Publications by authors named "A Preti"

Background: Psychosocial and pharmacological interventions can effectively treat eating disorders (EDs), but improvements are often short-term and modest. Neuromodulation, altering nerve activity through targeted neurological stimulation, is an emerging intervention in neuropsychiatric disorders. This meta-review synthesizes evidence on neuromodulatory techniques in ED patients, identifying research gaps and future directions.

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  • The study investigates the quality of online information about anxiety treatment in English and Italian websites, assessing factors like scientific quality, readability, and technological aspects.
  • A systematic search was conducted, evaluating 78 Italian and 60 English websites, revealing that English sites generally offered better quality information and higher technological standards, but both were challenging to read.
  • The findings suggest the need for improved online health resources to ensure users can access comprehensive and understandable information about anxiety treatment options.
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Subtle distortions of the experience of lived space have long been associated with schizophrenia. Although a body-centric transformation of space is considered an essential component of anomalous subjective experience in schizophrenia, its impact on the 2 major body-centric spatial constructs, that is, personal space (PS) and peripersonal space (PPS), is still not clear. This systematic review and meta-analysis have been set up to: (1) summarize the evidence on putative extensional differences of PS and PPS in schizophrenia as compared with controls, and (2) evaluate the quality and the limitations of available studies on the topic.

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