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2. The Val Biandino Intrusive Suite (central Southern Alps, N Italy): new geochronological and geochemical data on the Early Permian magmatic activity in the Southalpine Domain
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Zanchetta, S, Crippa, C, Zanchi, A, Montemagni, C, Zanchetta S., Crippa C., Zanchi A., Montemagni C., Zanchetta, S, Crippa, C, Zanchi, A, Montemagni, C, Zanchetta S., Crippa C., Zanchi A., and Montemagni C.
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The Early Permian in the present-day Europe area was a time when a major tectonic shift occurred, leading from the tectonic collapse of the Variscan orogeny to the crustal extension and thinning that characterized the Early Permian times. Crustal extension was associated with extensive magmatism at different crustal levels: from gabbro in the lower crust or at the mantle/crust transition to subaerial high-SiO2 volcanic activity. In the whole Southalpine Domain, the Early Permian intrusive bodies occur from the west (e.g. Ivrea-Verbano Complex and “Graniti dei Laghi”) to the east (Ifinger, Brixen and Cima d’Asta intrusive complexes). Among these, in the central Southern Alps (comprised between the Giudicarie Belt and the Lake Como), minor intrusive complexes also occur. The Val Biandino Intrusive Suite consists of two magmatic units: the Val Biandino Quartz-Diorite (VBQD) and the Valle di San Biagio Granite (VSBG). The first of them consists of gabbro-diorite to granodiorite bodies associated with leucocratic cordierite-bearing granitic dikes that intruded the pre-Permian basement. To the west, a W-dipping normal fault of Permian age represents the boundary between this unit and the Valle di San Biagio porphyric granite. All rock varieties of the Val Biandino Intrusive Suite display a high-K calc-alkaline affinity with metaluminous to peraluminous character. Field crosscutting relationships point to a late generation of the cordierite granites of the Val Biandino Quartz-Diorite unit with respect to the more mafic types. SHRIMP U–Pb zircon dating provided an age of 285.2 ± 1.9 Ma for a cordierite granite of the Val Biandino Quartz-Diorite unit and 283.2 ± 1.9 Ma for the porphyric Valle di San Biagio Granite. Geochemical data suggest that gabbro-diorite, quartz-diorite, granodiorite and leucogranite are not co-magmatic. The existing gaps in term of SiO2 wt% and the higher HREE contents in mafic and intermediate rocks with respect to granite coupled with similar LREE in
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3. Late Cretaceous Tectono-Metamorphic Events in the Skyros Upper Metamorphic Unit (Olympus Mountain), Aegean Sea, Greece
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Boundi, D, Papanikolaou, D, Bosio, G, Montemagni, C, Boundi D., Papanikolaou D., Bosio G., Montemagni C., Boundi, D, Papanikolaou, D, Bosio, G, Montemagni, C, Boundi D., Papanikolaou D., Bosio G., and Montemagni C.
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Late Cretaceous metamorphic events are known in Crete and the Cyclades from klippen above the External Hellenides. This work extends their occurrence to the North Aegean area within the tectonic units of the Internal Hellenides. New 40Ar/39Ar white mica ages from garnet-bearing micaschists of the Upper Metamorphic Unit of Skyros Island, cropping out in the Skyrian Olympus Mountain, document a Late Cretaceous tectono-metamorphic evolution. Several mica generations have been distinguished using electron probe microanalyses and were dated using the 40Ar/39Ar method: a relict mica older than 96 Ma, followed by a foliation-forming mica of about 88–84 Ma and alteration phases ≤ 68 Ma were recognized. This Cretaceous tectono-metamorphic evolution falls between the closure of the internal Axios/Vardar oceanic basin in the Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous, and the closure of the external Pindos–Cyclades oceanic basin in the Early Cenozoic. The position of the Upper Metamorphic Unit of Skyros was probably within the evolving Hellenic volcanic/magmatic arc during the continuous subduction of the African plate beneath the European plate. The present tectonic position of the units bearing the Late Cretaceous metamorphic event is the result of the Cenozoic tectonic emplacement onto the more external units across the Hellenides from the Pelagonian to the Pindos–Cyclades domain.
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4. The onset of Neo-Tethys subduction in the Early Jurassic: evidence from the eclogites of the North Shahrekord Metamorphic Complex (Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone, W Iran)
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Montemagni, C, Zanchetta, S, Malaspina, N, Javadi, H, Zanchi, A, Montemagni C., Zanchetta S., Malaspina N., Javadi H. R., Zanchi A., Montemagni, C, Zanchetta, S, Malaspina, N, Javadi, H, Zanchi, A, Montemagni C., Zanchetta S., Malaspina N., Javadi H. R., and Zanchi A.
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Geodynamic models implying subduction of continental crust either consider this process happening during collision, when the continental margin of the lower plate attempts subduction, or in pre-collisional stages, when tectonic erosion of the upper plate or subduction of continental extensional allochthons drag continental crust in the subduction channel. In the Zagros orogen (W Iran), high-pressure rocks are known only from the Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone, NE of the Main Zagros Thrust. Here, eclogites of the North Shahrekord Metamorphic Complex suggest subduction of continental crust slices derived from the upper plate (Central Iran) during the onset of the Neo-Tethys subduction along the southern margin of Iran. Eclogites record a clockwise pressure-temperature-time path, with pre-eclogitic epidote-amphibolites-facies phase assemblages preserved in garnet cores, a high-pressure stage, and a subsequent retrogression at amphibolite-facies conditions. By means of forward thermodynamic modelling and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology, the peak metamorphism has been constrained at 1.9-2.1 GPa and 550-600 °C, in the 191-194 Ma time span. The following retrogression during exhumation lasted at least until 144 Ma. Our data suggest that the onset of the Neo-Tethys subduction traces back prior to 190 Ma, involving together with the Neo-Tethys oceanic lithosphere also slices of the upper plate continental crust scraped off by means of tectonic erosion processes.
