LAVINIA DE CHIARA

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ciclo: XXXIV



Titolo della tesi: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on postpartum maternal mental health

Objectives: There are reports of mental health worsening during the Covid-19 pandemic. We aimed to assess whether this occurred in women who were pregnant at baseline (late 2019) and unaware of the pandemic, who delivered after implementation of Covid-19 restrictions and threat (March-April 2020). To compare the pandemic period with the pre-pandemic we capitalised on a retrospective 2017-2018 sample which had had affective symptoms assessed. Methods: The COVID sample was administered the Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), Hypomania Checklist-32 (HCL-32), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), and Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) at T0 (pregnancy) and T1 (post-delivery). The nonCOVID sample had completed EPDS and HCL-32 at the same timepoints. Results: The COVID sample included 72 women, aged 21-46 years (mean=33.25 years±4.69), the nonCOVID 75, aged 21-46 years (mean=33.75 years±4.73). Samples did not differ significantly on EPDS score or its anxiety subscores at T1 or in the cases who screened positive on this tool. The COVID group scored higher on anxiety than the nonCOVID at T0, but not at T1. No differences were found on other instruments. Limitations: Relatively small sample and lack of stress assessment in the retrospective sample. Conclusions: Evidence suggests that reproductive experience alters the female brain in adaptive ways. This maternal brain plasticity facilitates a higher purpose, the continuation of the species. Women delivering amidst the pandemic did not differ in depressive and anxiety symptoms from their pre-pandemic scores and from pre-pandemic women. New mothers responded to the pandemic with no mental health impairment, differently from the general population. Because stress responses have high energy costs, it is optimal for maternal animals’ needs to minimize such high metabolic costs during motherhood. This may point to recruitment of motherhood-related resources, potentially overcoming the effects of the pandemic on mental health.

Produzione scientifica

11573/1607565 - 2021 - The relevance of insomnia in the diagnosis of perinatal depression: validation of the italian version of the insomnia symptom questionnaire
De Chiara, L.; Mazza, C.; Ricci, E.; Koukopoulos, A. E.; Kotzalidis, G. D.; Bonito, M.; Callovini, T.; Roma, P.; Angeletti, G. - 01a Articolo in rivista
rivista: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH (Basel: MDPI 2003-) pp. 1-14 - issn: 1660-4601 - wos: WOS:000735171300001 (4) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85119930841 (4)

11573/1577860 - 2021 - Psychometric Properties of the Perinatal Anxiety Screening Scale Administered to Italian Women in the Perinatal Period
Koukopoulos, A.; Mazza, C.; De Chiara, L.; Sani, G.; Simonetti, A.; Kotzalidis, G. D.; Armani, G.; Callovini, G.; Bonito, M.; Parmigiani, G.; Ferracuti, S.; Somerville, S.; Roma, P.; Angeletti, G. - 01a Articolo in rivista
rivista: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY (Lausanne, Switzerland: Frontiers Media S.A. All Rights Reserved) pp. 684579- - issn: 1664-0640 - wos: WOS:000669666600001 (4) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85109132706 (4)

11573/1350555 - 2020 - The Ring of Fire, Childhood Trauma, Emotional Reactivity, and Mixed States in Mood Disorders
Janiri, Delfina; Kotzalidis, Georgios; De Chiara, Lavinia; Koukopoulos, Alexia; Aas, Monica; Sani, Gabriele - 01g Articolo di rassegna (Review)
rivista: PSYCHIATRIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA (W B Saunders Company:Fulfillment Department, The Curtis Center, Independence Square West:Philadelphia, PA 19106:(800)654-2452, (215)238-7800, EMAIL: wbspcs@harcourt.com, INTERNET: http://elsevierhealth.com, Fax: (215)238-6445) pp. 69-82 - issn: 0193-953X - wos: WOS:000518867200007 (7) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85078488653 (8)

