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Enrico Molinari is affiliated with the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Italy. Their research activity spans psychology and medicine, with a particular focus on clinical psychology, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, psychiatry and mental health, social psychology, and applied psychology.

The scientist's work primarily addresses topics including COVID-19 and mental health, child nutrition and feeding issues, eating disorders and behaviors, childhood cancer survivors' quality of life, pediatric pain management techniques, mindfulness and compassion interventions, and the long-term effects of COVID-19.

Selected recent papers include:

  • "The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Health Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Study" (2020) published in Frontiers in Psychology
  • "Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological well-being of students in an Italian university: a web-based cross-sectional survey" (2021) published in Globalization and Health
  • "COVID Feel Good-An Easy Self-Help Virtual Reality Protocol to Overcome the Psychological Burden of Coronavirus" (2020) published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • "Technologically-enhanced psychological interventions for older adults: a scoping review" (2020) published in BMC Geriatrics
  • "The Impact of Social Isolation during the COVID-19 Pandemic on Physical and Mental Health: The Lived Experience of Adolescents with Obesity and Their Caregivers" (2021) published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Frequent co-authors in Molinari's publications are:

  • Gianluca Castelnuovo (27 collaborations)
  • Giada Pietrabissa (13 collaborations)
  • Gian Mauro Manzoni (13 collaborations)
  • Alessandro Sartório (8 collaborations)
  • Roberto Cattivelli (7 collaborations)

Major venues where Molinari regularly publishes include:

  • Frontiers in Psychology (5 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (5 publications)
  • Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity (3 publications)
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2 publications)
  • Trials (2 publications)

The number of publications per field indicates a dual focus on psychology with 44 publications and medicine with 42 publications, reflecting interdisciplinary research activity connecting psychological and medical perspectives.

Best Publications

  • Relaxation training for anxiety: a ten-years systematic review with meta-analysis

    Gian Mauro Manzoni;Francesco Pagnini;Gianluca Castelnuovo;Enrico Molinari

  • The Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Health Professionals: A Cross-Sectional Study

    Emanuele Maria Giusti;Elisa Pedroli;Guido E. D'Aniello;Chiara Stramba Badiale

  • Weight loss expectations in obese patients and treatment attrition: an observational multicenter study.

    Riccardo Dalle Grave;Simona Calugi;Enrico Molinari;Maria Letizia Petroni

  • Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological well-being of students in an Italian university: a web-based cross-sectional survey.

    Leonardo Villani;Roberta Pastorino;Enrico Molinari;Franco Anelli

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy to aid weight loss in obese patients: current perspectives.

    Gianluca Castelnuovo;Giada Pietrabissa;Gian Mauro Manzoni;Roberto Cattivelli

  • Burden, depression, and anxiety in caregivers of people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

    Francesco Pagnini;Gabriella Rossi;Christian Lunetta;Paolo Banfi

  • Virtual Reality for Enhancing the Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Obesity With Binge Eating Disorder: Randomized Controlled Study With One-Year Follow-up

    Gian Luca Cesa;Gian Mauro Manzoni;Monica Bacchetta;Gianluca Castelnuovo

  • Virtual reality based experiential cognitive treatment of anorexia nervosa

    Giuseppe Riva;Monica Bacchetta;Margherita Baruffi;Silvia Rinaldi

  • Internet-based behavioral interventions for obesity: an updated systematic review.

    Gian Mauro Manzoni;Francesco Pagnini;Stefania Corti;Enrico Molinari

  • Virtual reality-based multidimensional therapy for the treatment of body image disturbances in obesity: a controlled study.

    Giuseppe Riva;Monica Bacchetta;Margherita Baruffi;Enrico Molinari

  • Can Relaxation Training Reduce Emotional Eating in Women with Obesity? An Exploratory Study with 3 Months of Follow-Up

    Gian Mauro Manzoni;Francesco Pagnini;Alessandra Gorini;Alessandra Preziosa

  • Virtual environments in clinical psychology and neuroscience: Methods and techniques in advanced patient–therapist interaction.

    Giuseppe Riva;B. K. Wiederhold;E. Molinari

  • Decision-making in obesity: A study using the Gambling Task

    Riccardo Pignatti;L. Bertella;G. Albani;A. Mauro

  • Virtual-reality-based multidimensional therapy for the treatment of body image disturbances in binge eating disorders: a preliminary controlled study

    G. Riva;M. Bacchetta;M. Baruffi;E. Molinari

  • Is Severe Obesity a Form of Addiction?: Rationale, Clinical Approach, and Controlled Clinical Trial

    Giuseppe Riva;Monica Bacchetta;Gianluca Cesa;Sara Conti

  • Psychological Treatments and Psychotherapies in the Neurorehabilitation of Pain: Evidences and Recommendations from the Italian Consensus Conference on Pain in Neurorehabilitation

    Gianluca Castelnuovo;Emanuele Maria Giusti;Gian Mauro Manzoni;Donatella Saviola

  • Virtual Reality–Enhanced Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy for Morbid Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Study with 1 Year Follow-Up

    Gian Mauro Manzoni;Gian Luca Cesa;Monica Bacchetta;Gianluca Castelnuovo

  • Virtual reality-based experiential cognitive treatment of obesity and binge-eating disorders

    Giuseppe Riva;Monica Bacchetta;Margherita Baruffi;Silvia Rinaldi

  • Existential well-being and spirituality of individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is related to psychological well-being of their caregivers.

    Francesco Pagnini;Christian Lunetta;Gabriella Rossi;Paolo Banfi

  • Psychological considerations in the assessment and treatment of pain in neurorehabilitation and psychological factors predictive of therapeutic response: Evidence and recommendations from the Italian consensus conference on pain in neurorehabilitation

    Gianluca Castelnuovo;Emanuele Maria Giusti;Gian Mauro Manzoni;Donatella Saviola

  • Six-month follow-up of in-patient experiential cognitive therapy for binge eating disorders.

    Giuseppe Riva;Monica Bacchetta;Gianluca Cesa;Sara Conti

Frequent Co-Authors

Gianluca Castelnuovo
Gianluca Castelnuovo Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Gian Mauro Manzoni
Gian Mauro Manzoni Università degli Studi eCampus
Francesco Pagnini
Francesco Pagnini Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Giuseppe Riva
Giuseppe Riva Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Giada Pietrabissa
Giada Pietrabissa Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Angelo Compare
Angelo Compare University of Bergamo
Andrea Gaggioli
Andrea Gaggioli Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Brenda K. Wiederhold
Brenda K. Wiederhold Scripps Health
Susan Simpson
Susan Simpson University of South Australia
Carlo Semenza
Carlo Semenza University of Padua

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