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- 2024
5. Genetic determinants of coping, resilience and self-esteem in schizophrenia suggest a primary role for social factors and hippocampal neurogenesis.
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Mazzarotto F, Monteleone P, Minelli A, Mattevi S, Cascino G, Rocca P, Rossi A, Bertolino A, Aguglia E, Altamura C, Amore M, Bellomo A, Bucci P, Collantoni E, Dell'Osso L, Di Fabio F, Fagiolini A, Giuliani L, Marchesi C, Martinotti G, Montemagni C, Pinna F, Pompili M, Rampino A, Roncone R, Siracusano A, Vita A, Zeppegno P, Galderisi S, Gennarelli M, and Maj M
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- Humans, Male, Female, Adult, Middle Aged, Schizophrenic Psychology, MicroRNAs genetics, Self Concept, Resilience, Psychological, Schizophrenia genetics, Adaptation, Psychological physiology, Neurogenesis physiology, Hippocampus, Genome-Wide Association Study
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Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder, associated with a reduction in life expectancy of 15-20 years. Available treatments are at least partially effective in most affected individuals, and personal resources such as resilience (successful adaptation despite adversity) and coping abilities (strategies used to deal with stressful or threatening situations), are important determinants of disease outcomes and long-term sustained recovery. Published findings support the existence of a genetic background underlying resilience and coping, with variable heritability estimates. However, genome-wide analyses concerning the genetic determinants of these personal resources, especially in the context of schizophrenia, are lacking. Here, we performed a genome-wide association study coupled with accessory analyses to investigate potential genetic determinants of resilience, coping and self-esteem in 490 schizophrenia patients. Results revealed a complex genetic background partly overlapping with that of neuroticism, worry and schizophrenia itself and support the importance of social aspects in shapingthese psychological constructs. Hippocampal neurogenesis and lipid metabolism appear to be potentially relevant biological underpinnings, and specific miRNAs such as miR-124 and miR-137 may warrant further studies as potential biomarkers. In conclusion, this study represents an important first step in the identification of genetic and biological correlates shaping resilience, coping resources and self-esteem in schizophrenia., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (Copyright © 2024. Published by Elsevier B.V.)
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- 2024
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6. Factorial structure of the Comprehensive Assessment of At-Risk Mental States in help-seeking individuals: mapping the structure and the prediction of subsequent transition to psychosis.
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Montemagni C, Carluccio A, Brasso C, Vischia F, and Rocca P
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Objectives: The aim of the current study was 3-fold: 1) to examine the factorial structure of the Comprehensive Assessment of At-Risk Mental States (CAARMS) in help-seeking individuals undergoing an assessment on suspicion of psychosis risk; 2) to investigate the association of CAARMS factors with functioning; 3) and to test the association of any derived factors with the longitudinal outcome of transition to psychosis., Methods: The study included 101 patients. First, a principal component analysis (PCA) was conducted using the Varimax rotation method. A minimum initial eigenvalues of greater than or equal to 1.0, analysis of Scree plots, percentage of variance explained by each component, reliability (Cronbach's alpha) of factors above 0.7 and Parallel Analysis were the criteria used to determine the appropriate number of factors Second, Spearman correlations were run to analyze the relationship between CAARMS factors and sociodemographic and functional variables (i.e. age, schooling, Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale-SOFAS- and Health of the Nation Outcome Scales-HoNOS- scores). Third, we performed a Logistic regression analysis to evaluate the association between baseline CAARMS factors and the risk of transition to psychosis at the 6-month follow-up., Results: A total of 101 consecutive patiens were recruited. We found that: 1) a 6 factor model solution as the most appropriate, jointly accounting for 65% of the variance; 2) factors 1 ("negative-interpersonal"), 2 ("cognitive-disorganization"), 3 ("positive"), and 4 ("motor-physical changes") were negatively correlated with SOFAS total score; factors 1, 2, and 3 showed positive correlations with HoNOS total score; factors 2 and 3 present similar patterns of correlations, factor 3 manifesting the strongest association with HoNOS symptoms, HONOS and SOFAS total score. Both factors 5 and 6 show significant associations with HoNOS behavioral impairment; 3) after 6 months 28 participants (30.1%) converted to psychosis. Factors 2 and 3 were positively associated with the risk of transition to psychosis; whereas, the factor 5 ("affective factor") was negatively associated with the outcome variable., Conclusions: It is thus crucial to recognize the type and severity of psychopathology in help-seeking individuals in order to intensive clinical monitoring of subclinical psychopathology risk profiles, and design specific care pathways., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The author(s) declared that they were an editorial board member of Frontiers, at the time of submission. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision., (Copyright © 2024 Montemagni, Carluccio, Brasso, Vischia and Rocca.)
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- 2024
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7. The relationship between the resting state functional connectivity and social cognition in schizophrenia: Results from the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses.
