carlo Antonio / Dell'Oste, Valerio / Pedrinelli, Virginia / Fantasia, Sara / Atti, Anna-Rita / Goracci, Arianna / Nanni, Maria Giulia / Massimetti, Enrico / Dell'Osso, Lilliana / Bui, Eric

    CNS spectrums

    2024  , Page(s) 1–23

    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-08
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2008418-3
    ISSN 2165-6509 ; 1092-8529
    ISSN (online) 2165-6509
    ISSN 1092-8529
    DOI 10.1017/S1092852923006338
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  5. Article ; Online: Mental Health Symptoms among General Practitioners Facing the Acute Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Detecting Different Reaction Groups.

    Carmassi, Claudia / Dell'Oste, Valerio / Barberi, Filippo Maria / Bertelloni, Carlo Antonio / Pedrinelli, Virginia / Dell'Osso, Liliana

    International journal of environmental research and public health

    2022  Volume 19, Issue 7

    Abstract: During the 2020 first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, general practitioners (GPs) represented the first line of primary care and were highly exposed to the pandemic risks, with a consequent risk of developing a wide range of mental health symptoms. ... ...

    Abstract During the 2020 first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, general practitioners (GPs) represented the first line of primary care and were highly exposed to the pandemic risks, with a consequent risk of developing a wide range of mental health symptoms. However, scant data are still available on factors associated with a worse outcome. The aim of the present study was to investigate mental health symptoms in 139 GPs in the aftermath of the first COVID-19 national lockdown in Italy, detecting groups of subjects with different depressive, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress symptom severity. The impact of the mental health symptoms on quality of life and individual functioning were also evaluated. A cluster analysis identified three groups with mild (44.6%), moderate (35.3%), and severe psychopathological burden (20.1%). Higher symptom severity was related to younger age, fewer years in service as GPs, working in a high incidence area for the pandemic, having a relative at risk of medical complications due to COVID-19, besides more severe global functioning impairment, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress. The present findings showed that GPs, forced to perform their professional activity in extremely stressful conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic, were at high risk of developing mental health problems and a worse quality of life.
    MeSH term(s) Anxiety/epidemiology ; Anxiety/etiology ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Communicable Disease Control ; Depression/epidemiology ; Depression/etiology ; General Practitioners ; Humans ; Mental Health ; Pandemics ; Quality of Life ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic/epidemiology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-28
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2175195-X
    ISSN 1660-4601 ; 1661-7827
    ISSN (online) 1660-4601
    ISSN 1661-7827
    DOI 10.3390/ijerph19074007
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  6. Article ; Online: Exploratory Study on the Associations between Lifetime Post-Traumatic Stress Spectrum, Sleep, and Circadian Rhythm Parameters in Patients with Bipolar Disorder.

    Carmassi, Claudia / Cruz-Sanabria, Francy / Gravina, Davide / Violi, Miriam / Bonelli, Chiara / Dell'Oste, Valerio / Pedrinelli, Virginia / Frumento, Paolo / Faraguna, Ugo / Dell'Osso, Liliana

    International journal of environmental research and public health

    2023  Volume 20, Issue 4

    Abstract: The present study aimed at exploring whether lifetime post-traumatic stress spectrum symptoms are associated with chronotype in patients with bipolar disorder (BD). Moreover, we explored whether the chronotype can moderate the potential associations ... ...

    Abstract The present study aimed at exploring whether lifetime post-traumatic stress spectrum symptoms are associated with chronotype in patients with bipolar disorder (BD). Moreover, we explored whether the chronotype can moderate the potential associations between lifetime post-traumatic stress spectrum symptoms and rest-activity circadian and sleep-related parameters. A total of 74 BD patients were administered the Trauma and Loss Spectrum Self-Report (TALS-SR) lifetime version for lifetime post-traumatic stress spectrum symptoms, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) for self-reported sleep quality, and the Reduced Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (rMEQ) to discriminate evening chronotypes (ETs), neither chronotype (NT), and morning chronotype (MT). Actigraphic monitoring was used to objectively evaluate sleep and circadian parameters. Patients classified as ET reported significantly higher scores in the re-experiencing domain, as well as poorer sleep quality, lower sleep efficiency, increased wake after sleep onset, and delayed mid-sleep point compared with both NT and MT (
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Bipolar Disorder ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic ; Sleep ; Circadian Rhythm ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-02-17
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2175195-X
    ISSN 1660-4601 ; 1661-7827
    ISSN (online) 1660-4601
    ISSN 1661-7827
    DOI 10.3390/ijerph20043566
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  7. Article: Validation of the Spanish Version of the Trauma and Loss Spectrum Self-Report (TALS-SR): A Study on Healthcare Workers Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic.

