Publications by authors named "R Fimiani"
Background: Patients with Complex Trauma (CT) may have an impaired ability to trust others and build intimate relationships due to non-integrated representations of self and others. This sometimes leads to an oscillation between needing and fearing intimacy in their adult relationships. This dynamic can occur in the therapeutic relationship, undermining the effectiveness of therapy and affecting the mental health of both the patient and the therapist.
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- A study was conducted to evaluate the performance of the Endurant stent graft in treating abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) over a medium and long-term period, including patients treated both within and outside the device's instructions for use (IFU).
- The research involved 795 patients over 14 years, comparing two groups: those treated according to IFU guidelines and those who were not, noting significant differences in aneurysm neck characteristics and outcomes between the groups.
- Results showed a low aneurysm-related mortality rate (<1%) and a 10.5% endoleak rate, with larger AAAs and shorter prosthesis necks correlating with increased risks of complications and reintervention.
According to Control-Mastery Theory (CMT)-a cognitive-dynamic relational theory of mental functioning, psychopathology, and psychotherapy-patients come to therapy with an unconscious plan to disprove their pathogenic beliefs and achieve adaptive goals. One of the primary ways patients work to disconfirm their pathogenic beliefs is by testing them within the therapeutic relationship. The present study aimed to replicate and expand the results of previous studies suggesting that therapists' responses that disconfirmed patient's pathogenic beliefs were predictive of patients' within-session progress.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe aim of this article is to introduce the reader to how control-mastery theory (CMT; Gazzillo, 2016; Silberschatz, 2005; Weiss, 1993), an integrative relational cognitive-dynamic theory of mental functioning, psychopathology, and psychotherapeutic process, understands traumas, their consequences, and their mastery. In the first part of this article, we will present an overview of the debate about the definition of trauma within the different editions of the Then, we will focus on the concept of complex traumas and on their consequences on mental health. Finally, we will discuss how CMT conceptualizes traumas and their pathological consequences.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStudy Objective: To estimate the incidence of infection after diagnostic and operative hysteroscopic procedures performed in an in-office setting with different distension media (saline solution or CO).
Design: Prospective, multicenter, observational study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).
Setting: Tertiary women's health centers.