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Rocca P, Brasso C, Montemagni C, Del Favero E, Bellino S, Bozzatello P, Giordano GM, Caporusso E, Fazio L, Pergola G, Blasi G, Amore M, Calcagno P, Rossi R, Rossi A, Bertolino A, Galderisi S, and Maj M
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- Humans, Male, Adult, Female, Italy, Connectome, Brain physiopathology, Brain diagnostic imaging, Young Adult, Middle Aged, Emotions physiology, Rest physiology, Nerve Net physiopathology, Nerve Net diagnostic imaging, Schizophrenic Psychology, Mentalization physiology, Theory of Mind physiology, Schizophrenia physiopathology, Schizophrenia diagnostic imaging, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Social Cognition
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Deficits in social cognition (SC) interfere with recovery in schizophrenia (SZ) and may be related to resting state brain connectivity. This study aimed at assessing the alterations in the relationship between resting state functional connectivity and the social-cognitive abilities of patients with SZ compared to healthy subjects. We divided the brain into 246 regions of interest (ROI) following the Human Healthy Volunteers Brainnetome Atlas. For each participant, we calculated the resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) in terms of degree centrality (DC), which evaluates the total strength of the most powerful coactivations of every ROI with all other ROIs during rest. The rs-DC of the ROIs was correlated with five measures of SC assessing emotion processing and mentalizing in 45 healthy volunteers (HVs) chosen as a normative sample. Then, controlling for symptoms severity, we verified whether these significant associations were altered, i.e., absent or of opposite sign, in 55 patients with SZ. We found five significant differences between SZ patients and HVs: in the patients' group, the correlations between emotion recognition tasks and rsFC of the right entorhinal cortex (R-EC), left superior parietal lobule (L-SPL), right caudal hippocampus (R-c-Hipp), and the right caudal (R-c) and left rostral (L-r) middle temporal gyri (MTG) were lost. An altered resting state functional connectivity of the L-SPL, R-EC, R-c-Hipp, and bilateral MTG in patients with SZ may be associated with impaired emotion recognition. If confirmed, these results may enhance the development of non-invasive brain stimulation interventions targeting those cerebral regions to reduce SC deficit in SZ., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest None., (Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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8. Disorganization and real-world functioning in schizophrenia: Results from the multicenter study of the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses
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Bracale, Nadja, Cardillo, Simona, Brasso, Claudio, Andriola, Ileana, Romano, Raffaella, Caforio, Grazia, Barlati, Stefano, Galluzzo, Alessandro, Deste, Giacomo, Pinna, Federica, Lostia di S. Sofia, Silvia, Lai, Alice, Signorelli, Maria Salvina, Corbo, Mariangela, Baroni, Gaia, Lupi, Matteo, Altamura, Mario, La Montagna, Maddalena, Malerba, Stefania, Murri, Martino Belvederi, Corso, Alessandro, Bugliani, Michele, Pizziconi, Giulia, Rossi, Rodolfo, Serrone, Dario, Giusti, Laura, Ussorio, Donatella, Salza, Anna, Merlotti, Eleonora, Piegari, Giuseppe, Patriarca, Sara, Pietrafesa, Daria, de Bartolomeis, Andrea, Gramaglia, Carla, Gattoni, Eleonora, Marangon, Debora, Grottaroli, Marika, Pigoni, Alessandro, Grassi, Silvia, Cremonese, Carla, Meneguzzo, Paolo, Collantoni, Enrico, Tonna, Matteo, Ossola, Paolo, Gerra, Maria Lidia, Gesi, Camilla, Cremone, IvanMirko, Carpita, Barbara, Brugnoli, Roberto, Comparelli, Anna, Corigliano, Valentina, Di Fabio, Fabio, Buzzanca, Antonio, Girardi, Nicoletta, Niolu, Cinzia, Di Lorenzo, Giorgio, Ribolsi, Michele, Corrivetti, Giulio, Bartoli, Luca, Diasco, Ferdinando, Fagiolini, Andrea, Bolognesi, Simone, Goracci, Arianna, Rocca, P., Galderisi, S., Rossi, A., Bertolino, A., Rucci, P., Gibertoni, D., Montemagni, C., Bellino, S., Aguglia, E., Amore, M., Bellomo, A., Biondi, M., Carpiniello, B., Cuomo, A., D'Ambrosio, E., dell'Osso, L., Girardi, P., Marchesi, C., Monteleone, P., Montemitro, C., Oldani, L., Pacitti, F., Roncone, R., Siracusano, A., Tenconi, E., Vita, A., Zeppegno, P., Steardo, L., Jr, Vignapiano, A., and Maj, M.
