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Secondo Fassino

Secondo Fassino

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Psychology

D-Index
43
Citations
7555
World Ranking
7274
National Ranking
143

Overview

Secondo Fassino is affiliated with the University of Turin in Italy and has contributed extensively to the field of psychology, with a focus on clinical psychology and related subfields. Their research spans several areas including social psychology, cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry and mental health, and philosophy.

Their work primarily centers on topics such as:

  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments

Fassino's recent papers include:

  • "Affectionless control: A parenting style associated with obesity and binge eating disorder in adulthood," 2020, European Eating Disorders Review
  • "The song of Anorexia Nervosa: a specific evoked potential response to musical stimuli in affected participants," 2020, Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity
  • "Emotional imagination of negative situations: Functional neuroimaging in anorexia and bulimia," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Emotional responsiveness task in emotional distress: correlated of functional neuroimaging in anorexia and bulimia," 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "The creative self in anorexics," 2021, Archives of Pathology and Clinical Research

The publication venues where Fassino frequently appears include:

  • European Eating Disorders Review
  • Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity
  • PLoS ONE
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Archives of Pathology and Clinical Research

Frequent collaborators with Fassino are:

  • Federico Amianto
  • Giovanni Abbate-Daga
  • Benedetto Vitiello
  • Angela Valentina Spalatro
  • Federico D'Agata

Best Publications

  • Factors associated with dropout from treatment for eating disorders: a comprehensive literature review

    Secondo Fassino;Andrea Pierò;Elena Tomba;Giovanni Abbate-Daga

  • Temperament and character profile of eating disorders: a controlled study with the Temperament and Character Inventory.

    Secondo Fassino;Giovanni Abbate-Daga;Federico Amianto;Paolo Leombruni

  • Clinical, Psychopathological and Personality Correlates of Interoceptive Awareness in Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia nervosa and Obesity

    Secondo Fassino;Andrea Pierò;Carla Gramaglia;Giovanni Abbate-Daga

  • Olanzapine therapy in anorexia nervosa: psychobiological effects.

    Francesca Brambilla;Cristina Segura Garcia;Secondo Fassino;Giovanni Abbate Daga

  • Anxiety, depression and anger suppression in infertile couples: a controlled study

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  • University courses, eating problems and muscle dysmorphia: are there any associations?

    Simona Bo;Rossana Zoccali;Valentina Ponzo;Laura Soldati

  • Temperament and character in eating disorders: ten years of studies.

    S. Fassino;F. Amianto;C. Gramaglia;F. Facchini

  • The endocrine response to acute ghrelin administration is blunted in patients with anorexia nervosa, a ghrelin hypersecretory state

    F Broglio;L Gianotti;S Destefanis;S Fassino

  • Attentional biases and frontal functioning in anorexia nervosa

    Secondo Fassino;Andrea Pieró;Giovanni Abbate Daga;Paolo Leombruni

  • Binge-eating disorder diagnosis and treatment: a recap in front of DSM-5

    Federico Amianto;Luisa Ottone;Giovanni Abbate Daga;Secondo Fassino

  • Anger and personality in eating disorders.

    Secondo Fassino;Giovanni Abbate Daga;Andrea Pierò;Paolo Leombruni

  • Resistance to treatment and change in anorexia nervosa: a clinical overview

    Giovanni Abbate-Daga;Federico Amianto;Nadia Delsedime;Carlotta De-Bacco

  • Temperament and character in obese women with and without binge eating disorder.

    Secondo Fassino;Paolo Leombruni;Andrea Pierò;Giovanni Abbate Daga

  • Mood, eating attitudes, and anger in obese women with and without Binge Eating Disorder.

    Secondo Fassino;Paolo Leombruni;Andrea Pierò;Giovanni Abbate-Daga

  • Cognitive flexibility in verbal and nonverbal domains and decision making in anorexia nervosa patients: A pilot study

    Giovanni Abbate-Daga;Sara Buzzichelli;Federico Amianto;Giuseppe Rocca

  • Is Anorexia Nervosa a Disorder of the Self? A Psychological Approach.

    Federico Amianto;Georg Northoff;Giovanni Abbate Daga;Secondo Fassino

  • Resistance to treatment in eating disorders: a critical challenge

    Secondo Fassino;Giovanni Abbate-Daga

  • Brain volumetric abnormalities in patients with anorexia and bulimia nervosa: A Voxel-based morphometry study

    Federico Amianto;Paola Caroppo;Federico D'Agata;Angela Spalatro

  • Dropout from Brief Psychotherapy within a Combination Treatment in Bulimia nervosa: Role of Personality and Anger

    Secondo Fassino;Giovanni Abbate-Daga;Andrea Pierò;Paolo Leombruni

  • Attachment insecurity, personality, and body dissatisfaction in eating disorders.

    Giovanni Abbate-Daga;Carla Gramaglia;Federico Amianto;Enrica Marzola

  • Quality of life and personality disorders in heroin abusers.

    S. Fassino;G. Abbate Daga;N. Delsedime;L. Rogna

Frequent Co-Authors

Federico Amianto
Federico Amianto University of Turin
Valeria Mondelli
Valeria Mondelli King's College London
Angelo Picardi
Angelo Picardi Istituto Superiore di Sanità
Giovanni A. Fava
Giovanni A. Fava University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Filippo Bogetto
Filippo Bogetto University of Turin
Georg Northoff
Georg Northoff University of Ottawa
Bernd Löwe
Bernd Löwe Universität Hamburg
Stephan Zipfel
Stephan Zipfel University of Tübingen
Elena Tomba
Elena Tomba University of Bologna
Jenny Guidi
Jenny Guidi University of Bologna

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