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Benedetto Vitiello

Benedetto Vitiello

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Medicine
Italy
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
124
Citations
63239
World Ranking
3200
National Ranking
91

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Italy Leader Award

Overview

Benedetto Vitiello is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of psychology and medicine, with a particular focus on child and adolescent mental health. Their work covers a range of subfields including clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, genetics, and pediatrics.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Benedetto Vitiello include:

  • Chiara Davico
  • Federico Amianto
  • Daniele Marcotulli
  • Federica Ricci
  • Luca Arletti

Their publications have appeared in multiple specialized venues, such as:

  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Children
  • UNC Libraries

Recent papers include:

  • Challenges and burden of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic for child and adolescent mental health: a narrative review to highlight clinical and research needs in the acute phase and the long return to normality (2020), published in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement: 208 Evidence-based conclusions about the disorder (2021), published in Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Impact of war and forced displacement on children's mental health-multilevel, needs-oriented, and trauma-informed approaches (2022), published in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Child and adolescent mental health service provision and research during the Covid-19 pandemic: challenges, opportunities, and a call for submissions (2020), published in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • The pediatric psychopharmacology of autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review - Part I: The past and the present (2021), published in Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • A 14-Month Randomized Clinical Trial of Treatment Strategies for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

    Pj Jensen;Le Arnold;Je Richters;Jb Severe

  • Fluoxetine, cognitive-behavioral therapy, and their combination for adolescents with depression: Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study (TADS) randomized controlled trial.

    John March;Susan Silva;Stephen Petrycki;John Curry

  • Risperidone in Children with Autism and Serious Behavioral Problems

    James T. McCracken;James McGough;Bhavik Shah;Pegeen Cronin

  • Challenges and burden of the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic for child and adolescent mental health: A narrative review to highlight clinical and research needs in the acute phase and the long return to normality

    Jörg M. Fegert;Benedetto Vitiello;Paul L. Plener;Paul L. Plener;Vera Clemens

  • The MTA at 8 Years: Prospective Follow-up of Children Treated for Combined-Type ADHD in a Multisite Study

    Brooke S.G. Molina;Stephen P. Hinshaw;James M. Swanson;L. Eugene Arnold

  • Psychiatric Disorders and Drug Use Among Human Immunodeficiency Virus–Infected Adults in the United States

    Eric G. Bing;M. Audrey Burnam;Douglas Longshore;Douglas Longshore;John A. Fleishman

  • ADHD Comorbidity Findings From the MTA Study: Comparing Comorbid Subgroups

    Peter S. Jensen;Stephen P. Hinshaw;Helena C. Kraemer;Nilantha Lenora

  • Clinical relevance of the primary findings of the MTA: success rates based on severity of ADHD and ODD symptoms at the end of treatment.

    James M. Swanson;Helena C. Kraemer;Stephen P. Hinshaw;L. Eugene Arnold

  • The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus Statement: 208 Evidence-based Conclusions about the Disorder

    Stephen V. Faraone;Tobias Banaschewski;David Coghill;Yi Zheng

  • 3-Year Follow-up of the NIMH MTA Study

    Peter S. Jensen;L. Eugene Arnold;James M. Swanson;Benedetto Vitiello

  • The Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS): Long-term effectiveness and safety outcomes

    John S. March;Susan Silva;Stephen Petrycki;John Curry

  • Switching to Another SSRI or to Venlafaxine With or Without Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents With SSRI-Resistant Depression: The TORDIA Randomized Controlled Trial

    David Brent;Graham Emslie;Greg Clarke;Karen Dineen Wagner

  • Suicide attempts and nonsuicidal self-injury in the treatment of resistant depression in adolescents: findings from the TORDIA study.

    Joan Rosenbaum Asarnow;Giovanna Porta;Anthony Spirito;Graham J Emslie

  • Findings from the NIMH Multimodal Treatment Study of ADHD (MTA): Implications and applications for primary care providers.

    Peter Jensen;Stephen Hinshaw;James Swanson;Laurence Greenhill

  • National Institute of Mental Health Multimodal Treatment Study of ADHD follow-up: 24-month outcomes of treatment strategies for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Pj Jensen;Le Arnold;Jb Severe;Benedetto Vitiello

  • Parent-rated anxiety symptoms in children with pervasive developmental disorders: frequency and association with core autism symptoms and cognitive functioning.

    Denis G. Sukhodolsky;Lawrence Scahill;Kenneth D. Gadow;L. Eugene Arnold

  • Moderators and mediators of treatment response for children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: the Multimodal Treatment Study of children with Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

    Pj Jensen;Le Arnold;Je Richters;Jb Severe

  • Effect of Hypericum perforatum (St John's wort) in major depressive disorder: a randomized controlled trial

    Jonathan R.T. Davidson;Kishore M. Gadde;John A. Fairbank;K. Ranga Rama Krishnan

  • Efficacy and Safety of Immediate-Release Methylphenidate Treatment for Preschoolers with ADHD.

    Laurence Greenhill;Scott Kollins;Howard Abikoff;James Mccracken

  • Subtypes of Aggression and Their Relevance to Child Psychiatry

    Benedetto Vitiello;David M. Stoff

Frequent Co-Authors

James T. McCracken
James T. McCracken University of California, Los Angeles
John S. March
John S. March Duke University
Christopher J. McDougle
Christopher J. McDougle Harvard University
James M. Swanson
James M. Swanson University of California, Irvine
L. Eugene Arnold
L. Eugene Arnold The Ohio State University
Michael G. Aman
Michael G. Aman The Ohio State University
Laurence L. Greenhill
Laurence L. Greenhill University of California, San Francisco
Karen C. Wells
Karen C. Wells Duke University
Stephen P. Hinshaw
Stephen P. Hinshaw University of California, Berkeley
Lily Hechtman
Lily Hechtman Montreal Children's Hospital

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