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9. Role of 3-monthly long-acting injectable paliperidone in the maintenance of schizophrenia
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Brasso C, Bellino S, Bozzatello P, Montemagni C, and Rocca P
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PP3M ,paliperidone palmitate ,long-acting antipsychotics ,schizophrenia ,efficacy ,safety ,Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry ,RC321-571 ,Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system ,RC346-429 - Abstract
Claudio Brasso, Silvio Bellino, Paola Bozzatello, Cristiana Montemagni, Paola Rocca Department of Neurosciences “Rita Levi Montalcini”, University of Turin, Turin, Italy Aims: Paliperidone palmitate 3-month (PP3M) represents a new long-acting injectable antipsychotic therapeutic option. This review aims: 1) to summarize available data relating to efficacy, safety, tolerability and costs of PP3M; 2) to describe hospitalization rate, occupational status, treatment preference, satisfaction, adherence and caregiver burden of patients with schizophrenia who participate in PP3M clinical trials; 3) to examine ethical implications, pros and cons of PP3M use and 4) to propose study designs to further assess PP3M.Methods: On August 21, 2017, a search on PubMed about PPM3, without any filter restriction, was conducted and all available records were analyzed. Records written in a language other than English were excluded.Results: Twenty-two records were included in this review: 6 reviews, 1 report, 4 pharmacokinetic studies, 2 cost-effectiveness analyses, 1 open-label clinical trial, 2 randomized controlled trials (RCTs), 5 studies based on these 2 RCTs and 1 observational study.Discussion: According to these last 9 studies, when compared with placebo, PP3M showed a longer time to relapse and good safety and tolerability profiles. Furthermore, when compared with paliperidone palmitate 1 month (PP1M), PP3M treatment showed: 1) non-inferiority in terms of efficacy, safety, tolerability, rate of hospitalization, symptomatic and functional remission, treatment preference and variations of the occupational status; 2) a longer time to relapse after treatment discontinuation and 3) a similar reduction of the caregiver burden.Conclusion: PP3M is the only 3-monthly long-acting injectable antipsychotic available on the market. This makes it a unique option of treatment, which could be chosen both in early and advanced phases of illness. Nonetheless, longer naturalistic follow-up studies, two-arm head-to-head superiority trials and mirror studies, based on real-world samples of patients, are needed to further assess long-term safety and advantages of this new option of treatment and to define patients’ sub-populations that would most beneficiate from it. Keywords: PP3M, paliperidone palmitate, LAI, antipsychotic, clinical assessment, advantages and disadvantages
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10. The Meran-Mauls Fault: Tectonic switching from compression to transpression along a restraining bend of the Periadriatic Fault
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Zanchetta, S., primary, Montemagni, C., additional, Mascandola, C., additional, Mair, V., additional, Morelli, C., additional, and Zanchi, A., additional
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11. Nutraceuticals in Psychiatric Disorders: A Systematic Review.
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Bozzatello P, Novelli R, Montemagni C, Rocca P, and Bellino S
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- Humans, Fatty Acids, Omega-3 therapeutic use, Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Dietary Supplements, Mental Disorders diet therapy, Mental Disorders therapy, Probiotics therapeutic use
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Correct nutrition and diet are directly correlated with mental health, functions of the immune system, and gut microbiota composition. Diets with a high content of some nutrients, such as fibers, phytochemicals, and short-chain fatty acids (omega-3 fatty acids), seem to have an anti-inflammatory and protective action on the nervous system. Among nutraceuticals, supplementation of probiotics and omega-3 fatty acids plays a role in improving symptoms of several mental disorders. In this review, we collect data on the efficacy of nutraceuticals in patients with schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorders, major depression, bipolar disorder, and personality disorders. This narrative review aims to provide an overview of recent evidence obtained on this topic, pointing out the direction for future research.
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12. A review of localization of the deformation in Garhwal Himalaya: younging activation of shear zones from the metamorphic core of the belt towards the foreland
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Carosi, R, Montomoli, C, Iaccarino, S, Montemagni, C, Benetti, B, Carosi R., Montomoli C., Iaccarino S., Montemagni C., Benetti B., Carosi, R, Montomoli, C, Iaccarino, S, Montemagni, C, Benetti, B, Carosi R., Montomoli C., Iaccarino S., Montemagni C., and Benetti B.
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Recent studies highlighted that, starting from ~23 Ma onwards, deformation in Garhwal Himalaya (NW India) localized first in the inner part of the Greater Himalayan Sequence (GHS) along the Badrinath shear zone (BSZ) and subsequently along the Main Central thrust zone (MCTz), made by the upper Vaikrita thrust (VT) and the lower Munsiari 40 39 thrust (MT). Detailed in-situ geochronology by U-Th-Pb on monazite and Ar / Ar on micas demonstrated that these thrust-sense shear zones were active in different times from the older BSZ active at 23-21 Ma, through the VT 20-16 to 9-8 Ma up to the younger MT, active at 5-4 Ma. The consequences are twofold: a) all deformation in the MCTz was not active at the same time but in at different times, as deformation migrated from the upper levels to the lower levels of the GHS in few Myrs. In addition, the static growth of micas after deformation testifies that once deformation migrated to the lower shear zone levels, the levels, the deformation in the upper part ceased; b) the downward sequence of deformation demonstrates that the GHS and Lesser Himalayan Sequence were exhumed by an “in-sequence shearing” deformation resulting in the earlier exhumation of the upper portions of the metamorphic core.