    Carmassi, Claudia / Pedrinelli, Virginia / Antonini, Corinna / Dell'Oste, Valerio / Gravina, Davide / Nardi, Benedetta / Bertelloni, Carlo Antonio / Massimetti, Gabriele / Nieto-Munuera, Joaquín / Dell'Osso, Liliana

    Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment

    2023  Volume 19, Page(s) 495–506

    Abstract: Background: The present study aimed at reporting about the validity and reliability of the Spanish version of the Trauma and Loss Spectrum-Self Report (TALS-SR), an instrument based on a multidimensional approach to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) ...

    Abstract Background: The present study aimed at reporting about the validity and reliability of the Spanish version of the Trauma and Loss Spectrum-Self Report (TALS-SR), an instrument based on a multidimensional approach to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD), including a range of threatening or traumatic experiences and significant losses, besides the spectrum of peri-traumatic stress reactions and post-traumatic stress symptoms that may occur.
    Methods: A sample of 87 Health Care Workers (HCWs) employed in the COVID-19 Emergency Department at the Virgen de la Arrixaca and Reina Sofia Hospitals (Murcia, Spain) during the pandemic, was consecutively recruited and fulfilled the TALS-SR. Assessments also included the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R), to examine post-traumatic stress symptoms and probable PTSD. Nineteen HCWs fulfilled the TALS-SR again after three weeks from baseline for test-retest reliability.
    Results: This study provides evidence of good internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the Spanish version of the TALS-SR. Strong support for the internal validity structure was obtained, with positive and significant correlations between the five symptomatologic domains and the symptomatologic total score. Significant and good correlations between the TALS-SR symptomatologic domains and the IES-R total and single domains' scores were found. The Questionnaire also demonstrated to discriminate between subjects with and without PTSD, with subjects with PTSD showing significantly higher mean scores in each domain of the TALS-SR.
    Conclusion: This study validates the Spanish version of TALS-SR, providing a useful instrument for a spectrum approach to PTSD and confirms the potential utility of this psychometric tool in both clinical practice and research settings.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-03-03
    Publishing country New Zealand
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2186503-6
    ISSN 1178-2021 ; 1176-6328
    ISSN (online) 1178-2021
    ISSN 1176-6328
    DOI 10.2147/NDT.S396540
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  8. Article ; Online: Longitudinal trajectories of anxiety and depression in subjects with different mental disorders after one year in the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Carmassi, Claudia / Tosato, Sarah / Pedrinelli, Virginia / Bertelloni, Carlo A / Abbate-Daga, Giovanni / Albert, Umberto / Castellini, Giovanni / Luciano, Mario / Menchetti, Marco / Pompili, Maurizio / Sampogna, Gaia / Signorelli, Maria / Massimetti, Gabriele / Fiorillo, Andrea

    Psychiatry research

    2023  Volume 334, Page(s) 115680

    Abstract: The aim of this study was to prospectively assess the development and trajectories of anxiety and depressive symptoms among subjects with different mental disorders, during the 3rd wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (T0, March-April 2021) while strict ... ...

    Abstract The aim of this study was to prospectively assess the development and trajectories of anxiety and depressive symptoms among subjects with different mental disorders, during the 3rd wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (T0, March-April 2021) while strict containment measures were applied in Italy, and after 3 months (T1, June-July 2021), with reduced restrictive measures. A sample of 527 subjects, with different DSM-5 diagnoses, was enrolled at nine Italian psychiatric outpatient services. Assessments at T0 and T1 included the Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-Item (GAD-7) for anxiety symptoms, and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) for depressive symptoms. Differences in anxiety and depressive symptoms rates emerged across different mental disorders and a general improvement at T1 was detected for all of them in both the GAD-7 and PHQ-9 scores, except for Psychosis and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Patients with Feeding and Eating Disorders (FED) reported statistically significantly higher: GAD-7 scores than those with Bipolar Disorder (BD), at both times, and Anxiety Disorders at baseline; PHQ-9 scores than all other diagnostic categories, at both times. Unemployment, no COVID-19 infection, OCD were predictive variables related to GAD-7 scores at T1, while being unmarried, BD or FED related to PHQ-9 scores at T1. Subjects with mental disorders reported anxiety and depressive symptoms during the third pandemic wave and most of patients showed an improvement over a 3-month follow-up, despite differences emerged among diagnostic categories and for the variables involved. Further studies are needed to deepen knowledge on pandemic impact on patients with mental disorders.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Pandemics ; Depression/epidemiology ; Depression/diagnosis ; COVID-19 ; Anxiety Disorders/psychology ; Anxiety/psychology ; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/psychology
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-12-23
    Publishing country Ireland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 445361-x
    ISSN 1872-7123 ; 1872-7506 ; 0925-4927 ; 0165-1781
    ISSN (online) 1872-7123 ; 1872-7506
    ISSN 0925-4927 ; 0165-1781
    DOI 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115680
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  9. Article: PTSD and Depression in Healthcare Workers in the Italian Epicenter of the COVID-19 Outbreak.