11573/1460444 - 2020 - Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders in Women Undergoing Medically Assisted Reproduction
Koukopoulos, Alexia; De Chiara, Lavinia; Margherita, Oresti; Kotzalidis, Georgios; Alessia, Viola; Margherita Di Giammarco, ; Sani, Gabriele; Bonito, Marco; Angeletti, Gloria - 01a Articolo in rivista
rivista: PSYCHIATRY INTERNATIONAL (Basel: MDPI AG, 2020-) pp. 98-114 - issn: 2673-5318 - wos: WOS:001123233800001 (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/1460472 - 2020 - The Koukopoulos mixed depression rating scale (KMDRS) and the assessment of mixed symptoms during the perinatal period
Koukopoulos, Alexia; De Chiara, Lavinia; Simonetti, Alessio; D Kotzalidis, Georgios; Janiri, Delfina; Manfredi, Giovanni; Angeletti, Gloria; Sani, Gabriele - 01a Articolo in rivista
rivista: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS (Elsevier BV:PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam Netherlands:011 31 20 4853757, 011 31 20 4853642, 011 31 20 4853641, EMAIL: nlinfo-f@elsevier.nl, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.nl, Fax: 011 31 20 4853598) pp. 1-9 - issn: 0165-0327 - wos: WOS:000612356400024 (3) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85092221710 (4)

11573/1460446 - 2020 - Validation of the Italian version of the Koukopoulos Mixed Depression Rating Scale (KMDRS) in an Italian sample of subjects with mood disorders
Koukopoulos, Alexia; Simonetti, Alessio; Janiri, Delfina; De Chiara, Lavinia; Kotzalidis, Georgios; Sani, Gabriele - 01a Articolo in rivista
rivista: RIVISTA DI PSICHIATRIA (Roma : Il Pensiero Scientifico) pp. 281-291 - issn: 2038-2502 - wos: WOS:000581847500004 (4) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85093911483 (5)

11573/1460474 - 2020 - Stabilization beyond mood. stabilizing patients with bipolar disorder in the various phases of life
Simonetti, Alessio; Koukopoulos, Alexia E.; Kotzalidis, Georgios; Janiri, Delfina; De Chiara, Lavinia; Luigi, Janiri; Sani, Gabriele - 01g Articolo di rassegna (Review)
rivista: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY (Lausanne, Switzerland: Frontiers Media S.A. All Rights Reserved) pp. 1-21 - issn: 1664-0640 - wos: WOS:000533429300001 (11) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85084802066 (11)

11573/1350705 - 2019 - Placebo effect in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). placebo response and placebo responders in OCD. The trend over time
Kotzalidis, G. D.; Del Casale, A.; Simmaco, M.; Pancheri, L.; Brugnoli, R.; Paolini, M.; Gualtieri, I.; Ferracuti, S.; Savoja, V.; Cuomo, I.; De Chiara, L.; Mosca, A.; Sani, G.; Girardi, P.; Pompili, M.; Rapinesi, C. - 01g Articolo di rassegna (Review)
rivista: CURRENT NEUROPHARMACOLOGY (Hilversum: Bentham Science Publishers) pp. 741-774 - issn: 1570-159X - wos: WOS:000482216200008 (7) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85071015245 (7)

11573/1350546 - 2019 - Perinatal mixed affective state: wherefore art thou?
Koukopoulos, A. E.; Angeletti, G.; Sani, G.; Janiri, D.; Manfredi, G.; Kotzalidis, G. D.; De Chiara, L. - 01g Articolo di rassegna (Review)
rivista: PSYCHIATRIC CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA (W B Saunders Company:Fulfillment Department, The Curtis Center, Independence Square West:Philadelphia, PA 19106:(800)654-2452, (215)238-7800, EMAIL: wbspcs@harcourt.com, INTERNET: http://elsevierhealth.com, Fax: (215)238-6445) pp. - - issn: 0193-953X - wos: WOS:000518867200010 (7) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85075818254 (8)

11573/1350713 - 2019 - Early clinical predictors of long-term morbidity in major depressive disorder
Serra, G.; Koukopoulos, A.; De Chiara, L.; Koukopoulos, A. E.; Sani, G.; Tondo, L.; Girardi, P.; Reginaldi, D.; Baldessarini, R. J. - 01a Articolo in rivista
rivista: EARLY INTERVENTION IN PSYCHIATRY (Blackwell Publishing) pp. 999-1002 - issn: 1751-7885 - wos: WOS:000474493100040 (3) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85057964668 (3)

