Silvia Guerrera

Biographic Data

ID7673372
NAMESilvia Guerrera
GIVEN NAMESSilvia
FAMILY NAMEGuerrera
SIGNATUREGUERRERA S
AFFILIATIONSBambino Gesù Children's Hospital
ORCID0000-0003-3449-5630
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Clinical and sociodemographic factors related to the timing of autism diagnosis in an Italian cohort of children

    Open AccessAlessia Cianfa, Silvia Guerrera et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2025

    The final sample included 150 children (mean age: 43.71 ± 13.6 months; 123 males, 27 females). Among clinical variables, cognitive and developmental differences and parental recognition of early communication variations were linked to earlier diagnosis, while a distinct emotional-behavioral profile was associated with later diagnosis. Regarding sociodemographic factors, being a first-born child and higher parental stress were correlated with dela…

  • Exploring the clinical features of minimally verbal autistic children

    Open AccessSilvia Guerrera, Elisa Fucà et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2025

    This study highlights the importance of accurately characterizing minimally verbal autistic children and adolescents to facilitate the identification of specific and individualized interventions based on individual functioning profiles

  • The challenge of a late diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Open AccessSara Passarini, Silvia Guerrera et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2025

    The case of L. expands the knowledge on the phenotype of Autistic females and exemplifies how delayed diagnosis may exacerbate functioning differences and increase the camouflage phenomenon. Additionally, it underscores the importance of improving tailored evaluation, combined treatment plans, with both cognitive-behavioral therapy and drugs, and monitoring the evolving patterns of Autistic manifestations and associated psychiatric co-occurrences

  • Dysregulation Profile in Preschoolers with Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Open AccessEugenia Conti, Sara Calderoni et al.ARTICLEChildren2024

    Background/Objectives : Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition characterized by social communication impairments and repetitive behaviors. Recent reports show that one in thirty-six 8-year-old children are autistic, signifying a considerable public health concern. According to previous studies, emotional dysregulation (ED) affects 50-60% of individuals with ASD and includes symptoms such as poor emotional contro…

  • Nonverbal Skills Evolution in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder One Year Post-Diagnosis

    Open AccessMaria Grazia Logrieco, Emma Annechini et al.ARTICLEChildren2024

    Background : Gestural production, a crucial aspect of nonverbal communication, plays a key role in the development of verbal and socio-communicative skills. Delays in gestural development often impede verbal acquisition and social interaction in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Although various interventions for ASD focus on improving socio-communicative abilities, they consistently highlight the importance of integrating gestures to…

  • Assessing cortical features in early stage ASD children

    Open AccessAntonio Napolitano, Silvia Guerrera et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2024

    Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is defined as a neurodevelopmental disorder largely investigated in the neurologic field. Recently, neuroimaging studies have been conducted in order to investigate cerebral morphologic alterations in ASD patients, demonstrating an atypical brain development before the clinical manifestations of the disorder. Cortical Thickness (CT) and Local Gyrification Index (LGI) distribution for ASD children were investigated i…

  • Autism spectrum disorder, very-early onset schizophrenia, and child disintegrative disorder

    Open AccessMichelangelo Di Luzio, Silvia Guerrera et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2023

    The diagnostic difficulty of this case reflects a clinical complexity in which it is not easy to distinguish between neurodevelopmental and psychiatric aspects. Clinical cases such as that of P. emphasize the theme of the neurodevelopment continuum model in which neurodevelopmental and psychiatric disturbances can be considered within a pattern of pathological continuity

  • Parental Perspectives on Psychiatric Comorbidity in Preschoolers With Autism Spectrum Disorders Receiving Publicly Funded Mental Health Services

    Open AccessFilippo Muratori, Marco Turi et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2019

    An increased prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity (PC) in individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is consistently reported. While several studies have examined PC in school-aged children, adolescents and adults with ASD, investigations on PC in preschoolers are less common. In this study, we explore the prevalence and the type of PC in a sample of 989 preschoolers with ASD through the DSM-Oriented Scales (DOS) of the Child Behavior Chec…

  • Assessment of Psychopathological Comorbidities in Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder Using the Child Behavior Checklist

    Open AccessSilvia Guerrera, Deny Menghini et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2019

    Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by psychiatric and behavioral comorbidities. The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) provides valid and well-established measures of emotional, behavioral, and social problems in children and adolescents. The aim of the present study was to verify whether emotional, behavioral, and social problems were modulated by ASD symptom severity, cognitive development, gender, and age by analyzing the CBCL in a l…