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13. Kinematics and time-resolved evolution of the main thrust-sense shear zone in the Eo-Alpine orogenic wedge (the Vinschgau Shear Zone, eastern Alps)
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Montemagni, C, Zanchetta, S, Rocca, M, Villa, I, Morelli, C, Mair, V, Zanchi, A, Montemagni, Chiara, Zanchetta, Stefano, Rocca, Martina, Villa, Igor M., Morelli, Corrado, Mair, Volkmar, Zanchi, Andrea, Montemagni, C, Zanchetta, S, Rocca, M, Villa, I, Morelli, C, Mair, V, Zanchi, A, Montemagni, Chiara, Zanchetta, Stefano, Rocca, Martina, Villa, Igor M., Morelli, Corrado, Mair, Volkmar, and Zanchi, Andrea
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The Vinschgau Shear Zone (VSZ) is one of the largest and most significant shear zones developed under plastic conditions within the Austroalpine domain, juxtaposing the Ötztal and the Texel units to the Campo, Scharl and Sesvenna units during the building of the Eo-Alpine Orogen. The VSZ dominates the structural setting of a large portion of the central Austroalpine Late Cretaceous thrust stack. In order to fully assess the evolution of the VSZ, a multi-faceted approach based on detailed multiscale structural and petrochronological analyses has been carried out across representative transects of the shear zone in the Vinschgau Valley. The research has been performed with a view to characterizing kinematics, P-T conditions and timing of motion of the VSZ. Our fieldwork-based analyses suggest that the dip angle of mylonitic foliation increases from west to east with an E-W-trending stretching lineation which dips alternatively to the west and to the east, due to later folding related to the Cenozoic crustal shortening. The dominant top-to-W shear sense of the mylonites recognized in the field and confirmed by microstructural analyses led to exhumation of the upper Austroalpine nappes in the hanging wall of the shear zone; the Texel unit with Late Cretaceous eclogites and the Schneeberg and Ötztal units were all affected by Eo-Alpine amphibolite-facies metamorphism. Chemical and microstructural analyses suggest deformation temperatures of ca. 350-400C during shearing. Timing of deformation along the VSZ has been constrained for the first time through 40Ar/39Ar dating of syn-shearing micas, which reveal a Late Cretaceous age of the VSZ mylonites with ages ranging between 80 and 97Ma. A systematic younging age of deformation occurs towards the central part of the shear zone in the studied transects. Vorticity analysis shows a clear decrease in the simple shear component correlated to the younging of mica ages towards the core of the shear zone. This evolution is consis
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14. A cluster-analytical approach toward real-world outcome in outpatients with stable schizophrenia
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Rocca, P., Montemagni, C., Mingrone, C., Crivelli, B., Sigaudo, M., and Bogetto, F.
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15. Second-generation long-acting injectable antipsychotics in schizophrenia: patient functioning and quality of life
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Montemagni C, Frieri T, and Rocca P
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Cristiana Montemagni,1,2 Tiziana Frieri,1,2 Paola Rocca1,2 1Department of Neuroscience, Unit of Psychiatry, University of Turin, 2Department of Mental Health, Azienda Sanitaria Locale (ASL) Torino 1 (TO1), Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria (AOU) Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy Abstract: Long-acting injectable antipsychotics (LAIs) were developed to make treatment easier, improve adherence, and/or signal the clinician when nonadherence occurs. Second-generation antipsychotic LAIs (SGA-LAIs) combine the advantages of SGA with a long-acting formulation. The purpose of this review is to evaluate the available literature concerning the impact of SGA-LAIs on patient functioning and quality of life (QOL). Although several studies regarding schizophrenia patients’ functioning and QOL have been performed, the quantity of available data still varies greatly depending on the SGA-LAI under investigation. After reviewing the literature, it seems that SGA-LAIs are effective in ameliorating patient functioning and/or QOL of patients with schizophrenia, as compared with placebo. However, while methodological design controversy exists regarding the superiority of risperidone LAI versus oral antipsychotics, the significant amount of evidence in recently published research demonstrates the beneficial influence of risperidone LAI on patient functioning and QOL in stable patients and no benefit over oral treatment in unstable patients. However, the status of the research on SGA-LAIs is lacking in several aspects that may help physicians in choosing the correct drug therapy. Meaningful differences have been observed between SGA-LAIs in the onset of their clinical efficacy and in the relationships between symptoms and functioning scores. Moreover, head-to-head studies comparing the effects of SGA-LAIs on classical measures of psychopathology and functioning are available mainly on risperidone LAI, while those comparing olanzapine LAI with other SGA-LAIs are still lacking. Lastly, some data on their use, especially in first-episode or recent-onset schizophrenia and in refractory or treatment-resistant schizophrenia, is available. Keywords: outcome, first-episode schizophrenia, recent-onset schizophrenia, treatment resistant schizophrenia
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16. Conceptual disorganization as a mediating variable between visual learning and metacognition in schizophrenia.
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Montemagni C, Brasso C, Bellino S, Bozzatello P, Villari V, and Rocca P
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Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the relative contributions of visual learning and conceptual disorganization to specific metacognitive domains in a sample of outpatients with stable schizophrenia., Methods: A total of 92 consecutive outpatients with stable schizophrenia were recruited in a cross-sectional study. We analyzed the data with five path analyses based on multiple regressions to analyze the specific effect of visual learning on metacognitive capacity and metacognitive domains and the possible mediating role of conceptual disorganization., Results: We found that (i) visual learning was negatively correlated to metacognitive capacity and its domains on the one hand and conceptual disorganization on the other hand; (ii) conceptual disorganization was negatively associated with metacognition and its domains; and (iii) when the mediation effect was considered, conceptual disorganization fully mediated the relationship between visual learning and mastery, whereas it served as a partial mediator of the effect of visual learning on the other metacognition domains, i.e., self-reflectivity, understanding others' mind, and decentration., Conclusion: These results delineate an articulated panorama of relations between different dimensions of metacognition, visual learning, and conceptual disorganization. Therefore, studies unable to distinguish between different components of metacognition fail to bring out the possibly varying links between neurocognition, disorganization, and metacognition., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The author(s) declared that they were an editorial board member of Frontiers, at the time of submission. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision., (Copyright © 2023 Montemagni, Brasso, Bellino, Bozzatello, Villari and Rocca.)