11573/878991 - 2017 - Neurobiological evidence for the primacy of mania hypothesis
Kotzalidis, Georgios D; Rapinesi, Chiara; Savoja, Valeria; Cuomo, Ilaria; Simonetti, Alessio; Ambrosi, Elisa; Panaccione, Isabella; Gubbini, Silvia; De Rossi, Pietro; De Chiara, Lavinia; Janiri, Delfina; Sani, Gabriele; Koukopoulos, Alexia E; Manfredi, Giovanni; Napoletano, Flavia; Caloro, Matteo; Pancheri, Lucia; Puzella, Antonella; Callovini, Gemma; Angeletti, Gloria; Del Casale, Antonio - 01a Articolo in rivista
rivista: CURRENT NEUROPHARMACOLOGY (Hilversum: Bentham Science Publishers) pp. 339-352 - issn: 1570-159X - wos: WOS:000395930600003 (20) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85010676952 (23)

11573/1350576 - 2017 - Pediatric mania. The controversy between euphoria and irritability
Serra, G.; Uchida, M.; Battaglia, C.; Casini, M. P.; De Chiara, L.; Biederman, J.; Vicari, S.; Wozniak, J. - 01a Articolo in rivista
rivista: CURRENT NEUROPHARMACOLOGY (Hilversum: Bentham Science Publishers) pp. 386-393 - issn: 1570-159X - wos: WOS:000395930600008 (15) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85010698137 (15)

11573/961707 - 2017 - Early clinical predictors and correlates of long-term morbidity in bipolar disorder
Serra, Giulia; Koukopoulos, Alexia; De Chiara, Lavinia; Koukopoulos, A. E.; Sani, Gabriele; Tondo, L.; Girardi, Paolo; Reginaldi, D.; Baldessarini, R. J. - 01a Articolo in rivista
rivista: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY (Editions Scientifique & Medical Elsevier:23 Rue Linois, F 75724 Paris Cedex 15 France:011 33 1 71724646, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.fr, Fax: 011 33 1 71724664) pp. 35-43 - issn: 0924-9338 - wos: WOS:000406391700006 (13) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85016508650 (13)

11573/1350568 - 2017 - Age at menarche predicts age at onset of major affective and anxiety disorders
Tondo, L.; Pinna, M.; Serra, G.; De Chiara, L.; Baldessarini, R. J. - 01a Articolo in rivista
rivista: EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY (Editions Scientifique & Medical Elsevier:23 Rue Linois, F 75724 Paris Cedex 15 France:011 33 1 71724646, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.fr, Fax: 011 33 1 71724664) pp. 80-85 - issn: 0924-9338 - wos: WOS:000393535600011 (13) - scopus: 2-s2.0-85006488896 (11)

11573/961724 - 2016 - Child and adolescent clinical features preceding adult suicide attempts
Serra, Giulia; Koukopoulos, Athanasios; De Chiara, Lavinia; Napoletano, Flavia; Koukopoulos, Alexia; Sani, Gabriele; Faedda, Gianni L.; Girardi, Paolo; Reginaldi, Daniela; Baldessarini, Ross J. - 01a Articolo in rivista
rivista: ARCHIVES OF SUICIDE RESEARCH (-United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis Limited -Dordrecht; Boston; London: Kluwer Academic Publishers. -Wurzburg: International Academy for Suicide Research.) pp. 1-17 - issn: 1381-1118 - wos: WOS:000409999700011 (1) - scopus: 2-s2.0-84989907538 (2)

11573/1350582 - 2015 - Bipolar disorder and ADHD: comorbidity and diagnostic distinctions
Marangoni, C.; De Chiara, L.; Faedda, G. L. - 01g Articolo di rassegna (Review)
rivista: CURRENT PSYCHIATRY REPORTS (Current Science) pp. - - issn: 1523-3812 - wos: WOS:000356536200007 (47) - scopus: 2-s2.0-84934989082 (50)

11573/751019 - 2015 - Features preceding diagnosis of bipolar versus major depressive disorders
Serra, Giulia; A., Koukopoulos; De Chiara, Lavinia; F., Napoletano; Koukopoulos, Alexia; Curto, Martina; G., Manfredi; G., Faedda; Girardi, Paolo; R. J., Baldessarini - 01a Articolo in rivista
rivista: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS (Elsevier BV:PO Box 211, 1000 AE Amsterdam Netherlands:011 31 20 4853757, 011 31 20 4853642, 011 31 20 4853641, EMAIL: nlinfo-f@elsevier.nl, INTERNET: http://www.elsevier.nl, Fax: 011 31 20 4853598) pp. 134-142 - issn: 0165-0327 - wos: WOS:000346643500020 (29) - scopus: 2-s2.0-84914101555 (32)

