"A case of ocular ischemic syndrome in spontaneous acute internal carotid dissection: The importance of multidisciplinary management".

Aims: To emphasize that ocular ischemic syndrome (OIS) is a rare but threatening condition. It is a consequence of occlusion or dissection of internal carotid artery (ICA).

Methods: A 66-year-old caucasian male presented in the emergency room with painful vision loss in his right eye and mild neurological symptoms.

The Impact of Coping Strategies and Perceived Family Support on Depressive and Anxious Symptomatology During the Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19) Lockdown.

The coronavirus pandemic represents a severe global crisis, affecting physical, and psychological health. Lockdown rules imposed to counteract the rapid growth of COVID-19, mainly social restrictions, have represented a risk factor for developing depressive and anxious symptoms. The research aims are to explore the effect of coping strategies and perceived social support on depressive and anxious symptomatology during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Efficacy of the Cooperative Assessment Method (COOPAS) to Improve the Psychiatric Care of Help-Seeking Adolescents.

Objective: Effective treatment of adolescents with psychopathological disorders is essential to reduce later morbidity and disability.To evaluate the clinical value of a new adolescent Cooperative Assessment scheme (COOPAS) as indicated by establishing therapeutic alliance, improving symptoms, and particularly by reducing dropouts.

Method: Consecutive help-seeking adolescents (N=136) were recruited, evaluated with an 8-week COOPAS protocol and followed for 6 months to document dropouts during treatment.

[Effects of Group Psychoeducation on stress reactivity neuroendocrine profile in stabilized bipolar patients. A controlled study].

Introduction: Patients with bipolar disorder show a high relapse rate generally related to their poor adherence to the prescribed medications and to their high stress vulnerability, linked to genetic, neuroendocrine and cognitive factors.

Aims: The first aim of this study was to verify if for a group of pharmacologically stabilized bipolar patients, the attendance to a Group Psychoeducation program according to the Barcelona model would result in an improvement of their stress resilience, as measurable by evaluating their morning cortisol secretory profile. The second aim of the study has been to verify if these effects would maintain stable over time, organizing follow-up evaluations, after one year and after two years form the end of the group psychoeducation program.

Temperament correlates in adult ADHD: A systematic review.

Background: Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is the most common neurodevelopmental disorder in children, but adult-ADHD is still an under-diagnosed and untreated condition. Treating adult-ADHD is complex and requires effective strategies for ADHD symptoms and comorbidities. Because of its high comorbidity rate with mood disorders and the growing interest in symptoms of emotional dysregulation in these patients, our aim was to collect studies that investigated temperament correlates in adult people with ADHD, to better understand the association between them and the eventual role of temperament as a prognostic-therapeutic marker.