Marco Di Nicola
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 7181359 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Marco Di Nicola |
| PRENOMES | Marco |
| SOBRENOME | Di Nicola |
| ASSINATURA | DI NICOLA M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7457-0426 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2012 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Profiling and assessing the risks of image- and performance-enhancing drugs use during the Covid-19 lockdown
Background: Image and Performance-Enhancing Drugs (IPEDs) can enhance mental and physical capabilities and impact one's overall health. Initially confined in sport environments, IPEDs use has become increasingly widespread in a high-performing society. The present study was aimed at profiling IPEDs use during the COVID-19 lockdown among an international sample of young adults. Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was carried out in eigh…
Impulsivity and alexithymia predict early versus subsequent relapse in patients with alcohol use disorder
Facebook and Suicidal Behaviour
Social media can detect suicidal tendencies, support those seeking help, comfort family and friends with their grief, and provide insights via timelining the users' activities leading to their suicide. One of the limitations was the lack of quantitative studies evaluating preventative efforts on Facebook. The creators' commitment and the users' social responsibility will be required to create a mentally healthy Facebook environment
Limited Access to Emotion Regulation Strategies Mediates the Association Between Positive Urgency and Sustained Binge Drinking in Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder
Heart rate variability and interoceptive accuracy predict impaired decision-making in Gambling Disorder
Cortical Correlates of Impulsive Aggressive Behavior in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
Background: Impulsive aggression represents a frequent characteristic of pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD). Cortical alterations associated with impulsive aggression and its multiple facets have not been investigated yet in youth with bipolar disorder. Aim: To investigate the relationship between cortical thickness and facets of impulsive aggression in youth with PBD. Materials and Methods: Twenty-three youth with PBD and 23 healthy controls (HC) …
Affective temperament, attachment style, and the psychological impact of the Covid-19 outbreak
Covid-19 Pandemic and Psychiatric Symptoms
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic represents a condition of increased vulnerability and frailty for elderly patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Social isolation may worsen the burden of the disease and specifically exacerbate psychiatric symptoms, often comorbid with PD. This study aimed at identifying risk/protective factors associated with subjective worsening of psychiatric symptomatology during the COVID-19 outb…
Sensitivity to Climate and Weather Changes in Euthymic Bipolar Subjects
Our findings support the relevance of sensitivity to weather and climate variations in a large sample of BD subjects and point out the association of this feature with lifetime suicide attempts
Reduced Hedonic Tone and Emotion Dysregulation Predict Depressive Symptoms Severity during the Covid-19 Outbreak
The COVID-19 pandemic has spiked stress-related symptoms worldwide. This study aims to assess depressive symptoms related to the early phase of the COVID-19 outbreak among the Italian general population and to analyze anhedonia and emotion dysregulation as potential predictors of depression severity. Through an online questionnaire, we collected sociodemographic and lockdown-related information; depressive symptoms, hedonic tone, and emotion dysr…
Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Impairment in Methoxetamine-Induced Psychosis
Novel psychoactive substances (NPSs) have currently become a major public health concern because of relatively easy accessibility to these compounds and difficulty in identifying them with routine laboratory techniques. Here, we report the 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computerized tomography ( 18 F-FDG PET/CT) case study of a 23-year-old man who developed a substance-induced psychotic disorder after having intravenously in…
Gender Differences and Psychopathological Features Associated With Addictive Behaviors in Adolescents
Our study showed a relevant prevalence of addictive behaviors in a sample of Italian high school students, with specific gender differences. We underlined the cooccurrence of substance and non-substance-related addictive behaviors, and their association with worse school performance. Dissociative proneness, anhedonia, alexithymia, and impulsivity were associated with addictive behaviors in adolescents and might represent vulnerability factors for…
Affective Temperaments and Psychopathological Dimensions of Personality in Bipolar and Cyclothymic Patients
The aims of the study were: (1) to study possible associations between temperament, personality dimensions, and psychopathological variables in a clinical sample of euthymic patients with bipolar disorder (BD) and cyclothymia; and (2) to assess how Cloninger's temperament and personality dimensions were associated with affective temperaments. Participants, consisting of 60 patients with BD (type I or II) and cyclothymia in the euthymic phase, com…
Amantadine in the Treatment of Pathological Gambling
Despite almost a decade of intense research, effective treatment strategies for Pathological Gambling (PG) remain very challenging. This paper details a case report suggesting that the treatment of PG may benefit from the use of the non-specific glutamate blocker amantadine. The drug was well-tolerated and effective, leading to a 43-64% reduction in severity of gambling symptoms (as measured with G-SAS). Our result is discussed in the context of …
