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Overview

Massimo Biondi is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with significant contributions in Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental health. Other areas of interest include Philosophy, Social Psychology, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

The scientist has explored a range of topics, notably in schizophrenia research and treatment, mental health and psychiatry, and autism spectrum disorder research. Additional topics covered in their work include congenital heart defects research, obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, as well as psychosomatic disorders and their treatments.

Massimo Biondi has published extensively, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • PubMed
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Psychopathology
  • Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity
  • Schizophrenia Research

Notable recent papers by this researcher include:

  • "Factors Associated With Real-Life Functioning in Persons With Schizophrenia in a 4-Year Follow-up Study of the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses", 2021, JAMA Psychiatry
  • "Effectiveness of Self-Help Plus in Preventing Mental Disorders in Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Western Europe: A Multinational Randomized Controlled Trial", 2021, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
  • "The association between social media addiction and eating disturbances is mediated by muscle dysmorphia-related symptoms: a cross-sectional study in a sample of young adults", 2021, Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity
  • "The influence of autistic symptoms on social and non-social cognition and on real-life functioning in people with schizophrenia: Evidence from the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses multicenter study", 2020, European Psychiatry
  • "Adherence to Mediterranean diet moderates the association between multimorbidity and depressive symptoms in older adults", 2020, Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Massimo Biondi has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Massimo Pasquini (26 publications)
  • Lorenzo Tarsitani (18 publications)
  • Francesco Saverio Bersani (12 publications)
  • Tommaso Accinni (11 publications)
  • Marianna Frascarelli (11 publications)

Best Publications

  • Psychological Stress and Neuroendocrine Function in Humans: The Last Two Decades of Research

    Massimo Biondi;A. Picardi

  • 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

  • Psychological Stress, Neuroimmunomodulation, and Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases in Animals and Man: A Review

    Massimo Biondi;Luca-Gionata Zannino

  • Depression induced by treatment with interferon-alpha in patients affected by hepatitis C virus

    Stefania Bonaccorso;Valentina Marino;Massimo Biondi;Franca Grimaldi

  • Depression in cancer patients: a critical review.

    Massimo Pasquini;Massimo Biondi

  • Immunotherapy with interferon-alpha in patients affected by chronic hepatitis C induces an intercorrelated stimulation of the cytokine network and an increase in depressive and anxiety symptoms.

    Stefania Bonaccorso;Antonella Puzella;Valentina Marino;Massimo Pasquini

  • Increased 24-hour urinary cortisol excretion in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder and patients with major depression, but not in patients with fibromyalgia.

    M Maes;A Lin;S Bonaccorso;F van Hunsel

  • Stress, social support, emotional regulation, and exacerbation of diffuse plaque psoriasis

    A. Picardi;E. Mazzotti;P. Gaetano;M.S. Cattaruzza

  • Deep transcranial magnetic stimulation as a treatment for psychiatric disorders: A comprehensive review

    F S Bersani;A Minichino;Peter Gregory Enticott;L Mazzarini

  • Psychiatric disorders in adult-onset focal dystonia: a case-control study.

    Giovanni Fabbrini;Isabella Berardelli;Germana Moretti;Massimo Pasquini

  • Psychosomatic Factors in First-Onset Alopecia Areata

    A. Picardi;P. Pasquini;M.S. Cattaruzza;P. Gaetano

  • Substance abuse and suicide risk among adolescents

    Maurizio Pompili;Maurizio Pompili;Gianluca Serafini;Marco Innamorati;Massimo Biondi

  • Clinical and Biological Aspects of Bereavement and Loss-Induced Depression: A Reappraisal

    M. Biondi;A. Picardi

  • Factors Associated With Real-Life Functioning in Persons With Schizophrenia in a 4-Year Follow-up Study of the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses.

    Armida Mucci;Silvana Galderisi;Dino Gibertoni;Alessandro Rossi

  • Treatment with interferon-alpha (IFNα) of hepatitis C patients induces lower serum dipeptidyl peptidase IV activity, which is related to IFNα-induced depressive and anxiety symptoms and immune activation

    M Maes;S Bonaccorso;S Bonaccorso;V Marino;A Puzella

  • Prolactin and thyroid hormone levels are associated with suicide attempts in psychiatric patients

    Maurizio Pompili;Maurizio Pompili;Sara Gibiino;Marco Innamorati;Gianluca Serafini

  • Stressful life events, social support, attachment security and alexithymia in vitiligo. A case-control study.

    Angelo Picardi;P. Pasquini;M. S. Cattaruzza;P. Gaetano

  • Psychopathological dimensions of depression: a factor study of the 17-item Hamilton depression rating scale in unipolar depressed outpatients

    P. Pancheri;A. Picardi;M. Pasquini;P. Gaetano

  • Smoking behaviour and mental health disorders--mutual influences and implications for therapy.

    Amedeo Minichino;Francesco Saverio Bersani;Wanda Katharina Calò;Francesco Spagnoli

  • Memantine augmentation for refractory obsessive–compulsive disorder

    Massimo Pasquini;Massimo Biondi

  • Human psychoneuroimmunology today.

    Massimo Biondi;Giorgio D. Kotzalidis

  • Relevance of anger and irritability in outpatients with major depressive disorder.

    M. Pasquini;A. Picardi;M. Biondi;P. Gaetano

Frequent Co-Authors

Angelo Picardi
Angelo Picardi Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Stefano Ferracuti
Stefano Ferracuti Sapienza University of Rome
Mario Amore
Mario Amore University of Genoa
Alessandro Rossi
Alessandro Rossi University of L'Aquila
Silvana Galderisi
Silvana Galderisi University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Armida Mucci
Armida Mucci University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Andrea Fagiolini
Andrea Fagiolini University of Siena
Marco Innamorati
Marco Innamorati European University of Rome
Gianluca Serafini
Gianluca Serafini University of Genoa
Luigi Grassi
Luigi Grassi University of Ferrara

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