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17. Second Generation Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics in Schizophrenia: The Patient's Subjective Quality of Life, Well-Being, and Satisfaction.
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Brasso C, Bellino S, Bozzatello P, Montemagni C, Nobili MGA, Sgro R, and Rocca P
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Schizophrenia (SZ) is among the twenty most disabling diseases worldwide. Subjective quality of life, well-being, and satisfaction are core elements to achieving personal recovery from the disorder. Long-acting injectable second-generation antipsychotics (SGA-LAIs) represent a valid therapeutic option for the treatment of SZ as they guarantee good efficacy and adherence to treatment. The aim of this rapid review is to summarize the evidence on the efficacy of SGA-LAIs in improving subjective quality of life, well-being, and satisfaction. The PubMed database was searched for original studies using SGA, LAI, risperidone, paliperidone, aripiprazole, olanzapine, SZ, and psychosis as keywords. Twenty-one studies were included: 13 clinical trials, 7 observational studies, and 1 post hoc analysis. It has been shown that SGA-LAIs bring an improvement to specific domains of subjective and self-rated quality of life, well-being, or satisfaction in prospective observational studies without a control arm and in randomized controlled trials versus placebo. The superiority of SGA-LAIs as compared with oral equivalents and haloperidol-LAI has been reported by some randomized controlled and observational studies. Although promising, the evidence is still limited because of the lack of studies and several methodological issues concerning the choice of the sample, the evaluation of the outcome variables, and the study design. New methodologically sound studies are needed.
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18. A review of localization of the deformation in Garhwal Himalaya: younging activation of shear zones from the metamorphic core of the belt towards the foreland
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Carosi R., Montomoli C., Iaccarino S., Montemagni C., Benetti B., Carosi, R, Montomoli, C, Iaccarino, S, Montemagni, C, and Benetti, B
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Structural analyse ,Garhwal ,Shear zone ,Geochronology ,Exhumation - Abstract
Recent studies highlighted that, starting from ~23 Ma onwards, deformation in Garhwal Himalaya (NW India) localized first in the inner part of the Greater Himalayan Sequence (GHS) along the Badrinath shear zone (BSZ) and subsequently along the Main Central thrust zone (MCTz), made by the upper Vaikrita thrust (VT) and the lower Munsiari 40 39 thrust (MT). Detailed in-situ geochronology by U-Th-Pb on monazite and Ar / Ar on micas demonstrated that these thrust-sense shear zones were active in different times from the older BSZ active at 23-21 Ma, through the VT 20-16 to 9-8 Ma up to the younger MT, active at 5-4 Ma. The consequences are twofold: a) all deformation in the MCTz was not active at the same time but in at different times, as deformation migrated from the upper levels to the lower levels of the GHS in few Myrs. In addition, the static growth of micas after deformation testifies that once deformation migrated to the lower shear zone levels, the levels, the deformation in the upper part ceased; b) the downward sequence of deformation demonstrates that the GHS and Lesser Himalayan Sequence were exhumed by an “in-sequence shearing” deformation resulting in the earlier exhumation of the upper portions of the metamorphic core.
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19. Prolonged extension in the middle and upper continental crust: insights into the Simplon Shear Zone (Western Alps)
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Montemagni, C, Zanchetta, S, Carmina, B, Fascio, L, Innamorati, G, Pasero, M, Petti, FM, Montemagni, C, and Zanchetta, S
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20. The Main Central Thrust zone along the Alaknanda and Dhauli Ganga valleys (Garhwal Himalaya, NW India): Insights into an inverted metamorphic sequence
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Iaccarino, S, Montomoli, C, Montemagni, C, Massonne, H, Langone, A, Jain, A, Visona, D, Carosi, R, Iaccarino S., Montomoli C., Montemagni C., Massonne H. -J., Langone A., Jain A. K., Visona D., Carosi R., Iaccarino, S, Montomoli, C, Montemagni, C, Massonne, H, Langone, A, Jain, A, Visona, D, Carosi, R, Iaccarino S., Montomoli C., Montemagni C., Massonne H. -J., Langone A., Jain A. K., Visona D., and Carosi R.
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New tectono-metamorphic data along the Alaknanda-Dhauli Ganga valleys in the Garhwal Himalaya (NW India) are presented focusing on sheared rocks of the Main Central Thrust zone (MCTz), one of the first order regional structures in the Himalaya. In regard of large hot orogens (LHOs), the MCTz corresponds to the base of the low-viscosity infrastructure. Our new findings support that the MCTz is a c. 4 km thick mylonitic zone, affecting different lithologies and encompassing a possible (previously defined) protolith boundary. Four selected mylonitic samples, at different structural position along the MCTz, were studied with a multi-disciplinary approach in detail, supporting that an inverted metamorphic field gradient, with temperature (T) and pressure (P) ranging from c. 500 up to c. 700 °C and c. 0.50–0.60 GPa up to >1.0 GPa, was present. This inverted P-T array is also discernable by the distribution of Al-rich minerals (e.g. chloritoid, staurolite, kyanite) in the intercalation of sheared quartzite. In situ U-(Th)-Pb monazite geochronology indicates that the high-T shearing in the upper part of the MCTz mylonites developed from c. 20 Ma on after a stage of prograde metamorphism that lasted until c. 23 Ma. The integration of our data with available structural, metamorphic and geochronological information along the MCTz profile, in the study area, sheds light on the development of the associated inverted metamorphic sequence (IMS). These data carry also empirical finite patterns to be tested against theoretical models investigating the possible roles of viscous heating and “tectonic overpressure” in the development of the IMS in the Himalaya, and possibly in LHOs in general. Both phenomena, if have been active at all, are not obvious in regard of the current state of geothermobarometric methods. On the contrary, a model for the tectonic assembly of the IMS is favored. The anomalous apparent P and T inverted field gradients are interpreted to be the result of the d
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21. Autistic symptoms in unaffected first-degree relatives of people with schizophrenia: results from the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses multicenter study.