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Amantadine in the Treatment of Pathological Gambling
Despite almost a decade of intense research, effective treatment strategies for Pathological Gambling (PG) remain very challenging. This paper details a case report suggesting that the treatment of PG may benefit from the use of the non-specific glutamate blocker amantadine. The drug was well-tolerated and effective, leading to a 43-64% reduction in severity of gambling symptoms (as measured with G-SAS). Our result is discussed in the context of …
Affective Temperaments and Psychopathological Dimensions of Personality in Bipolar and Cyclothymic Patients
The aims of the study were: (1) to study possible associations between temperament, personality dimensions, and psychopathological variables in a clinical sample of euthymic patients with bipolar disorder (BD) and cyclothymia; and (2) to assess how Cloninger's temperament and personality dimensions were associated with affective temperaments. Participants, consisting of 60 patients with BD (type I or II) and cyclothymia in the euthymic phase, com…
Gender Differences and Psychopathological Features Associated With Addictive Behaviors in Adolescents
Our study showed a relevant prevalence of addictive behaviors in a sample of Italian high school students, with specific gender differences. We underlined the cooccurrence of substance and non-substance-related addictive behaviors, and their association with worse school performance. Dissociative proneness, anhedonia, alexithymia, and impulsivity were associated with addictive behaviors in adolescents and might represent vulnerability factors for…
Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Impairment in Methoxetamine-Induced Psychosis
Novel psychoactive substances (NPSs) have currently become a major public health concern because of relatively easy accessibility to these compounds and difficulty in identifying them with routine laboratory techniques. Here, we report the 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computerized tomography ( 18 F-FDG PET/CT) case study of a 23-year-old man who developed a substance-induced psychotic disorder after having intravenously in…
Affective temperament, attachment style, and the psychological impact of the Covid-19 outbreak
Covid-19 Pandemic and Psychiatric Symptoms
Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic represents a condition of increased vulnerability and frailty for elderly patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Social isolation may worsen the burden of the disease and specifically exacerbate psychiatric symptoms, often comorbid with PD. This study aimed at identifying risk/protective factors associated with subjective worsening of psychiatric symptomatology during the COVID-19 outb…
Sensitivity to Climate and Weather Changes in Euthymic Bipolar Subjects
Our findings support the relevance of sensitivity to weather and climate variations in a large sample of BD subjects and point out the association of this feature with lifetime suicide attempts
Reduced Hedonic Tone and Emotion Dysregulation Predict Depressive Symptoms Severity during the Covid-19 Outbreak
The COVID-19 pandemic has spiked stress-related symptoms worldwide. This study aims to assess depressive symptoms related to the early phase of the COVID-19 outbreak among the Italian general population and to analyze anhedonia and emotion dysregulation as potential predictors of depression severity. Through an online questionnaire, we collected sociodemographic and lockdown-related information; depressive symptoms, hedonic tone, and emotion dysr…
Heart rate variability and interoceptive accuracy predict impaired decision-making in Gambling Disorder
Cortical Correlates of Impulsive Aggressive Behavior in Pediatric Bipolar Disorder
Background: Impulsive aggression represents a frequent characteristic of pediatric bipolar disorder (PBD). Cortical alterations associated with impulsive aggression and its multiple facets have not been investigated yet in youth with bipolar disorder. Aim: To investigate the relationship between cortical thickness and facets of impulsive aggression in youth with PBD. Materials and Methods: Twenty-three youth with PBD and 23 healthy controls (HC) …
Facebook and Suicidal Behaviour
Social media can detect suicidal tendencies, support those seeking help, comfort family and friends with their grief, and provide insights via timelining the users' activities leading to their suicide. One of the limitations was the lack of quantitative studies evaluating preventative efforts on Facebook. The creators' commitment and the users' social responsibility will be required to create a mentally healthy Facebook environment
Limited Access to Emotion Regulation Strategies Mediates the Association Between Positive Urgency and Sustained Binge Drinking in Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder
Impulsivity and alexithymia predict early versus subsequent relapse in patients with alcohol use disorder
Profiling and assessing the risks of image- and performance-enhancing drugs use during the Covid-19 lockdown
Background: Image and Performance-Enhancing Drugs (IPEDs) can enhance mental and physical capabilities and impact one's overall health. Initially confined in sport environments, IPEDs use has become increasingly widespread in a high-performing society. The present study was aimed at profiling IPEDs use during the COVID-19 lockdown among an international sample of young adults. Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was carried out in eigh…
Psychiatry (13 obras) · Psychology (13 obras) · Medicine (12 obras) · Clinical Psychology (9 obras) · Clinical Psychology (6 obras) · Internal Medicine (6 obras) · Anxiety (4 obras) · Environmental health (4 obras) · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments (4 obras) · Addiction (3 obras)