Publications by authors named "L Di Bartolomeo"

Article Synopsis
  • Difficulties in emotion regulation are common among individuals with psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, where they tend to favor maladaptive strategies over adaptive ones.
  • Recent studies using ecological momentary assessment (EMA) revealed that individuals with schizophrenia (SZ) often opted for interpersonal regulation and avoidance more than control groups (CN), although both groups frequently used reappraisal and distraction.
  • Findings indicate that while individuals with SZ have some abnormalities in choosing emotion regulation strategies, those they select can still effectively reduce negative emotions and are adaptive in managing delusions over time, highlighting potential areas for improving cognitive therapy approaches for psychosis.
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: Chronic ionizing radiation has biological effects on exposed healthcare workers, particularly on the skin. Capillaroscopy of the nail bed represents an easy, low cost, and non-invasive test to obtain information on the effects of chronic radiation exposure in healthcare workers. The aim of this study was to evaluate which capillaroscopic parameters are most associated with biological damage by chronic radiation exposure.

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Negative symptoms (i.e., anhedonia, avolition, asociality, blunted affect, alogia) are frequently observed in the schizophrenia-spectrum (SZ) and associated with functional disability.

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