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Overview

Alberto Siracusano is affiliated with the University of Rome Tor Vergata in Italy. Their academic work primarily focuses on Medicine and Psychology, with significant contributions in Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Social Psychology, Neurology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The scientist's research addresses several main topics including:

  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry

Among recent publications associated with Siracusano, notable papers include:

  • "COVID-19 Pandemic and Lockdown Measures Impact on Mental Health Among the General Population in Italy" (2020) published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "Mental Health Outcomes Among Frontline and Second-Line Health Care Workers During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic in Italy" (2020) published in JAMA Network Open
  • "COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown measures impact on mental health among the general population in Italy. An N=18147 web-based survey" (2020) published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Factors Associated With Real-Life Functioning in Persons With Schizophrenia in a 4-Year Follow-up Study of the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses" (2021) published in JAMA Psychiatry
  • "The interplay among psychopathology, personal resources, context-related factors and real-life functioning in schizophrenia: stability in relationships after 4 years and differences in network structure between recovered and non-recovered patients" (2020) published in World Psychiatry

Siracusano often collaborates with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Cinzia Niolu
  • Giorgio Di Lorenzo
  • Rodolfo Rossi
  • Alessandro Rossi
  • Mario Amore

The researcher has contributed extensively to several academic journals, with multiple publications in the following venues:

  • European Psychiatry
  • PubMed
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Psychiatry Research

Alberto Siracusano's research profile is characterized by high engagement in studies related to mental health, with a special focus on schizophrenia, psychiatric disorders, and the psychological impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The body of work reflects a broad and multidisciplinary approach within clinical and experimental psychological research.

Best Publications

  • COVID-19 Pandemic and Lockdown Measures Impact on Mental Health Among the General Population in Italy

    Rodolfo Rossi;Valentina Socci;Dalila Talevi;Sonia Mensi

  • Mental Health Outcomes Among Frontline and Second-Line Health Care Workers During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic in Italy.

    Rodolfo Rossi;Valentina Socci;Francesca Pacitti;Giorgio Di Lorenzo

  • The influence of illness-related variables, personal resources and context-related factors on real-life functioning of people with schizophrenia

    Silvana Galderisi;Alessandro Rossi;Paola Rocca;Alessandro Bertolino

  • Interplay Among Psychopathologic Variables, Personal Resources, Context-Related Factors, and Real-life Functioning in Individuals With Schizophrenia: A Network Analysis.

    Silvana Galderisi;Paola Rucci;Brian Kirkpatrick;Armida Mucci

  • Early trauma and increased risk for physical aggression during adulthood: the moderating role of MAOA genotype.

    Giovanni Frazzetto;Giorgio Di Lorenzo;Valeria Carola;Luca Proietti

  • Common variants at VRK2 and TCF4 conferring risk of schizophrenia

    Stacy Steinberg;Simone de Jong;Ole A. Andreassen;Thomas Werge

  • Body dissatisfaction in women with eating disorders: relationship to early separation anxiety and insecure attachment.

    Alfonso Troisi;Giorgio Di Lorenzo;Stefano Alcini;Roberta Croce Nanni

  • The language of schizophrenia: an analysis of micro and macrolinguistic abilities and their neuropsychological correlates

    Andrea Marini;Ilaria Spoletini;Ivo Alex Rubino;Manuela Ciuffa

  • Abnormal asymmetry of brain connectivity in schizophrenia.

    Michele Ribolsi;Zafiris J. Daskalakis;Alberto Siracusano;Giacomo Koch

  • Neurobiological correlates of EMDR monitoring - an EEG study.

    Marco Pagani;Giorgio Di Lorenzo;Anna Rita Verardo;Giampaolo Nicolais

  • Substance abuse and suicide risk among adolescents

    Maurizio Pompili;Maurizio Pompili;Gianluca Serafini;Marco Innamorati;Massimo Biondi

  • COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown measures impact on mental health among the general population in Italy. An N=18147 web-based survey

    Rodolfo Rossi;Valentina Socci;Dalila Talevi;Sonia Mensi

  • Early trauma and adult obesity: is psychological dysfunction the mediating mechanism?

    Alberto D'Argenio;Cristina Mazzi;Luca Pecchioli;Giorgio Di Lorenzo

  • Migraine improvement during short lasting ketogenesis: a proof-of-concept study.

    C. Di Lorenzo;G. Coppola;G. Sirianni;G. Di Lorenzo

  • Social hedonic capacity is associated with the A118G polymorphism of the mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) in adult healthy volunteers and psychiatric patients

    Alfonso Troisi;Giovanni Frazzetto;Valeria Carola;Giorgio Di Lorenzo

  • Altered resting-state EEG source functional connectivity in schizophrenia:the effect of illness duration

    Giorgio Di Lorenzo;Andrea Daverio;Fabiola Ferrentino;Emiliano Santarnecchi;Emiliano Santarnecchi

  • Decreased plasma adiponectin concentration in major depression.

    Roberto Leo;Giorgio Di Lorenzo;Manfredi Tesauro;Clarissa Cola

  • Common variant at 16p11.2 conferring risk of psychosis

    S Steinberg;S de Jong;M Mattheisen;M Mattheisen;J Costas

  • The interplay among psychopathology, personal resources, context-related factors and real-life functioning in schizophrenia: stability in relationships after 4 years and differences in network structure between recovered and non-recovered patients.

    S. Galderisi;P. Rucci;A. Mucci;A. Rossi

  • Biodiversity of Pneumocystis carinii hominis: typing with different DNA regions.

    S Latouche;E Ortona;E Mazars;P Margutti

  • Plasma Ghrelin in Anorexia, Bulimia, and Binge-Eating Disorder: Relations with Eating Patterns and Circulating Concentrations of Cortisol and Thyroid Hormones

    Alfonso Troisi;Giorgio Di Lorenzo;Ilaria Lega;Manfredi Tesauro

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandro Rossi
Alessandro Rossi University of L'Aquila
Alfonso Troisi
Alfonso Troisi University of Rome Tor Vergata
Mario Amore
Mario Amore University of Genoa
Silvana Galderisi
Silvana Galderisi University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Paola Rocca
Paola Rocca University of Turin
Alessandro Bertolino
Alessandro Bertolino University of Bari Aldo Moro
Elena Ortona
Elena Ortona Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Andrea Fagiolini
Andrea Fagiolini University of Siena
Liliana Dell'Osso
Liliana Dell'Osso University of Pisa
Diego Centonze
Diego Centonze University of Rome Tor Vergata

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