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Giuseppe Maina

Giuseppe Maina

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Psychology

D-Index
55
Citations
9865
World Ranking
4443
National Ranking
67

Overview

Giuseppe Maina is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy and has an extensive publication record in the fields of medicine and psychology, with a particular focus on psychiatry and mental health. Their research spans a significant number of publications addressing clinical psychology, pharmacology, and experimental cognitive psychology.

Maina's work concentrates on several key research topics, including:

  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry

Their frequent co-authors include Valerio Ricci, Gianluca Rosso, Gabriele Di Salvo, Umberto Albert, and Giovanni Martinotti, with whom they have collaborated extensively on various research projects.

Maina publishes frequently in journals such as Minerva Psychiatry, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Annals of General Psychiatry, PubMed, and European Psychiatry. These venues collectively represent a significant portion of their academic output.

Among the recent papers where Maina has contributed, the following are notable for their relevance and citation impact:

  • What Happened to Patients With Obsessive Compulsive Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Multicentre Report From Tertiary Clinics in Northern Italy (2020, Frontiers in Psychiatry)
  • Real-world experience of esketamine use to manage treatment-resistant depression: A multicentric study on safety and effectiveness (REAL-ESK study) (2022, Journal of Affective Disorders)
  • The role of shared decision-making in improving adherence to pharmacological treatments in patients with schizophrenia: a clinical review (2020, Annals of General Psychiatry)
  • Suicide attempts and suicidal ideation in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2020, Journal of Affective Disorders)
  • Treating bipolar depression with esketamine: Safety and effectiveness data from a naturalistic multicentric study on esketamine in bipolar versus unipolar treatment-resistant depression (2023, Bipolar Disorders)

Maina's research reflects an interdisciplinary approach combining medical and psychological perspectives, aimed at advancing understanding and treatment options in major psychiatric disorders and associated pharmacological therapies.

Best Publications

  • Recent life events and obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD): the role of pregnancy/delivery

    Giuseppe Maina;Umberto Albert;Filippo Bogetto;Patrizia Vaschetto

  • Gender-related clinical differences in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    F Bogetto;S Venturello;U Albert;G Maina

  • Predictors of drug treatment response in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Luigi Ravizza;G. Barzega;Silvio Bellino;Filippo Bogetto

  • Psychiatric comorbidity in patients with burning mouth syndrome.

    Filippo Bogetto;Giuseppe Maina;Giovanni Ferro;Mario Carbone

  • Comparative Efficacy of SSRIs and Amisulpride in Burning Mouth Syndrome: A Single-Blind Study

    Giuseppe Maina;Alberto Vitalucci;Sergio Gandolfo;Filippo Bogetto

  • Fibromyalgia syndrome and depressive symptoms: comorbidity and clinical correlates.

    Andrea Aguglia;Virginio Salvi;Giuseppe Maina;Ilaria Rossetto

  • Family accommodation in obsessive–compulsive disorder: Relation to symptom dimensions, clinical and family characteristics

    Umberto Albert;Filippo Bogetto;Giuseppe Maina;Paola Saracco

  • Peripheral whole blood microRNA alterations in major depression and bipolar disorder

    Elisabetta Maffioletti;Annamaria Cattaneo;Gianluca Rosso;Giuseppe Maina

  • Prevalence and correlates of overweight in drug-naïve patients with bipolar disorder.

    Giuseppe Maina;Virginio Salvi;Alberto Vitalucci;Virginia D'Ambrosio

  • Investigation of CNR1 and FAAH endocannabinoid gene polymorphisms in bipolar disorder and major depression.

    Palmiero Monteleone;Maurizio Bifulco;Giuseppe Maina;Alfonso Tortorella

  • What Happened to Patients With Obsessive Compulsive Disorder During the COVID-19 Pandemic? A Multicentre Report From Tertiary Clinics in Northern Italy

    Beatrice Benatti;Umberto Albert;Giuseppe Maina;Giuseppe Maina;Andrea Fiorillo

  • Early intervention for obsessive compulsive disorder: An expert consensus statement

    Naomi A. Fineberg;Naomi A. Fineberg;Bernardo Dell'Osso;Umberto Albert;Giuseppe Maina

  • Venlafaxine versus clomipramine in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder: a preliminary single-blind, 12-week, controlled study.

    Umberto Albert;Eugenio Aguglia;Giuseppe Maina;Filippo Bogetto

  • Clinical predictors of health-related quality of life in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Umberto Albert;Giuseppe Maina;Filippo Bogetto;Alice Chiarle

  • Impact of anxiety disorder comorbidity on quality of life in euthymic bipolar disorder patients : differences between bipolar I and II subtypes

    Umberto Albert;Gianluca Rosso;Giuseppe Maina;Filippo Bogetto

  • Therapeutic effect and safety of adjunctive risperidone in refractory obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

    L Ravizza;G Barzega;S Bellino;F Bogetto

  • Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Brief Dynamic and Supportive Therapy with Waiting List Condition in Minor Depressive Disorders

    Giuseppe Maina;Federica Forner;Filippo Bogetto

  • Drug treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD): long-term trial with clomipramine and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)

    Luigi Ravizza;Giulio Barzega;Silvio Bellino;Filippo Bogetto

  • DSM-IV Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder: Prevalence in Patients With Anxiety Disorders and in Healthy Comparison Subjects

    Umberto Albert;Giuseppe Maina;Federica Forner;Filippo Bogetto

  • Weight gain during long-term treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder: a prospective comparison between serotonin reuptake inhibitors.

    Giuseppe Maina;Umberto Albert;Virginio Salvi;Filippo Bogetto

Frequent Co-Authors

Filippo Bogetto
Filippo Bogetto University of Turin
Andrea Fagiolini
Andrea Fagiolini University of Siena
Bernardo Dell'Osso
Bernardo Dell'Osso University of Milan
Mario Amore
Mario Amore University of Genoa
Alessandro Rossi
Alessandro Rossi University of L'Aquila
Giulio Perugi
Giulio Perugi University of Pisa
Stefano Pallanti
Stefano Pallanti Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Naomi A. Fineberg
Naomi A. Fineberg University of Hertfordshire
Mirko Manchia
Mirko Manchia University of Cagliari
Pierre-Michel Llorca
Pierre-Michel Llorca University of Clermont Auvergne

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