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Antonio Preti

Antonio Preti

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Psychology

D-Index
62
Citations
12520
World Ranking
3264
National Ranking
44

Overview

Antonio Preti is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of medicine and psychology. Their work emphasizes psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, and experimental and cognitive psychology, with smaller focuses on philosophy and general health professions.

The scientist's research topics cover:

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

Among their recent research papers are:

  • Dietary Habits and Psychological States during COVID-19 Home Isolation in Italian College Students: The Role of Physical Exercise, 2020, published in Nutrients
  • The Self in the Spectrum: A Meta-analysis of the Evidence Linking Basic Self-Disorders and Schizophrenia, 2020, published in Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Living With Bipolar Disorder in the Time of Covid-19: Biorhythms During the Severe Lockdown in Cagliari, Italy, and the Moderate Lockdown in Tunis, Tunisia, 2021, published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Moderate Exercise Improves Cognitive Function in Healthy Elderly People: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial, 2021, published in Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health
  • Cognitive remediation for inpatients with psychosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, published in Psychological Medicine

Frequent publication venues for Antonio Preti include:

  • Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity
  • Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Andrea Raballo
  • Michele Poletti
  • Mauro Giovanni Carta
  • Giulia Cossu
  • Antônio Egídio Nardi

Best Publications

  • The epidemiology of eating disorders in six European countries: Results of the ESEMeD-WMH project

    Antonio Preti;Giovanni de Girolamo;Gemma Vilagut;Jordi Alonso

  • The "Reading the Mind in the Eyes" test: systematic review of psychometric properties and a validation study in Italy.

    Marcello Vellante;Simon Baron-Cohen;Mariangela Melis;Matteo Marrone

  • DSM–IV personality disorders in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

    Yueqin Huang;Roman Kotov;Giovanni de Girolamo;Antonio Preti

  • Auditory verbal hallucinations in persons with and without a need for care

    Louise C. Johns;Kristiina Kompus;Melissa Connell;Clara Humpston

  • The Characteristic Features of Auditory Verbal Hallucinations in Clinical and Nonclinical Groups: State-of-the-Art Overview and Future Directions

    Frank Laroi;Iris E. Sommer;Jan Dirk Blom;Charles Fernyhough

  • A comprehensive meta-analysis of the risk of suicide in eating disorders.

    A. Preti;M. B. L. Rocchi;D. Sisti;M. V. Camboni

  • Cognitive remediation for negative symptoms of schizophrenia: A network meta-analysis

    Matteo Cella;Antonio Preti;Clementine Edwards;Tabitha Dow

  • Seasonality in suicides: the influence of suicide method, gender and age on suicide distribution in Italy

    Antonio Preti;Paola Miotto

  • Randomized-controlled trials in people at ultra high risk of psychosis: A review of treatment effectiveness

    Antonio Preti;Matteo Cella

  • The Empathy Quotient: A cross-cultural comparison of the Italian version

    Antonio Preti;Marcello Vellante;Simon Baron-Cohen;Giulia Zucca

  • The structure of schizotypal personality traits: a cross-national study

    E. Fonseca-Pedrero;Martin Debbané;Martin Debbané;J. Ortuño-Sierra;R. C. K. Chan

  • Suicide and unemployment in Italy, 1982-1994.

    A Preti;P Miotto

  • Oxytocin and autism: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

    Antonio Preti;Mariangela Melis;Sara Siddi;Marcello Vellante

  • Symptom Dimensions of the Psychotic Symptom Rating Scales in Psychosis: A Multisite Study

    Todd S. Woodward;Kwanghee Jung;Heungsun Hwang;John Yin

  • The influence of seasonal change on suicidal behaviour in Italy

    Antonio Preti

  • Stigma of Suicide Attempt (STOSA) scale and Stigma of Suicide and Suicide Survivor (STOSASS) scale: Two new assessment tools

    Paolo Scocco;Cristina Castriotta;Elena Toffol;Elena Toffol;Antonio Preti

  • Creativity and affective temperaments in non-clinical professional artists: an empirical psychometric investigation.

    Marcello Vellante;Giulia Zucca;Antonio Preti;Davide Sisti

  • New developments in the pharmacotherapy of cocaine abuse.

    Antonio Preti

  • Violent behavior in acute psychiatric inpatient facilities: a national survey in Italy.

    Bruno Biancosino;Sara Delmonte;Luigi Grassi;Giovanni Santone

  • The influence of climate on suicidal behaviour in Italy.

    Antonio Preti

  • Gender and duration of untreated psychosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Maria Teresa Cascio;Matteo Cella;Matteo Cella;Antonio Preti;Anna Meneghelli

  • Dietary Habits and Psychological States during COVID-19 Home Isolation in Italian College Students: The Role of Physical Exercise.

    Stefano Amatori;Sabrina Donati Zeppa;Antonio Preti;Marco Gervasi

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrea Raballo
Andrea Raballo University of Perugia
Matteo Cella
Matteo Cella King's College London
Frank Larøi
Frank Larøi University of Oslo
Paolo Scocco
Paolo Scocco University of Padua
Martin Debbané
Martin Debbané University of Geneva
Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis
Konstantinos N. Fountoulakis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Antonio Egidio Nardi
Antonio Egidio Nardi Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
David C. Cicero
David C. Cicero University of North Texas
Johanna C. Badcock
Johanna C. Badcock University of Western Australia
Liliana Dell'Osso
Liliana Dell'Osso University of Pisa

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