    Carmassi, Claudia / Pedrinelli, Virginia / Dell'Oste, Valerio / Bertelloni, Carlo Antonio / Grossi, Chiara / Gesi, Camilla / Cerveri, Giancarlo / Dell'Osso, Liliana

    Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH

    2021  Volume 17, Page(s) 242–252

    Abstract: Background: Increasing evidence highlights the susceptibility of Healthcare Workers to develop psychopathological sequelae, including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and depression, in the current COronaVIrus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic, but ... ...

    Abstract Background: Increasing evidence highlights the susceptibility of Healthcare Workers to develop psychopathological sequelae, including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and depression, in the current COronaVIrus Disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic, but little data have been reported in the acute phase of the pandemic.
    Objective: To explore Healthcare Workers' mental health reactions in the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in the first European epicenter (Lodi/Codogno, Italy), with particular attention to post-traumatic stress and depressive symptoms and their interplay with other psychological outcomes.
    Methods: 74 Healthcare Workers employed at the Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale of Lodi (Lombardy, Italy) were recruited and assessed by means of the
    Results: A total of 31% of subjects endorsed a diagnosis of PTSD and 28.4% reported PTSD comorbid with major depression. Females were more prone to develop post-traumatic stress and depressive symptoms. Subjects with PTSD and depression groups showed high levels of PTSD, depression, burnout and impairment in functioning. Anxiety symptoms were higher in both PTSD and depression and PTSD groups rather than in the No PTSD group.
    Conclusion: Our results showed high rates of PTSD and depression among Healthcare Workers and their comorbidity overall being associated with worse outcomes. Current findings suggest that interventions to prevent and treat psychological implications among Healthcare Workers facing infectious outbreaks are needed.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-12-24
    Publishing country United Arab Emirates
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2559748-6
    ISSN 1745-0179
    ISSN 1745-0179
    DOI 10.2174/1745017902117010242
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  10. Article: Suicidality and Illness Course Worsening in a Male Patient with Bipolar Disorder during Tamoxifen Treatment for ER+/HER2+ Breast Cancer.

    Carmassi, Claudia / Pardini, Francesco / Dell'Oste, Valerio / Cordone, Annalisa / Pedrinelli, Virginia / Simoncini, Marly / Dell'Osso, Liliana

    Case reports in psychiatry

    2021  Volume 2021, Page(s) 5547649

    Abstract: Purpose: Tamoxifen is a selective estrogenic receptor modulator (SERM) drug. In addition to its common use in breast cancer ER+, Tamoxifen has been object of growing interest in psychiatry as antimanic drug. At the same time, clinical concerns about ... ...

    Abstract Purpose: Tamoxifen is a selective estrogenic receptor modulator (SERM) drug. In addition to its common use in breast cancer ER+, Tamoxifen has been object of growing interest in psychiatry as antimanic drug. At the same time, clinical concerns about Tamoxifen's depressogenic effect have been repeatedly raised even without reaching univocal conclusions. We discuss the case of a 45-year-old-male with a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder type II, treated with Tamoxifen as relapse prevention treatment after surgery for a ER+/HER2+ breast cancer. The patient required two psychiatric admissions in a few-month time span since he showed a progressive worsening of both depressive and anxiety symptoms, with the onset of delusional ideas of hopelessness and failure up to suicidal thoughts. The clinical picture showed poor response to treatment trials based on various associations of mood-stabilising, antidepressants, and antipsychotic drugs. During the second hospitalization, after a multidisciplinary evaluation, the oncologists agreed on Tamoxifen discontinuation upon the severity of the psychiatric condition. The patient underwent a close oncological and psychiatric follow-up during the following 12 months.
    Methods: Psychiatric assessments included the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), the Hamilton Depression Scale (HAM-D), the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), and the Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire Short Form (Q-LES-Q-SF). All questionnaires were administered at the time of the second hospitalization and in a one-year follow-up.
    Results: Suicidal ideation fully remitted and depressive symptoms markedly and rapidly improved in the aftermath of Tamoxifen discontinuation. The symptomatological improvement remained stable across one-year follow-up.
    Conclusions: Male patients with a mood disorder history constitute a high-risk group as to Tamoxifen psychiatric side effects. The onset or worsening of depressive symptoms or suicidality should be carefully addressed and promptly treated, and clinicians should be encouraged to consider the possibility of discontinue or reduce Tamoxifen therapy after a multidisciplinary evaluation.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-03-24
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Case Reports
    ZDB-ID 2629914-8
    ISSN 2090-6838 ; 2090-682X
    ISSN (online) 2090-6838
    ISSN 2090-682X
    DOI 10.1155/2021/5547649
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