G Marrella

Publications (8)3.16 Total impact

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  Available from: Antonio Lasalvia

  Article: Psychosis Incident Cohort Outcome Study (PICOS). A multisite study of clinical, social and biological characteristics, patterns of care and predictors of outcome in first-episode psychosis. Background, methodology and overview of the patient sample.

  A Lasalvia, S Tosato, P Brambilla, M Bertani, C Bonetto, D Cristofalo, S Bissoli, K De Santi, L Lazzarotto, G Zanatta, [......], M Zanoni, N Garzotto, C Dolce, S Nicolau, L Ramon, C Perlini, G Rambaldelli, M Bellani, M Tansella, M Ruggeri
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  ABSTRACT: This paper aims at providing an overview of the background, design and initial findings of Psychosis Incident Cohort Outcome Study (PICOS). PICOS is a large multi-site population-based study on first-episode psychosis (FEP) patients attending public mental health services in the Veneto region (Italy) over a 3-year period. PICOS has a naturalistic longitudinal design and it includes three different modules addressing, respectively, clinical and social variables, genetics and brain imaging. Its primary aims are to characterize FEP patients in terms of clinical, psychological and social presentation, and to investigate the relative weight of clinical, environmental and biological factors (i.e. genetics and brain structure/functioning) in predicting the outcome of FEP. An in-depth description of the research methodology is given first. Details on recruitment phase and baseline and follow-up evaluations are then provided. Initial findings relating to patients' baseline assessments are also presented. Future planned analyses are outlined. Both strengths and limitations of PICOS are discussed in the light of issues not addressed in the current literature on FEP. This study aims at making a substantial contribution to research on FEP patients. It is hoped that the research strategies adopted in PICOS will enhance the convergence of methodologies in ongoing and future studies on FEP.
  Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences 06/2012; 21(3):281-303. · 3.16 Impact Factor
• Article: Drug use among first episode psychotic patient: prevalence, correlates, familiarity and time course. The PICOS-Veneto study

  R Mazzoncini, S Tosato, A Lasalvia, M Bertani, S Bissoli, C Bonetto, D Cristofalo, K De Santi, L Lazzarotto, G Marrella, E Ceccato, others
  XII International Federation of Psychiatric Epidemiology International (IFPE) Congress. 01/2009;
• Article: Eventi stressanti: quale ruolo nello sviluppo delle psicosi e nel modellare il quadro clinico di presentazione? Progetto Picos-Veneto 4

  F Fronterrè, A Lasalvia, C Bonetto, D Cristofalo, M Bertani, S Bissoli, S Tosato, L Lazzarotto, G Marrella, K De Santi, others
  VIII Congresso Nazionale Società Italiana Epidemiologia Psichiatrica (SIEP). 01/2007;
• Article: Quoziente intellettivo premorboso e caratteristiche al primo accesso al servizi dei pazienti all'esordio psicotico. Progetto picos-veneto 2

  L Lazzarotto, C Bonetto, A Lasalvia, S Tosato, D Cristofalo, S Bissoli, G Marrella, K De Santi, N Pellegrini, R Mazzoncini, others
  VIII Congresso Nazionale Società Italiana Epidemiologia Psichiatrica (SIEP). 01/2007;
• Article: Eventi stressanti: quale ruolo nello sviluppo delle psicosi e nel modellare il quadro clinico di presentazione? Progetto Picos-Veneto 4

  F. Fronterrè, A. Lasalvia, C. Bonetto, D. Cristofalo, M. Bertani, S Bissoli, S. Tosato, L. Lazzarotto, G. Marrella, K. De Santi, N. Pellegrini, R. Mazzoncini, A. Almaric, E. Ceccato, S. Geatti, A. Sale, M. Tansella, M. Ruggeri
  VIII Congresso Nazionale Società Italiana Epidemiologia Psichiatrica (SIEP). 01/2007;
• Article: Quoziente intellettivo premorboso e caratteristiche al primo accesso al servizi dei pazienti all'esordio psicotico. Progetto picos-veneto 2

  L. Lazzarotto, C. Bonetto, A. Lasalvia, S. Tosato, D. Cristofalo, S Bissoli, G Marrella, K De Santi, N. Pellegrini, R. Mazzoncini, E. Ceccato, M. de Rossi, A. Sale, M. Tansella, M. Ruggeri Mirella
  VIII Congresso Nazionale Società Italiana Epidemiologia Psichiatrica (SIEP). 01/2007;
• Article: Predictors of changes in caregiving burden in people with schizophrenia: a 3-year follow-up study in a community mental health service.

  A Parabiaghi, A Lasalvia, C Bonetto, D Cristofalo, G Marrella, M Tansella, M Ruggeri
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  ABSTRACT: The aims of this study were to measure changes over 3-years in caregiving burden and emotional distress in relatives of people with schizophrenia and to identify factors predicting the levels of caregiving burden. A cohort of 51 caregivers of patients with schizophrenia attending the South-Verona Community Mental Health Service was assessed over 3-years with the Involvement Evaluation Questionnaire, European Version. Predictors of caregiving burden included both caregivers' and patients' characteristics and patterns of carer-patient interaction. Baseline levels of family burden were high in worrying and urging domains. Fifty-one per cent of caregivers experienced significant emotional distress. Both overall burden and emotional distress improved. Higher patients' psychopathology, higher numbers of patient-rated needs, patients' lower global functioning and patients' poorer quality of life were found to be related to the severity of family burden. The only significant predictor of caregivers' burden at follow-up was the baseline level of caregivers' burden itself. A policy addressing the caring burden of informal caregivers beyond patients' symptoms reduction should be considered.
  Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum 01/2007;
• Article: Tridimensional reconstruction of cerebral volumetry in schizophrenia

  N Andreone, M Tansella, R Cerini, G Marrella, G Rambaldelli, L Pelizza, A Versace, C Barbui, M Nosè, A Gasparini, P Brambilla
  Annals of General Psychiatry. 01/2006;