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Massimo Clerici is affiliated with the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and medicine, with particular emphasis on clinical psychology and psychiatry and mental health. The scientist's work also extends into experimental and cognitive psychology, pharmacology, and social psychology.

The main topics covered by Massimo Clerici's research include:

  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Treatment of Major Depression
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors

Massimo Clerici has contributed to several papers in recent years. Selected works include:

  • "Mental Health in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Emergency-The Italian Response," 2020, JAMA Psychiatry
  • "Psychiatric emergency care during Coronavirus 2019 (COVID 19) pandemic lockdown: results from a Department of Mental Health and Addiction of northern Italy," 2020, Psychiatry Research
  • "Psychiatric hospitalization rates in Italy before and during COVID-19: did they change? An analysis of register data," 2020, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine
  • "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
  • "Consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on admissions to general hospital psychiatric wards in Italy: Reduced psychiatric hospitalizations and increased suicidality," 2021, Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

The scientist has frequently published in venues such as Neuroscience Applied, European Neuropsychopharmacology, PubMed, Journal of Personalized Medicine, and Journal of Affective Disorders.

Massimo Clerici collaborates regularly with several researchers. Common coauthors include Enrico Capuzzi, Massimiliano Buoli, Alice Caldiroli, Fabrizia Colmegna, and Antonios Dakanalis.

Best Publications

  • Mental health of prisoners: prevalence, adverse outcomes, and interventions

    Seena Fazel;Adrian J Hayes;Katrina Bartellas;Massimo Clerici

  • Reducing the treatment gap for mental disorders: a WPA survey.

    Vikram Patel;Mario Maj;Alan J Flisher;Mary J De Silva

  • Disentangling the Association Between Child Abuse and Eating Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Manuela Caslini;Francesco Bartoli;Cristina Crocamo;Antonios Dakanalis

  • Depression after Stroke and Risk of Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    F Bartoli;N Lillia;A Lax;C Crocamo

  • Neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio and platelet/lymphocyte ratio in mood disorders: A meta-analysis.

    Mario Gennaro Mazza;Sara Lucchi;Agnese Grazia Maria Tringali;Aurora Rossetti

  • The developmental effects of media-ideal internalization and self-objectification processes on adolescents’ negative body-feelings, dietary restraint, and binge eating

    Antonios Dakanalis;Giuseppe Carrà;Rachel Calogero;Roberta Fida

  • Estimating the Risk of Attempted Suicide Among Sexual Minority Youths: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

    Ester di Giacomo;Micheal Krausz;Fabrizia Colmegna;Flora Aspesi

  • Mental Health in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Emergency-The Italian Response.

    Giovanni de Girolamo;Giancarlo Cerveri;Massimo Clerici;Emiliano Monzani

  • Prevalence of Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders in Adults and Adolescents with Intellectual Disability: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Mario G. Mazza;Aurora Rossetti;Giovanna Crespi;Massimo Clerici

  • Cytokines production in chronic schizophrenia patients with or without paranoid behaviour

    Carlo L. Cazzullo;Silvio Scarone;Barbara Grassi;Chiara Vismara

  • Neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, monocyte-lymphocyte ratio and platelet-lymphocyte ratio in non-affective psychosis: A meta-analysis and systematic review.

    Mario Gennaro Mazza;Sara Lucchi;Aurora Rossetti;Massimo Clerici

  • Italian version of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire. Psychometric proprieties and measurement invariance across sex, BMI-status and age

    Antonios Dakanalis;M. Assunta Zanetti;Massimo Clerici;Fabio Madeddu

  • A Randomised Controlled Comparison of Second-Level Treatment Approaches for Treatment-Resistant Adults with Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder: Assessing the Benefits of Virtual Reality Cue Exposure Therapy

    Marta Ferrer-García;José Gutiérrez-Maldonado;Joana Pla-Sanjuanelo;Ferran Vilalta-Abella

  • Acute variations of cytokine levels after antipsychotic treatment in drug-naïve subjects with a first-episode psychosis: A meta-analysis.

    Enrico Capuzzi;Francesco Bartoli;Cristina Crocamo;Massimo Clerici

  • Psychiatric hospitalization rates in Italy before and during COVID-19: did they change? An analysis of register data.

    M Clerici;F Durbano;F Spinogatti;A Vita

  • Attachment insecurities, maladaptive perfectionism, and eating disorder symptoms: A latent mediated and moderated structural equation modeling analysis across diagnostic groups

    Antonios Dakanalis;Antonios Dakanalis;C. Alix Timko;M. Assunta Zanetti;Lucio Rinaldi

  • Male body dissatisfaction and eating disorder symptomatology: Moderating variables among men

    Antonios Dakanalis;Assunta M Zanetti;Giuseppe Riva;Fabrizia Colmegna

  • Early Post-stroke Depression and Mortality: Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression.

    Francesco Bartoli;Carmen Di Brita;Cristina Crocamo;Massimo Clerici

  • Attempted suicide in people with co-occurring bipolar and substance use disorders: systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Giuseppe Carrà;Francesco Bartoli;Cristina Crocamo;Kathleen T. Brady

  • Risk and maintenance factors for young women's DSM-5 eating disorders.

    Antonios Dakanalis;Antonios Dakanalis;Massimo Clerici;Francesco Beghella Bartoli;Manuela Caslini

  • Psychiatric emergency care during Coronavirus 2019 (COVID 19) pandemic lockdown: results from a Department of Mental Health and Addiction of northern Italy.

    Enrico Capuzzi;Carmen Di Brita;Alice Caldiroli;Fabrizia Colmegna

  • Metabolic syndrome in people suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Francesco Bartoli;Giuseppe Carrà;Cristina Crocamo;Daniele Carretta

Frequent Co-Authors

Antonios Dakanalis
Antonios Dakanalis University of Milano-Bicocca
Giuseppe Riva
Giuseppe Riva Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
C. Alix Timko
C. Alix Timko Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Giovanni Martinotti
Giovanni Martinotti University of Chieti-Pescara
Silvia Serino
Silvia Serino University of Milano-Bicocca
Silvio Scarone
Silvio Scarone University of Milan
Bernardo Dell'Osso
Bernardo Dell'Osso University of Milan
Rachel M. Calogero
Rachel M. Calogero University of Western Ontario
Claudio Imperatori
Claudio Imperatori European University of Rome
Andrea Fagiolini
Andrea Fagiolini University of Siena

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