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Overview

Andrea E. Cavanna is affiliated with the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Their research spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a particular focus on clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, neurology, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry

Cavanna has contributed to multiple publications, with frequent co-authors including Renata Nacinovich, Anna Riva, Stefano Seri, Giulia Purpura, and Christos Ganos. Their work has been published in journals such as Neurological Sciences, Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, European Journal of Neurology, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, and Epilepsy & Behavior.

Notable recent papers include:

  • European clinical guidelines for Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders-version 2.0. Part III: pharmacological treatment, 2021, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Evidence-Based Practice for the Clinical Assessment of Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures: A Report From the American Neuropsychiatric Association Committee on Research, 2020, Journal of Neuropsychiatry
  • European clinical guidelines for Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders-version 2.0. Part IV: deep brain stimulation, 2021, European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • European Society for the Study of Tourette Syndrome 2022 criteria for clinical diagnosis of functional tic-like behaviours: International consensus from experts in tic disorders, 2023, European Journal of Neurology
  • Prevalence and clinical correlates of self-injurious behavior in Tourette syndrome, 2020, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

In addition to journal articles, Andrea E. Cavanna has contributed to book publications with Cambridge University Press, including titles such as Seminars in General Adult Psychiatry (2024) and Pharmacological Treatment of Tics (2020).

Best Publications

  • The precuneus: a review of its functional anatomy and behavioural correlates.

    Andrea E. Cavanna;Michael R. Trimble

  • Practice guideline recommendations summary: Treatment of tics in people with Tourette syndrome and chronic tic disorders.

    Tamara Pringsheim;Michael S. Okun;Kirsten Müller-Vahl;Davide Martino

  • The cognitive impact of antiepileptic drugs

    Clare M. Eddy;Hugh E. Rickards;Andrea E. Cavanna

  • The Precuneus and Consciousness

    Andrea E. Cavanna

  • The international prevalence, epidemiology, and clinical phenomenology of Tourette syndrome: A cross-cultural perspective

    Mary May Robertson;Valsamma Eapen;Valsamma Eapen;Andrea Eugenio Cavanna

  • The Behavioral Spectrum of Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome

    Andrea Eugenio Cavanna;Serena Servo;Francesco Monaco;Mary May Robertson

  • The Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome–Quality of Life Scale (GTS-QOL): Development and validation

    A. E. Cavanna;A. Schrag;D. Morley;M. Orth

  • Comorbidities, Social Impact, and Quality of Life in Tourette Syndrome

    Valsamma Eapen;Andrea E. Cavanna;Andrea E. Cavanna;Andrea E. Cavanna;Mary M. Robertson;Mary M. Robertson;Mary M. Robertson

  • Comprehensive systematic review summary: Treatment of tics in people with Tourette syndrome and chronic tic disorders

    Tamara Pringsheim;Yolanda Holler-Managan;Michael S. Okun;Joseph Jankovic

  • Quality of life in young people with Tourette syndrome: a controlled study

    C. M. Eddy;R. Rizzo;M. Gulisano;A. Agodi

  • Functional connectivity and coactivation of the nucleus accumbens: A combined functional connectivity and structure-based meta-analysis

    Franco Cauda;Andrea E. Cavanna;Andrea E. Cavanna;Federico D'agata;Katiuscia Sacco

  • Expectation modulates the response to subthalamic nucleus stimulation in Parkinsonian patients.

    Antonella Pollo;Elena Torre;Leonardo Lopiano;Mario Rizzone

  • Thalamic deep brain stimulation for treatment-refractory Tourette syndrome Two-year outcome

    M Porta;A Brambilla;Andrea Cavanna;D Servello

  • European clinical guidelines for Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders. Part IV: deep brain stimulation

    Kirsten R. Müller-Vahl;Danielle C. Cath;Andrea E. Cavanna;Sandra Dehning

  • The effects of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome and other chronic tic disorders on quality of life across the lifespan: a systematic review

    Joel Evans;Stefano Seri;Andrea E. Cavanna;Andrea E. Cavanna

  • Neurobiology of the Premonitory Urge in Tourette’s Syndrome: Pathophysiology and Treatment Implications

    Andrea E. Cavanna;Kevin J. Black;Mark Hallett;Valerie Voon

  • European clinical guidelines for Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders-version 2.0. Part III: pharmacological treatment.

    Veit Roessner;Heike Eichele;Heike Eichele;Jeremy S. Stern;Liselotte Skov

  • Beneficial and adverse psychotropic effects of antiepileptic drugs in patients with epilepsy: a summary of prevalence, underlying mechanisms and data limitations.

    John Piedad;Hugh Rickards;Frank M. C. Besag;Andrea E. Cavanna;Andrea E. Cavanna

  • Multispectral brain morphometry in Tourette syndrome persisting into adulthood.

    Bogdan Draganski;Davide Martino;Andrea E. Cavanna;Andrea E. Cavanna;Chloe Hutton

  • Functional Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology of Functional Neurological Disorders (Conversion Disorder)

    Valerie Voon;Valerie Voon;Andrea E. Cavanna;Kerry Coburn;Shirlene Sampson

  • Treatment strategies for tics in Tourette syndrome.

    Clare M. Eddy;Hugh E. Rickards;Andrea E. Cavanna

  • Clinical correlates of quality of life in Tourette syndrome

    Clare M. Eddy;Andrea E. Cavanna;Andrea E. Cavanna;Mariangela Gulisano;Antonella Agodi

  • Clinical and psychopathological definition of the interictal dysphoric disorder of epilepsy

    Marco Mula;Regina Jauch;Andrea Cavanna;Laura Collimedaglia

  • Brain mechanisms of altered conscious states during epileptic seizures.

    Andrea Eugenio Cavanna;Francesco Monaco

Frequent Co-Authors

Hugo D. Critchley
Hugo D. Critchley Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Marco Mula
Marco Mula St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Michael Orth
Michael Orth University of Ulm
Davide Martino
Davide Martino University of Calgary
Stefano Seri
Stefano Seri Aston University
Roberto Cantello
Roberto Cantello University of Eastern Piedmont Amadeo Avogadro
Giuliano Geminiani
Giuliano Geminiani University of Turin
Andrew P. Bagshaw
Andrew P. Bagshaw University of Birmingham
Federico D'Agata
Federico D'Agata University of Turin
Katiuscia Sacco
Katiuscia Sacco University of Turin

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