11573/1350589 - 2015 - The role of neuroinflammation in juvenile bipolar disorder
Serra, Giulia; De Chiara, Lavinia; Marangoni, Ciro; Faedda, Giannil - 01g Articolo di rassegna (Review)
rivista: NEUROIMMUNOLOGY AND NEUROINFLAMMATION (Hong Kong : Hongkong Partner Publishing Co. Limited Mumbai: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd.) pp. 244-251 - issn: 2349-6142 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/996917 - 2015 - Three-year, naturalistic, mirror-image assessment of adding memantine to the treatment of 30 treatment-resistant patients with bipolar disorder
Serra, Giulia; Koukopoulos, Alexia; De Chiara, Lavinia; Koukopoulos, Alexia E.; Tondo, Leonardo; Girardi, Paolo; Baldessarini, Ross J.; Serra, Gino - 01a Articolo in rivista
rivista: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY (Physicians Postgraduate Press:3175 Lenox Park Boulevard, Suite 409:Memphis, TN 38115:(901)273-2748, EMAIL: kponder@psychiatrist.com, INTERNET: http://www.psychiatrist.com, Fax: (901)273-2747) pp. e91-e97 - issn: 0160-6689 - wos: WOS:000350973400004 (16) - scopus: 2-s2.0-84925372786 (19)

11573/753218 - 2014 - Il ruolo dello psichiatra in Pronto Soccorso nei casi di violenza di genere.
Angeletti, Gloria; Koukopoulos, Alexia; De Chiara, Lavinia; Piacentino, Daria; Del Casale, Antonio; Girardi, Paolo - 02a Capitolo o Articolo
libro: Uscire dalla violenza: un network per la donna. - ()

11573/1350647 - 2014 - Memantine in the treatment and prophylaxis of bipolar type II mood disorder and co-morbid eating disorder. a case report [Memantina nel trattamento e nella profilassi del disturbo dell’umore bipolare di tipo II in comorbilità con disturbo del comportamento alimentare. un caso clinico]
De Chiara, L; Serra, G; Koukopoulos, A; Koukopoulos, A; Serra, G - 01i Case report
rivista: RIVISTA DI PSICHIATRIA (Roma: Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore) pp. 192-194 - issn: 0035-6484 - wos: WOS:000343531800008 (6) - scopus: 2-s2.0-84906484223 (7)

11573/558478 - 2014 - Low-dose acetazolamide in the treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder: a case series.
Sani, Gabriele; Kotzalidis, Georgios; Panaccione, Isabella; Simonetti, Alessio; De Chiara, Lavinia; Del Casale, Antonio; Ambrosi, Elisa; Napoletano, Flavia; Janiri, Delfina; Emanuela, Danese; Girardi, Nicoletta; Rapinesi, Chiara; Serata, Daniele; Giovanni, Manfredi; Koukopoulos, Alexia; Angeletti, Gloria; Nicoletti, Ferdinando; Girardi, Paolo - 01a Articolo in rivista
rivista: PSYCHIATRY INVESTIGATION (Seoul : Korean neuropsychiatric association) pp. 95-101 - issn: 1738-3684 - wos: WOS:000330682500014 (1) - scopus: 2-s2.0-84893264114 (3)

11573/1350654 - 2014 - Memantine in the treatment and prophylaxis of bipolar II disorder and comorbid fibromyalgia. A case report
Serra, G.; De Chiara, L.; Koukopoulos, A. E.; Koukopoulos, A.; Serra, G.; Kahn, D. A. - 01i Case report
rivista: JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC PRACTICE (Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2000-) pp. 232-236 - issn: 1527-4160 - wos: WOS:000336808200010 (9) - scopus: 2-s2.0-84901487779 (8)

11573/600388 - 2014 - Memantine in the management of affective recurrences of bipolar disorders after the discontinuation of long-term lithium treatment. three case histories
Serra, Giulia; De Chiara, Lavinia; Giovanni, Manfredi; Koukopoulos, Alexia; Sani, Gabriele; Girardi, Paolo; A., Koukopoulos; G., Serra - 01a Articolo in rivista
rivista: THERAPEUTIC ADVANCES IN PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY (London : SAGE, 2011-) pp. 53-55 - issn: 2045-1253 - wos: (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-84998133492 (11)

