Publications by authors named "E Trogu"
Background: Cocaine is a psychostimulant used by approximately 0.4% of the general population worldwide. Cocaine dependence is a chronic mental disorder characterised by the inability to control cocaine use and a host of severe medical and psychosocial complications.
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- The diagnosis of substance use disorder focuses on specific behavioral symptoms while also recognizing accompanying psychiatric signs that contribute to a patient's overall mental health profile.
- Historically viewed as "comorbidity," there's now a shift towards a unified perspective that integrates addiction and related psychiatric conditions, supported by research evidence across various fields.
- The article outlines a new construct for understanding addiction-related psychopathology, emphasizing the advantages of a comprehensive evaluation and treatment approach that accounts for psychological predispositions and psychiatric symptoms alongside addictive behaviors.
Antidepressants for the treatment of people with co-occurring depression and alcohol dependence.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev
April 2018
Background: Alcohol dependence is a major public health problem characterized by recidivism, and medical and psychosocial complications. The co-occurrence of major depression in people entering treatment for alcohol dependence is common, and represents a risk factor for morbidity and mortality, which negatively influences treatment outcomes.
Objectives: To assess the benefits and risks of antidepressants for the treatment of people with co-occurring depression and alcohol dependence.
The Evaluation of Therapeutic Community Treatments and Outcomes (VOECT) study was conducted in 131 Italian Therapeutic Communities (TCs) in 2008/2009. All of the patients entering residential treatment for drug or alcohol dependence were invited to participate. Data regarding patient socio-demographic characteristics, drug and alcohol consumption, health and psychopathological status, prior treatments and outcomes, and their motivation score were collected upon enrolment onto the study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) are a cardinal characteristic of psychosis. Recent research on the neuropsychological mechanism of AVHs has focused on source monitoring failure, but a few studies have suggested the involvement of attention, working memory, processing speed, verbal learning, memory, and executive functions. In this study we examined the neuropsychological profile of patients with AVHs, assuming that the mechanism underlying this symptom could be a dysfunction of specific cognitive domains.
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