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Pierluigi Politi

Pierluigi Politi

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Psychology

D-Index
53
Citations
11695
World Ranking
4786
National Ranking
75

Overview

Pierluigi Politi is affiliated with the University of Pavia in Italy. Their research focuses primarily on medical and psychological fields, with a strong emphasis on psychiatry and mental health.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Psychology

Within these fields, Pierluigi Politi works extensively in subfields such as:

  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Social Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

The scientist covers several research topics, notably:

  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Pierluigi Politi include:

  • Probability of Transition to Psychosis in Individuals at Clinical High Risk, 2021, JAMA Psychiatry
  • Prenatal and perinatal risk and protective factors for psychosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Missed diagnoses and misdiagnoses of adults with autism spectrum disorder, 2020, European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
  • Universal and selective interventions to promote good mental health in young people: Systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • The lived experience of depression: a bottom-up review co-written by experts by experience and academics, 2023, World Psychiatry

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Pierluigi Politi are:

  • Natascia Brondino
  • Stefano Damiani
  • Paolo Fusar-Poli
  • Laura Fusar-Poli
  • Miriam Olivola

Pierluigi Politi has published multiple articles in key venues, including:

  • European Psychiatry
  • Brain Sciences
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry Research

Best Publications

  • Functional atlas of emotional faces processing: a voxel-based meta-analysis of 105 functional magnetic resonance imaging studies.

    Paolo Fusar-Poli;Anna Placentino;Francesco Carletti;Paola Landi

  • Neurophysiology and neurobiology of the musical experience.

    Marianna Boso;Pierluigi Politi;Francesco Barale;Emanuele Enzo

  • Reliability, validity and factor structure of the 12‐item General Health Questionnaire among young males in Italy

    P. L. Politi;M. Piccinelli;G. Wilkinson

  • Transdiagnostic psychiatry: a systematic review

    Paolo Fusar-Poli;Marco Solmi;Natascia Brondino;Cathy Davies

  • Probability of Transition to Psychosis in Individuals at Clinical High Risk: An Updated Meta-analysis.

    Gonzalo Salazar de Pablo;Gonzalo Salazar de Pablo;Joaquim Radua;Joaquim Radua;Joana Pereira;Ilaria Bonoldi

  • Disorder, not just state of risk: meta-analysis of functioning and quality of life in people at high risk of psychosis.

    Paolo Fusar-Poli;Matteo Rocchetti;Alberto Sardella;Alessia Avila

  • Prenatal and perinatal risk and protective factors for psychosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Cathy Davies;Giulia Segre;Andrés Estradé;Joaquim Radua;Joaquim Radua

  • Low-grade endotoxemia in patients with severe autism.

    Enzo Emanuele;Paolo Giuseppe Orsi;Marianna Boso;Davide Broglia

  • Laterality effect on emotional faces processing: ALE meta-analysis of evidence.

    Paolo Fusar-Poli;Paolo Fusar-Poli;A. Placentino;F. Carletti;F. Carletti;Paul Allen

  • Circulating levels of soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products in Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia.

    Enzo Emanuele;Angela D’Angelo;Carmine Tomaino;Giuliano Binetti

  • Effect of long-term interactive music therapy on behavior profile and musical skills in young adults with severe autism.

    Marianna Boso;Enzo Emanuele;Vera Minazzi;Marta Abbamonte

  • Impact of the Hawthorne Effect in a Longitudinal Clinical Study: The Case of Anesthesia

    Donatella De Amici;Catherine Klersy;Felice Ramajoli;Loretta Brustia

  • Prevalence of self-reported childhood abuse in psychosis: a meta-analysis of retrospective studies.

    Ilaria Bonoldi;Ercole Simeone;Matteo Rocchetti;Matteo Rocchetti;Louisa Codjoe

  • Molecular Mechanisms Generating and Stabilizing Terminal 22q13 Deletions in 44 Subjects with Phelan/McDermid Syndrome.

    Maria Clara Bonaglia;Roberto Giorda;Silvana Beri;Cristina De Agostini

  • Raised plasma nerve growth factor levels associated with early-stage romantic love.

    Enzo Emanuele;Pierluigi Politi;Marika Bianchi;Piercarlo Minoretti

  • Prognosis of Brief Psychotic Episodes: A Meta-analysis

    Paolo Fusar-Poli;Paolo Fusar-Poli;Paolo Fusar-Poli;Marco Cappucciati;Marco Cappucciati;Ilaria Bonoldi;Ilaria Bonoldi;L. M. Christy Hui

  • Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Natascia Brondino;Laura Fusar-Poli;Matteo Rocchetti;Umberto Provenzani

  • Missed diagnoses and misdiagnoses of adults with autism spectrum disorder.

    Laura Fusar-Poli;Natascia Brondino;Pierluigi Politi;Eugenio Aguglia

  • Peripheral oxytocin and vasopressin: Biomarkers of psychiatric disorders? A comprehensive systematic review and preliminary meta-analysis

    Grazia Rutigliano;Grazia Rutigliano;Matteo Rocchetti;Matteo Rocchetti;Yannis Paloyelis;James Gilleen;James Gilleen

  • Effect of omega-3 fatty acids supplementation on depressive symptoms and on health-related quality of life in the treatment of elderly women with depression: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial.

    Mariangela Rondanelli;Attilio Giacosa;Annalisa Opizzi;Claudio Pelucchi

  • Burnout in health care providers of dialysis service in Northern Italy—a multicentre study

    Catherine Klersy;Aliria Callegari;Valentina Martinelli;Valerio Vizzardi

Frequent Co-Authors

Catherine Klersy
Catherine Klersy University of Pavia
Philip McGuire
Philip McGuire University of Oxford
Liliana Dell'Osso
Liliana Dell'Osso University of Pisa
Paul Allen
Paul Allen Royal Holloway University of London
Claudia Carmassi
Claudia Carmassi University of Pisa
James M. Stone
James M. Stone Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Andrea Fagiolini
Andrea Fagiolini University of Siena
Celso Arango
Celso Arango Complutense University of Madrid
Matteo Balestrieri
Matteo Balestrieri University of Udine
Lucia Valmaggia
Lucia Valmaggia King's College London

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