E. Gattoni

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The outcome of a counseling intervention. The experience of the counseling service UPO

E. Gambaro, A. Rossi, E. Gattoni, C. Gramaglia, more

European Psychiatry > 2017 > 41 > S > S775

Counseling addresses the emotional social, work, school and physical health concerns that people may have at different stages in their lives. It focuses on typical life stresses and more severe issues. It may be addressed to individuals, groups, organisations.The objective of our study was to assess the outcome of a counseling intervention offered to students of the University of Piemonte Orientale,...

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Resilience and attempted suicide in depressed patients

E. Gattoni, C. Gramaglia, D. Marangon, A. Feggi, more

European Psychiatry > 2017 > 41 > S > S887

Among the patients, 6.6% with past-year major depressive disorders attempt suicide in their life. Resilience (the ability to respond positively to adversity) and coping strategies (the ability to manage living stresses) may be protective factors against suicide ideation and behavior. A study conducted on 100 abstinent substance dependent patients suggested that suicide attempters had significantly...

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Comparison between patients with depressive disorders and healthy controls in resilience and coping skills

C. Molino, P. Camera, L. Girardi, E. Gattoni, more

European Psychiatry > 2017 > 41 > S > S535

Resilience in the psychiatric field, it is defined as the ability to recover from perceived adverse or changing situations through a dynamic process of adaptation. This process is influenced by personal characteristics, family and social resources and is expressed by positive coping skills. It is well known that resilience has an inverse relation with depression, however, the specific role of resilience...

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A descriptive analysis of psychological factors and childhood trauma in a sample of suicide attempters

C. Delicato, E. Gattoni, S. Di Marco, A. Venesia, more

European Psychiatry > 2017 > 41 > S > S292

Childhood trauma, especially sexual abuse, is associated with an increased risk of suicidal behavior. However, studies also show that according to the stress-vulnerability model, not all individual exposed to this kind of trauma exhibit suicidal behaviors as some protective factors could diminish the aforementioned risk, such as personality factors. Resilience might be one such a protective factor...

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Motivations behind suicide attempts: A study in the ER of Maggiore hospital – Novara

D. Marangon, C. Gramaglia, E. Gattoni, M. Chiarelli Serra, more

European Psychiatry > 2017 > 41 > S > S398-S399

A previous study, conducted in the province of Novara stated that, from an epidemiological and clinical point of view, being a female, being a migrant, as well as being in the warmer months of the year, or suffering from an untreated psychiatric disease are associated with suicide attempts. Literature suggests there is a positive relation between negative life events and suicidal behaviours. In this...

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Resilience and psychological correlates in a group of patients affected by dual diagnosis

C. Delicato, E. Gattoni, S. Di Marco, C. Vecchi, more

European Psychiatry > 2017 > 41 > S > S202

Although several authors found a strong association between childhood trauma and substance abuse disorder, many other suggest that specific personological aspects and resilience may contribute to the development of this disease.To compare the characteristics of psychiatric patients with and without dual diagnosis assessing differences in psychological correlates, such as resilience, coping strategies,...

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Dermal reactivity and resilience in a sample of depressed patients

I. Coppola, E. Gattoni, C. Gramaglia, S. Di Marco, more

European Psychiatry > 2016 > 33 > S > S598

Mental disorders are considered a risk factor for suicide: for example, the lifetime risk of suicide is estimated to be 4%–8% in people with mood disorders. The literature suggests that a history of suicide attempts is significantly related to electrodermal hyporeactivity and that patients with violent suicide attempters exhibit faster habituation of the electrodermal response to repeated neutral...

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Schizophrenia spectrum disorders: Focus on social cognition and empathy

C. Gramaglia, E. Gattoni, G. Giovanna, S. Gili, more

European Psychiatry > 2016 > 33 > S > S578

Schizophrenic patients show deficits in social cognition, functioning and in interpreting facial expressions. These disabilities contribute to global impairment in social and relational skills. Data started being collected in the context of the Italian Network of Research on Psychosis headed by Prof. Maj and Prof. Galderisi (Galderisi S et al. The influence of illness-related variables, personal resources...