11573/1350644 - 2014 - Memantine. New prospective in bipolar disorder treatment
Serra, Giulia; Demontis, Francesca; Serra, Francesca; De Chiara, Lavinia; Spoto, Andrea; Girardi, Paolo; Vidotto, Giulio; Serra, Gino - 01g Articolo di rassegna (Review)
rivista: WORLD JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY (Hong Kong : Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited) pp. 80-90 - issn: 2220-3206 - wos: (0) - scopus: (0)

11573/794802 - 2013 - Awareness and education on mental disorders in teenagers reduce stigma for mental illness: A preliminary study
Del Casale, Antonio; Manfredi, G.; Kotzalidis, G. D.; Serata, Daniele; Rapinesi, Chiara; Caccia, Federica; Caccia, V.; Brugnoli, C.; Caltagirone, Saverio Simone; De Chiara, Lavinia; Tamorri, Stefano Maria; Angeletti, Gloria; Brugnoli, Roberto; Haghighat, R.; Tatarelli, Roberto; Girardi, Paolo - 01a Articolo in rivista
rivista: JOURNAL OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY (Pisa: Pacini) pp. 208-212 - issn: 2284-0249 - wos: (0) - scopus: 2-s2.0-84894154268 (14)

11573/523496 - 2013 - Psychoeducation in sleep medicine
Girardi, Paolo; Del Casale, Antonio; C., Brugnoli; De Chiara, Lavinia; Serata, Daniele; Rapinesi, Chiara; Angeletti, Gloria - 02a Capitolo o Articolo
libro: Sleep Medicine: Clinical Practice - ()

11573/526034 - 2013 - Neurodevelopment in Schizophrenia: The Role of the Wnt Pathways
Panaccione, Isabella; Napoletano, Flavia; Forte, Alberto; Kotzalidis, Georgios; Del Casale, Antonio; Rapinesi, Chiara; Chiara, Brugnoli; Serata, Daniele; Caccia, Federica; Cuomo, Ilaria; Ambrosi, Elisa; Simonetti, Alessio; Savoja, Valeria; De Chiara, Lavinia; Emanuela, Danese; Giovanni, Manfredi; Janiri, Delfina; Motolese, Marta; Nicoletti, Ferdinando; Girardi, Paolo; Sani, Gabriele - 01a Articolo in rivista
rivista: CURRENT NEUROPHARMACOLOGY (Hilversum: Bentham Science Publishers) pp. 535-558 - issn: 1570-159X - wos: WOS:000323764800008 (32) - scopus: 2-s2.0-84884275360 (33)

11573/1350651 - 2013 - Antimanic and Long-Lasting Mood Stabilizing Effect of Memantine in Bipolar I Mood Disorder Two Case Reports
Serra, G; De Chiara, L; Koukopoulos, A; Serra, G - 01i Case report
rivista: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins:530 Walnut Street:Philadelphia, PA 19106:(800)638-3030, (301)223-2300, EMAIL: orders@lww.com, INTERNET: http://www.lww.com, Fax: (301)223-2320, (301)223-2320) pp. 715-717 - issn: 0271-0749 - wos: WOS:000330345700024 (11) - scopus: 2-s2.0-84883783192 (14)

11573/499027 - 2012 - Life-saving electroconvulsive therapy in a patient with near-lethal catatonia
Girardi, Paolo; Rapinesi, Chiara; Cuomo, Ilaria; Kotzalidis, Georgios; Del Casale, Antonio; Serata, Daniele; Campi, Sandra; Caloro, Matteo; De Chiara, Lavinia; Tamorri, Stefano Maria; Tamorri, Stefano Maria; Scatena, Paola; Caccia, Federica; Bersani, Francesco Saverio; Carbonetti, Paolo; Vento, Alessandro; Dimitri-Valente, Giorgia; Tatarelli, Roberto; Fensore, Claudio; Ferracuti, Stefano; Angeletti, Gloria - 01a Articolo in rivista
rivista: RIVISTA DI PSICHIATRIA (Roma: Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore) pp. 535-537 - issn: 0035-6484 - wos: WOS:000312822400009 (6) - scopus: 2-s2.0-84871587533 (6)

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