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Vita A, Barlati S, Deste G, Rossi A, Rocca P, Bertolino A, Aguglia E, Altamura CA, Amore M, Bellomo A, Bucci P, Carpiniello B, Cuomo A, Dell'Osso L, Giuliani L, Marchesi C, Martinotti G, Monteleone P, Montemagni C, Nibbio G, Pasquini M, Pompili M, Rampino A, Roncone R, Rossi R, Siracusano A, Tenconi E, Zeppegno P, Galderisi S, and Maj M
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Background: Autistic symptoms represent a frequent feature in schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD). However, the prevalence and the cognitive and functional correlates of autistic symptoms in unaffected first-degree relatives of people with SSD remain to be assessed., Methods: A total of 342 unaffected first-degree relatives related to 247 outpatients with schizophrenia were recruited as part of the multicenter study of the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses (NIRP). Autistic features were measured with the PANSS Autism Severity Scale. Three groups of participants, defined on the presence and severity of autistic symptoms, were compared on a wide array of cognitive and functional measures., Results: Of the total sample, 44.9% presented autistic symptoms; 22.8% showed moderate levels of autistic symptoms, which can be observed in the majority of people with SSD. Participants with higher levels of autistic symptoms showed worse performance on Working Memory ( p = 0.014) and Social Cognition ( p = 0.025) domains and in the Global Cognition composite score ( p = 0.008), as well as worse on functional capacity ( p = 0.001), global psychosocial functioning ( p < 0.001), real-world interpersonal relationships ( p < 0.001), participation in community activities ( p = 0.017), and work skills ( p = 0.006)., Conclusions: A high prevalence of autistic symptoms was observed in first-degree relatives of people with SSD. Autistic symptoms severity showed a negative correlation with cognitive performance and functional outcomes also in this population and may represent a diagnostic and treatment target of considerable scientific and clinical interest in both patients and their first-degree relatives.
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22. The Main Central Thrust zone along the Alaknanda and Dhauli Ganga valleys (Garhwal Himalaya, NW India): Insights into an inverted metamorphic sequence
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Iaccarino S.[1], Montomoli C.[1, Montemagni C.[3], Massonne H.-J.[4, Langone A.[6], Jain A.K.[7], Visonà D.[8], Carosi R.[1], Iaccarino, S, Montomoli, C, Montemagni, C, Massonne, H, Langone, A, Jain, A, Visona, D, and Carosi, R
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Metamorphic rock ,Himalayan tectonics and metamorphisms ,Geochemistry ,Metamorphism ,Himalayan tectonics and metamorphism ,010502 geochemistry & geophysics ,01 natural sciences ,Kyanite ,Geochemistry and Petrology ,Main Central Thrust ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Inverted metamorphisms ,Main Central Thrust zone ,P-T-D-t paths ,Inverted metamorphism ,main Central Thrust zone ,inverted metamorphisms ,Geology ,visual_art ,Staurolite ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,Shear zone ,Protolith ,Mylonite - Abstract
New tectono-metamorphic data along the Alaknanda-Dhauli Ganga valleys in the Garhwal Himalaya (NW India) are presented focusing on sheared rocks of the Main Central Thrust zone (MCTz), one of the first order regional structures in the Himalaya. In regard of large hot orogens (LHOs), the MCTz corresponds to the base of the low-viscosity infrastructure. Our new findings support that the MCTz is a c. 4 km thick mylonitic zone, affecting different lithologies and encompassing a possible (previously defined) protolith boundary. Four selected mylonitic samples, at different structural position along the MCTz, were studied with a multi-disciplinary approach in detail, supporting that an inverted metamorphic field gradient, with temperature (T) and pressure (P) ranging from c. 500 up to c. 700 °C and c. 0.50–0.60 GPa up to >1.0 GPa, was present. This inverted P-T array is also discernable by the distribution of Al-rich minerals (e.g. chloritoid, staurolite, kyanite) in the intercalation of sheared quartzite. In situ U-(Th)-Pb monazite geochronology indicates that the high-T shearing in the upper part of the MCTz mylonites developed from c. 20 Ma on after a stage of prograde metamorphism that lasted until c. 23 Ma. The integration of our data with available structural, metamorphic and geochronological information along the MCTz profile, in the study area, sheds light on the development of the associated inverted metamorphic sequence (IMS). These data carry also empirical finite patterns to be tested against theoretical models investigating the possible roles of viscous heating and “tectonic overpressure” in the development of the IMS in the Himalaya, and possibly in LHOs in general. Both phenomena, if have been active at all, are not obvious in regard of the current state of geothermobarometric methods. On the contrary, a model for the tectonic assembly of the IMS is favored. The anomalous apparent P and T inverted field gradients are interpreted to be the result of the differential and diachronous transport along a shear zone experiencing heterogeneous vertical thinning linked to the non-coaxial flow.