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In a period of economical crisis who is at risk for attempted suicide?

I. Coppola, D. Marangon, C. Gramaglia, C. Delicato, more

European Psychiatry > 2016 > 33 > S > S598

According to Durkheim's theory, suicide attempts increase during periods of rapid economic changes and decrease again when stability is achieved, due to the social integration in the community guaranteed by occupational status. Since 2009 in Europe, it was observed an increase in the suicide rates, in line with the increase of unemployment. Although unemployment is considered a risk factor for suicide,...

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Psychiatric consultations in the emergency room: Focus on suicide attempters with and without longitudinal psychiatric disorders

C. Delicato, S. Di Marco, E. Gattoni, I. Coppola, more

European Psychiatry > 2016 > 33 > S > S599

The role of mental illness in the pathway leading to suicide is widely discussed in the literature. Nonetheless, the debate about this issue is open, both from a clinical and philosophical point of view.The purpose of the present study was to compare suicide attempters with and without a history of psychiatric disorder, in order to highlight the possible differences between the two groups, with a...

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Asenapine modulates nitric oxide release and calcium movements in cardyomyoblasts

P. Zeppegno, C. Gramaglia, E. Gattoni, S. Gili, more

European Psychiatry > 2016 > 33 > S > S553

To examine the effects of asenapine on NO release and Ca²⁺ transients in H₉C₂, which were either subjected to peroxidation or not.H₉C₂ were treated with asenapine alone or in presence of intracellular kinases blockers, serotoninergic and dopaminergic antagonists, and voltage Ca²⁺ channels inhibitors. Experiments were also performed in H₉C₂ treated with hydrogen peroxide. NO release and intracellular...

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Risk factors for attempted suicide: A prospective study on psychiatric consultations in the emergency room

A. Venesia, I. Coppola, C. Gramaglia, D. Marangon, more

European Psychiatry > 2016 > 33 > S > S606

Studies conducted on Italian samples suggested that 70% of self-harms referred to the emergency room (ER) were suicide attempts. Suicide attempts are associated with societal, relationship and individual risk factors, which vary with age and gender, occur in combination, and may change over time. We conducted a previous study on a sample of psychiatric consultations in ER from 2008 to 2011. We observed...

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Suicide attempters: Clinical characteristics and management

E. Gattoni, A. Feggi, C. Gramaglia, P. Bergamasco, more

European Psychiatry > 2016 > 33 > S > S601

Suicide attempts, defined as self-inflicted, potentially injurious behaviors with a nonfatal outcome, and with evidence of intent to die are extremely prevalent. Literature suggests that suicide is more common among males, while attempted suicide is more frequent among females. Depression, mental disorders, substance use disorders and history of suicidal behavior are important risk factors for suicide:...

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Who are the suicide reattempters?

E. Gattoni, C. Gramaglia, C. Delicato, S. Di Marco, more

European Psychiatry > 2016 > 33 > S > S600

History of previous suicide attempts is one of the most important risk factors for a subsequent completed suicide. Suicide reattempters (SR) has been long associated with demographic and clinical risk factors for suicide, such as unemployment and psychiatric disorders, however a recent review of the literature has not supported a specific age and gender profile of SR, but rather underscored that,...

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Obesity: The influence of expressed emotion, anxiety and life events

E. Di Tullio, E. Gattoni, C. Gramaglia, V. Ruggiero, more

European Psychiatry > 2016 > 33 > S > S162

Expressed Emotion (EE) can be described as a measure of the emotional temperature of the family climate and plays a role in disease course and outcome, especially in chronic illnesses. Overweight and obesity are severe problems with serious implications as far as health risks are concerned. The literature suggests having a high EE caregiver correlates with a worse treatment compliance in obese patients...

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Alcohol and substances acute intoxication in a population of suicide attempters

S. Di Marco, I. Coppola, C. Delicato, E. Gattoni, more

European Psychiatry > 2016 > 33 > S > S599

The effects of psychotropic drugs and alcohol acute intoxication are important risk factors for attempted suicide among individuals with and without substance use disorder (SUD).The first aim of this study is describing the socio-demographic features and clinical history of subjects who were acutely intoxicated when attempting suicide. The second aim is to compare their features with those of subjects...

