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Diana De Ronchi

Diana De Ronchi

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
54
Citations
10870
World Ranking
2169
National Ranking
21

Overview

Diana De Ronchi is affiliated with the University of Bologna in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with a notable focus on clinical psychology, pharmacology, psychiatry and mental health, biological psychiatry, and experimental and cognitive psychology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to several key research topics, including:

  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology

Diana De Ronchi has published in a variety of frequently occurring venues. These include:

  • Neuroscience Applied
  • International Clinical Psychopharmacology
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • European Psychiatry
  • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Several recent papers by this researcher reflect their areas of focus and interdisciplinary approach:

  • "Gastrointestinal side effects associated with antidepressant treatments in patients with major depressive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis" (2021) in Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
  • "Genome-wide association identifies the first risk loci for psychosis in Alzheimer disease" (2021) in Molecular Psychiatry
  • "Whole blood and oral fluid microsampling for the monitoring of patients under treatment with antidepressant drugs" (2020) in Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis
  • "A meta-analysis of polygenic risk scores for mood disorders, neuroticism, and schizophrenia in antidepressant response" (2021) in European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • "Epigenetic Basis of Psychiatric Disorders: A Narrative Review" (2021) in CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets

Diana De Ronchi collaborates frequently with various researchers, with some of the most frequent co-authors being:

  • Alessandro Serretti
  • Chiara Fabbri
  • Giuseppe Fanelli
  • Anna Rita Atti
  • Diego Albani

Their research contributions encompass a wide range of methodologies and focus areas in neuropsychopharmacology and psychiatric genetics, as seen by the diversity in publication venues and topics.

Best Publications

  • Worldwide prevalence and incidence of dementia.

    Laura Fratiglioni;Diana De Ronchi;Diana De Ronchi;Hedda Agüero-Torres

  • Meta-analysis of Serotonin Transporter Gene Promoter Polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) Association With Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor Efficacy in Depressed Patients

    A Serretti;M Kato;M Kato;D De Ronchi;T Kinoshita

  • The epidemiology of the dementias: an update.

    Chengxuan Qiu;Diana De Ronchi;Laura Fratiglioni

  • 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

  • Aging and the Occurrence of Dementia: Findings From a Population-Based Cohort With a Large Sample of Nonagenarians

    Eva von Strauss;Matti Viitanen;Diana De Ronchi;Bengt Winblad

  • Late-Life Body Mass Index and Dementia Incidence: Nine-Year Follow-Up Data from the Kungsholmen Project

    Anna Rita Atti;Katie Palmer;Stefano Volpato;Bengt Winblad

  • Pet therapy in elderly patients with mental illness

    Francesca Moretti;Diana De Ronchi;Virginia Bernabei;Lucia Marchetti

  • Serotonin Transporter Gene Variants and Behavior: A Comprehensive Review

    Alessandro Serretti;Raffaella Calati;Laura Mandelli;Diana De Ronchi

  • Animal-assisted interventions for elderly patients affected by dementia or psychiatric disorders: A review

    Virginia Bernabei;Diana De Ronchi;T La Ferla;Francesca Moretti

  • Depressive symptomatology is influenced by chronotypes

    Enrique Gaspar-Barba;Raffaella Calati;Carlos S. Cruz-Fuentes;Martha P. Ontiveros-Uribe

  • HTR2A Gene Variants and Psychiatric Disorders: A Review of Current Literature and Selection of SNPs for Future Studies

    Alessandro Serretti;Antonio Drago;Diana De Ronchi

  • Prevalence and Gender Differences in Late-Life Depression: A Population-Based Study

    Claudia Forlani;Monica Morri;Barbara Ferrari;Edoardo Dalmonte

  • The effect of education on dementia occurrence in an Italian population with middle to high socioeconomic status

    D. De Ronchi;L. Fratiglioni;P. Rucci;A. Paternicò

  • Gastrointestinal side effects associated with antidepressant treatments in patients with major depressive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Vincenzo Oliva;Matteo Lippi;Riccardo Paci;Lorenzo Del Fabro

  • New antipsychotics and schizophrenia: a review on efficacy and side effects.

    Alessandro Serretti;Diana De Ronchi;Cristina Lorenzi;Domenico Berardi

  • Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease. A Rapidly Evolving Field

    Alessandro Serretti;Paolo Olgiati;Diana De Ronchi

  • Occurrence of cognitive impairment and dementia after the age of 60: a population-based study from Northern Italy.

    Diana De Ronchi;Domenico Berardi;Marco Menchetti;Giuseppe Ferrari

  • PHARMACOGENETICS OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS

    Concetta Crisafulli;Chiara Fabbri;Stefano Porcelli;Antonio Drago

  • Catechol-o-methyltransferase gene modulation on suicidal behavior and personality traits: review, meta-analysis and association study

    Raffaella Calati;Stefano Porcelli;Ina Giegling;Annette M. Hartmann

  • The 5-HTTLPR polymorphism and eating disorders: a meta-analysis.

    Raffaella Calati;Diana De Ronchi;Maurizio Bellini;Alessandro Serretti

  • Temperament and character of suicide attempters.

    Raffaella Calati;Ina Giegling;Dan Rujescu;Annette M. Hartmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandro Serretti
Alessandro Serretti Kore University of Enna
Raffaella Calati
Raffaella Calati University of Milano-Bicocca
Chi-Un Pae
Chi-Un Pae Catholic University of Korea
Gianluigi Forloni
Gianluigi Forloni Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Joseph Zohar
Joseph Zohar Sheba Medical Center
Julien Mendlewicz
Julien Mendlewicz Université Libre de Bruxelles
Siegfried Kasper
Siegfried Kasper Medical University of Vienna
Changsu Han
Changsu Han Korea University
Laura Fratiglioni
Laura Fratiglioni Karolinska Institute
Stuart Montgomery
Stuart Montgomery Imperial College London

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