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Filippo Varese is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily the fields of Psychology and Medicine, with a strong focus on Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, and General Health Professions.

Their work covers a range of topics, including:

  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Psychiatric care and mental health services
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions

Varese has published extensively, with frequent contributions to several key journals such as:

  • Psychological Medicine
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice
  • Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry

Notable recent papers include:

  • "The Relationship Between Dissociation and Symptoms of Psychosis: A Meta-analysis" (2020, Schizophrenia Bulletin)
  • "Trauma and psychosis: a qualitative study exploring the perspectives of people with psychosis on the influence of traumatic experiences on psychotic symptoms and quality of life" (2022, BMC Psychiatry)
  • "Group eye movement desensitization and reprocessing interventions in adults and children: A systematic review of randomized and nonrandomized trials" (2021, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy)
  • "The relationship between appraisals of voices (auditory verbal hallucinations) and distress in voice-hearers with schizophrenia-spectrum diagnoses: A meta-analytic review" (2021, Schizophrenia Research)
  • "Multisite randomised controlled trial of trauma-focused cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis to reduce post-traumatic stress symptoms in people with co-morbid post-traumatic stress disorder and psychosis, compared to treatment as usual: study protocol for the STAR (Study of Trauma And Recovery) trial" (2022, Trials)

Collaborations form a significant part of Varese's research activities. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Sandra Bucci
  • Eleanor Longden
  • Katherine Berry
  • Ethel Quayle
  • Richard P. Bentall

Their research addresses complex psychological phenomena with a focus on traumatic experiences, psychosis, and therapeutic interventions. This includes meta-analytic reviews and qualitative studies that explore symptoms, distress, and treatment outcomes within clinical populations.

Best Publications

  • Childhood Adversities Increase the Risk of Psychosis: A Meta-analysis of Patient-Control, Prospective- and Cross-sectional Cohort Studies

    Filippo Varese;Filippo Varese;Feikje Smeets;Marjan Drukker;Ritsaert Lieverse

  • Do Specific Early-Life Adversities Lead to Specific Symptoms of Psychosis? A Study from the 2007 The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey

    Richard P. Bentall;Sophie Wickham;Mark Shevlin;Filippo Varese

  • Auditory Hallucinations in Schizophrenia and Nonschizophrenia Populations: A Review and Integrated Model of Cognitive Mechanisms

    Flavie Waters;Paul Allen;Andre Aleman;Charles Fernyhough

  • Childhood adversity and borderline personality disorder: a meta-analysis.

    Carly Porter;Jasper Palmier-Claus;Alison Branitsky;Warren Mansell

  • From adversity to psychosis: pathways and mechanisms from specific adversities to specific symptoms

    Richard P. Bentall;Paulo de Sousa;Filippo Varese;Sophie Wickham

  • Dissociation mediates the relationship between childhood trauma and hallucination-proneness.

    F Varese;Emma Barkus;R P Bentall

  • Relationship between childhood adversity and bipolar affective disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Jasper Palmier-Claus;Katherine Berry;Sandra Bucci;Warren Mansell

  • Psychological Therapies for Auditory Hallucinations (Voices): Current Status and Key Directions for Future Research

    Neil Thomas;Mark Hayward;Mark Hayward;Emmanuelle Peters;Emmanuelle Peters;Mark van der Gaag

  • Externalizing biases and hallucinations in source-monitoring, self-monitoring and signal detection studies: a meta-analytic review.

    M L Brookwell;R P Bentall;F Varese

  • The relationship between dissociation and voices: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis.

    Marie Pilton;Filippo Varese;Katherine Berry;Sandra Bucci

  • A meta-analysis of cognitive impairment following adult cancer chemotherapy.

    Oana C. Lindner;Bob Phillips;Martin G. McCabe;Andrew Mayes

  • The Relationship Between Dissociation and Symptoms of Psychosis: A Meta-analysis.

    Eleanor Longden;Alison Branitsky;Andrew Moskowitz;Katherine Berry

  • Do paranoid delusions exist on a continuum with subclinical paranoia?:a multi-method taxometric study

    A. Elahi;G. Perez Algorta;Filippo Varese;J. C. McIntyre

  • Psychological mediators of the association between childhood adversities and psychosis: A systematic review.

    Jessica Williams;Sandra Bucci;Katherine Berry;Filippo Varese

  • The effects of peer support on empowerment, self-efficacy, and internalized stigma: A narrative synthesis and meta-analysis.

    Eilish Burke;Melissa Pyle;Karen Machin;Filippo Varese

  • Psychosocial interventions for internalised stigma in people with a schizophrenia-spectrum diagnosis: A systematic narrative synthesis and meta-analysis

    Lisa Wood;Rory Byrne;Filippo Varese;Anthony P. Morrison

  • The relationship between dissociation and auditory verbal hallucinations in the flow of daily life of patients with psychosis

    Filippo Varese;Alisa Udachina;Inez Myin‐Germeys;Margareet Oorschot

  • The metacognitive beliefs account of hallucinatory experiences: a literature review and meta-analysis.

    Filippo Varese;Richard P Bentall

  • Dissociative and metacognitive factors in hallucination- proneness when controlling for comorbid symptoms

    Filippo Varese;Emma Barkus;Richard P Bentall

  • The relationship between childhood adversities and dissociation in severe mental illness: A meta-analytic review.

    Sonya Rafiq;Carolina Campodonico;Filippo Varese

  • The role of experiential avoidance in paranoid delusions: An experience sampling study

    Alisa Udachina;Filippo Varese;Inez Myin-Germeys;Richard P. Bentall

  • Cognitive therapy for internalised stigma in people experiencing psychosis: A pilot randomised controlled trial

    Anthony P. Morrison;Anthony P. Morrison;Eilish Burke;Eilish Burke;Elizabeth Murphy;Melissa Pyle;Melissa Pyle

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard P. Bentall
Richard P. Bentall University of Sheffield
Katherine Berry
Katherine Berry University of Manchester
Sandra Bucci
Sandra Bucci University of Manchester
Anthony P. Morrison
Anthony P. Morrison University of Manchester
Gillian Haddock
Gillian Haddock Manchester Academic Health Science Centre
Warren Mansell
Warren Mansell University of Manchester
John Read
John Read University of East London
Jane Simpson
Jane Simpson Lancaster University
Emma Barkus
Emma Barkus Northumbria University

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