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Treatment of bipolar patients in manic phase: A comparison between asenapine and aripiprazole

L. Girardi, S. Gili, E. Gambaro, E. Di Tullio, more

European Psychiatry > 2016 > 33 > S > S331-S332

Agitation is the most evident symptom in an acute manic episode. It can be defined as excessive motor or verbal activity that can degenerate into aggressive behaviour. Both aripiprazole and asenapine are indicated for the treatment of agitation in patients with manic episode.To retrospectively evaluate the acute effects of drug therapy on psychomotor agitation rated with the PANSS-EC, the change in...

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Gender Differences in Er Psychiatric Consultations Among Suicide Attempters

I. Coppola, P. Zeppegno, S. Di Marco, E. Gattoni, more

European Psychiatry > 2015 > 30 > Supplement 1 > 1797

Suicide attempts are extremely prevalent and associated with many risk factors that vary with age and gender, occur in combination, and may change over time. The aim of the present study was to describe gender differences among psychiatric ER users at the AOU Maggiore della Carità Hospital in Novara for attempted suicide with regard to intentions and methods of attempting. Determinants of ER psychiatric...

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Anxiety and Expressed Emotion in a Sample of Obese Patients

E. Gattoni, C. Gramaglia, G. Biroli, F. D'Andrea, more

European Psychiatry > 2015 > 30 > Supplement 1 > 1341

Expressed Emotion (EE) is a measure of the intensity of the affective family climate and plays a role in disease course and outcome. Especially in urban settings, obesity is a severe problem with serious implications as far as health risks are concerned. Having a high EE caregiver has been suggested to correlate with a worse treatment compliance in obese patients. To measure level of EE, stressful...

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Early Rehabilitation in a Psychiatric Ward for Acute Patients: the Experience of the S.C. Psichiatria, Aou Maggiore Della Carità, Novara, Italy

S. Di Marco, P. Zeppegno, A. Feggi, A. Lombardi, more

European Psychiatry > 2015 > 30 > Supplement 1 > 1657

Our Psychiatry Ward (SC Psichiatria, Maggiore della Carità Hospital, Novara) has a longstanding tradition in the training of clinicians (psychiatrists, but also non-psychiatrists) about the importance of the approach in helping relationships. This tradition reflects itself in the organization of the assistance to the acute psychiatric inpatients admitted to the Ward. In addition to treatment as usual,...

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The outcome of a counseling intervention. The experience of the counseling service UPO

Resilience and attempted suicide in depressed patients

Comparison between patients with depressive disorders and healthy controls in resilience and coping skills

A descriptive analysis of psychological factors and childhood trauma in a sample of suicide attempters

Motivations behind suicide attempts: A study in the ER of Maggiore hospital – Novara

Resilience and psychological correlates in a group of patients affected by dual diagnosis

Dermal reactivity and resilience in a sample of depressed patients

Schizophrenia spectrum disorders: Focus on social cognition and empathy

In a period of economical crisis who is at risk for attempted suicide?

Psychiatric consultations in the emergency room: Focus on suicide attempters with and without longitudinal psychiatric disorders

Asenapine modulates nitric oxide release and calcium movements in cardyomyoblasts

Risk factors for attempted suicide: A prospective study on psychiatric consultations in the emergency room

Suicide attempters: Clinical characteristics and management

Who are the suicide reattempters?

Obesity: The influence of expressed emotion, anxiety and life events

Alcohol and substances acute intoxication in a population of suicide attempters

Treatment of bipolar patients in manic phase: A comparison between asenapine and aripiprazole

Gender Differences in Er Psychiatric Consultations Among Suicide Attempters

Anxiety and Expressed Emotion in a Sample of Obese Patients

Early Rehabilitation in a Psychiatric Ward for Acute Patients: the Experience of the S.C. Psichiatria, Aou Maggiore Della Carità, Novara, Italy

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