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Lorys Castelli

Lorys Castelli

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Overview

Lorys Castelli is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy and has a research portfolio focused on the intersections of medicine and psychology. Their work primarily addresses topics within psychiatry and mental health and clinical psychology, as well as general health professions, social psychology, and cognitive neuroscience.

Their research spans key areas such as psychosomatic disorders and their treatments, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome research, healthcare professionals' stress and burnout, COVID-19 and mental health, posttraumatic stress disorder research, empathy and medical education, and attachment and relationship dynamics.

Castelli has contributed to a number of peer-reviewed papers, with select recent publications including:

  • "Mental health of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy" (2020), Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
  • "Traumatic Stress in Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of the Immediate Impact" (2020), Frontiers in Psychology
  • "The Spread of COVID-19 in the Italian Population: Anxiety, Depression, and Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms" (2020), The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
  • "Psychological Distress among Italian University Students Compared to General Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2021), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "The role of alexithymia in social cognition: Evidence from a non-clinical population" (2020), Journal of Affective Disorders

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Marialaura Di Tella, Annunziata Romeo, Agata Benfante, Valentina Tesio, and Ada Ghiggia.

Their work often appears in notable journals, with multiple publications in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Radiotherapy and Oncology
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy

Through this body of work, Castelli contributes to understanding psychological and medical challenges at individual and societal levels, with a particular focus on mental health responses during the COVID-19 pandemic and related psychiatric conditions.

Best Publications

  • Mental health of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.

    Marialaura Di Tella;Annunziata Romeo;Agata Benfante;Lorys Castelli

  • Unseen facial and bodily expressions trigger fast emotional reactions

    Marco Tamietto;Lorys Castelli;Sergio Vighetti;Paola Perozzo

  • Traumatic Stress in Healthcare Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of the Immediate Impact

    Agata Benfante;Marialaura Di Tella;Annunziata Romeo;Lorys Castelli

  • Chronic deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus for Parkinson's disease: effects on cognition, mood, anxiety and personality traits.

    L. Castelli;P. Perozzo;M. Zibetti;B. Crivelli

  • Spatial navigation in large-scale virtual environments: Gender differences in survey tasks

    Lorys Castelli;Luca Latini Corazzini;Giuliano Carlo Geminiani

  • Alexithymia in Chronic Pain Disorders.

    Marialaura Di Tella;Lorys Castelli

  • Are fibromyalgia patients cognitively impaired? Objective and subjective neuropsychological evidence.

    Valentina Tesio;Diana M. E. Torta;Fabrizio Colonna;Paolo Leombruni

  • 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

  • Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease: comparison of pre- and postoperative neuropsychological evaluation

    P Perozzo;M Rizzone;Bruno Bergamasco;Lorys Castelli

  • Pain experience in Fibromyalgia Syndrome: The role of alexithymia and psychological distress.

    Marialaura Di Tella;Ada Ghiggia;Valentina Tesio;Annunziata Romeo

  • Anger and emotional distress in patients with migraine and tension-type headache.

    P. Perozzo;L. Savi;L. Castelli;W. Valfrè

  • Emotion processing in Parkinson's disease: a three-level study on recognition, representation, and regulation.

    Ivan Enrici;Mauro Adenzato;Rita Debora Bianca Ardito;Antonia Mitkova

  • 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

  • Neuropsychological changes 1-year after subthalamic DBS in PD patients: A prospective controlled study ☆

    Lorys Castelli;Laura Rizzi;Maurizio Zibetti;Serena Angrisano

  • The chemotherapy long-term effect on cognitive functions and brain metabolism in lymphoma patients.

    Baudino B;D'agata F;Caroppo P;Castellano G

  • Sexual well being in parkinsonian patients after deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus

    L Castelli;P Perozzo;M L Genesia;E Torre

  • Theory of Mind and Emotional Functioning in Fibromyalgia Syndrome: An Investigation of the Relationship between Social Cognition and Executive Function

    Marialaura Di Tella;Lorys Castelli;Fabrizio Colonna;Enrico Fusaro

  • Alexithymia and psychological distress in fibromyalgia: prevalence and relation with quality of life.

    Castelli L;Tesio;Colonna F;Molinaro S

  • Apathy and verbal fluency in STN-stimulated PD patients. An observational follow-up study.

    Lorys Castelli;Michele Maria Rosario Lanotte;M Zibetti;Marcella Maria Caglio

  • Deep brain stimulation of subthalamic nucleus: behavioural modifications and familiar relations.

    P Perozzo;Mario Giorgio Rizzone;Bruno Bergamasco;Lorys Castelli

  • The Spread of COVID-19 in the Italian Population: Anxiety, Depression, and Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms.

    Lorys Castelli;Marialaura Di Tella;Agata Benfante;Annunziata Romeo

Frequent Co-Authors

Francesco Pagnini
Francesco Pagnini Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Gianluca Castelnuovo
Gianluca Castelnuovo Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Susan Simpson
Susan Simpson University of South Australia
Enrico Molinari
Enrico Molinari Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Gian Mauro Manzoni
Gian Mauro Manzoni Università degli Studi eCampus
Giada Pietrabissa
Giada Pietrabissa Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Brenda K. Wiederhold
Brenda K. Wiederhold Scripps Health
Giuseppe Riva
Giuseppe Riva Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Angelo Picardi
Angelo Picardi Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Giuseppe Maina
Giuseppe Maina University of Turin

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