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1. Feasibility of a psychoeducational family intervention for people with bipolar I disorder and their relatives: Results from an Italian real-world multicentre study

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Fiorillo, A., Del Vecchio, V., Luciano, M., Sampogna, G., Sbordone, D., Catapano, F., De Rosa, C., Malangone, C., Tortorella, A., Veltro, F., Nicolò, G., Piselli, M., Bardicchia, F., Ciampini, G., Lampis, D., Moroni, A., Bassi, M., Iapichino, S., Biondi, S., Graziani, A., Orlandi, E., Starace, F., Baronessa, C., Carrà, G., and Maj, M.

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2016
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2. Efficacy of psychoeducational family intervention for bipolar i disorder: A controlled, multicentric, real-world study

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Fiorillo, A, Del Vecchio, V, Luciano, M, Sampogna, G, De Rosa, C, Malangone, C, Volpe, U, Bardicchia, F, Ciampini, G, Crocamo, C, Iapichino, S, Lampis, D, Moroni, A, Orlandi, E, Piselli, M, Pompili, E, Veltro, F, Carra', G, Maj, M, CROCAMO, CRISTINA, CARRA', GIUSEPPE, Maj, M., Fiorillo, A, Del Vecchio, V, Luciano, M, Sampogna, G, De Rosa, C, Malangone, C, Volpe, U, Bardicchia, F, Ciampini, G, Crocamo, C, Iapichino, S, Lampis, D, Moroni, A, Orlandi, E, Piselli, M, Pompili, E, Veltro, F, Carra', G, Maj, M, CROCAMO, CRISTINA, CARRA', GIUSEPPE, and Maj, M.

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Background This study assessed the efficacy of the Falloon model of psychoeducational family intervention (PFI), originally developed for schizophrenia management and adapted to bipolar I disorder. The efficacy of the intervention was evaluated in terms of improvement of patients' social functioning and reduction of family burden.Methods This was a multicentre, real-world, controlled, outpatient trial carried out in 11 randomly recruited Italian mental health centres. Enroled patients and key-relatives were consecutively allocated either to receive PFI and Treatment As Usual (TAU) or to a waiting list receiving TAU alone. The efficacy of the intervention was evaluated in terms of improvement in patients' social functioning (primary outcome) and reduction of family burden (secondary outcome).Results Of the 137 recruited families, 70 were allocated to the experimental group and 67 to the control group. At the end of the intervention, significant improvements in patients' social functioning and in relatives' burden were found in the treated group compared to TAU. This effect of the intervention remained also after controlling for several confounding patient's socio-demographic and clinical factors. The experimental intervention had an impact also on other outcome measures, such as patients' clinical status and personal burden.Limitations Lack of an active control group.Conclusions The results of this study clearly show that the psychoeducational family intervention according to the Falloon model is effective in improving the social outcome of patients with bipolar I disorder.

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2015

3. Effects of olanzapine on aggressiveness in heroin dependent patients

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Gerra, G., Di Petta, G., D'Amore, A., Iannotta, P., Bardicchia, F., Falorni, F., Coacci, A., Strepparola, G., Campione, G., Lucchini, A., Vedda, G., Serio, G., Manzato, E., Antonioni, M., Bertacca, S., Moi, G., and Zaimovic, A.

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*ANTIPSYCHOTIC agents, *SEROTONIN uptake inhibitors, *DRUG abuse, *DOPAMINE antagonists
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Abstract: This study compared the anti-aggressiveness effects of the atypical anti-psychotic olanzapine with that of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) and benzodiazepines (BZD) among patients with heroin dependence submitted to opioid-agonists substitution treatment. Sixty-seven (67) patients who met the DSM-IV criteria for heroin dependence and showed aggressive personality traits, not affected by comorbid schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, accepted to participate in a 12-week prospective, observational trial. Patients were included into two subgroups in relationship with treatment, for the evaluation of the endpoints at week 12: group 1: substitution treatment in combination with OLA (32 patients); group 2: substitution treatment in combination with fluoxetine/paroxetine and clonazepam (35 patients). Efficacy measures were Buss Durkee Hostility Inventory (BDHI), Symptoms Check List-90 (SCL 90) anger–hostility scores, incidence rates of aggressive incidents and attacks. The rates of patients who remained in treatment at week 12 in group 1, treated with OLA, and group 2, treated with SSRI and BDZ, were not significantly different (17=53.1% vs 16=45.7%). BDHI total, direct aggressiveness, verbal aggressiveness scores, SCL 90 aggressiveness scores and aggressive incidents rates showed a significantly more consistent decrease from baseline in group 1 than in group 2 subjects, in the patients who completed the treatment (p <0.001; p <0.01; p <0.05; p <0.01; p <0.001). Among the completers, 69.3% achieved early full substance abuse remission, while 30.7% achieved partial substance abuse remission, with no significant difference between 1 and 2 treatment subgroups. Although obtained by an observational–open clinical study, with multiple limitations, our findings suggest that OLA may be useful as an adjunctive agent in reducing aggressive/hostile behaviour in heroin addicted individuals during maintenance substitution treatment. Otherwise, atypical anti-psychotic OLA seems to be unable to improve the outcome in terms of addictive behavior and relapse risk in the addicted patients not affected by overt psychotic disorders. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

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2006
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