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23. Metasomatism by Boron-Rich Fluids along Permian Low-Angle Normal Faults (Central Southern Alps, N Italy)
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Zanchetta, S, Locchi, S, Carminati, G, Mancuso, M, Montemagni, C, Zanchi, A, Zanchetta, Stefano, Locchi, Sofia, Carminati, Gregorio, Mancuso, Manuel, Montemagni, Chiara, Zanchi, Andrea, Zanchetta, S, Locchi, S, Carminati, G, Mancuso, M, Montemagni, C, Zanchi, A, Zanchetta, Stefano, Locchi, Sofia, Carminati, Gregorio, Mancuso, Manuel, Montemagni, Chiara, and Zanchi, Andrea
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Low-Angle Normal Faults (LANFs) represent in the central Southern Alps area (N Italy) the main structures along which the Variscan basement is in contact with the Upper CarboniferousPermian volcanic-sedimentary succession. Tourmalinites frequently occur along LANFs, usually replacing former cataclasites. The mineralogy and chemical composition of tourmalinites point to a metasomatic origin. LANFs, together with high-angle faults, controlled the opening of the Permian Orobic Basin and likely acted as a preferred pathway for hydrothermal fluids that triggered the Boron-metasomatism. Along the Aga-Vedello LANF, tourmalinites appear to have formed after the cessation of fault activity, as no brittle post-metasomatism deformation overprint has been observed. These relationships suggest that the circulation of B-rich fluids occurred after the opening of the Orobic Basin that is broadly constrained to the Early Permian. At the same time, ca. 285–270 Ma, a strong magmatic activity affected all the Southern Alps, ranging in composition from mafic to acidic rocks and from intrusions at deep crustal levels to effusive volcanic products. The Early Permian magmatism was likely the source of the late-stage hydrothermal fluids that formed the tourmalinites. The same fluids could also have played a significant role in the formation of the Uranium ore deposit of the Novazza-Vedello mining district, as the ore bodies in the Vedello valley are concentrated along the basement-cover contact.
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24. Prolonged extension in the middle and upper continental crust: insights into the Simplon Shear Zone (Western Alps)
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Carmina, B, Fascio, L, Innamorati, G, Pasero, M, Petti, FM, Montemagni, C, Zanchetta, S, Carmina, B, Fascio, L, Innamorati, G, Pasero, M, Petti, FM, Montemagni, C, and Zanchetta, S
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25. Constraining kinematic and temporal evolution of a normal-sense shear zone: Insights into the Simplon Shear Zone (Western Alps)
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Montemagni, C, Zanchetta, S, Montemagni, Chiara, Zanchetta, Stefano, Montemagni, C, Zanchetta, S, Montemagni, Chiara, and Zanchetta, Stefano
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The exhumation of the Lepontine Dome in the Central Alps was mainly driven by extensional shear zones at its borders. The Simplon Shear Zone (SSZ), formed as a consequence of east-west lateral extrusion perpendicular to north-south convergence between Adria and Europa plates, has been the leading structure in the exhumation of the western sector of the Lepontine Dome where the deepest rocks of Central Alps are nowadays exposed. We present here a multidisciplinary study of the SSZ combining fieldwork, microstructural analyses, vorticity estimates, quartz c-axis fabric analysis, quartz paleopiezometry and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology. The SSZ evolved from epidote-amphibolite to greenschist facies and then brittle conditions during shearing. A decrease of simple shear component from 88% to 37% towards the top of the shear zone is observed, with mylonites displaying ages within the 12-8 Ma time interval. Differential stress (59–78 MPa) and strain rate (10−11-10−12 s−1) estimates are in agreement with values obtained for crustal-scale low-angle normal faults developed at medium to shallow crustal levels. Our multiscale and multidisciplinary approach points out that the SSZ experienced a complex evolution, with shear strain heterogeneously distributed across the shear zone in the frame of a decrease of the simple shear component and increase of the differential flow stress toward the top of the shear zone.
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26. Genome-wide association study detected novel susceptibility genes for social cognition impairment in people with schizophrenia
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Gennarelli, M., Monteleone, P., Minelli, A., Monteleone, A. M., Rossi, A., Rocca, P., Bertolino, A., Aguglia, E., Amore, M., Bellino, S., Bellomo, A., Biondi, M., Bucci, P., Carpiniello, B., Cascino, G., Cuomo, A., Dell'Osso, L., di Giannantonio, M., Giordano, G. M., Marchesi, C., Oldani, L., Pompili, M., Roncone, R., Rossi, R., Siracusano, A., Tenconi, E., Vita, A., Zeppegno, P., Galderisi, S., Maj, M., Corrivetti, G., Del Buono, G., Torretta, S., Calia, V., Raio, A., Barlati, S., Deste, G., Magri, C., Valsecchi, P., Pinna, F., Muscas, M., Marras, L., Piegari, G., Giuliani, L., Brando, F., Coccia, C., Concerto, C., Poli, L. F., Surace, T., Martinotti, G., Pettorruso, M., Fraticelli, S., Altamura, M., Pasquale Tortorelli, F. M., Mollica, A., Calcagno, P., Murri, M. B., Serafini, G., Pacitti, F., Socci, V., Lucaselli, A., Giusti, L., Mammarella, S., Bianchini, V., Gramaglia, C., Gambaro, E., Martelli, M., Favaro, A., Meneguzzo, P., Collantoni, E., Tonna, M., Ossola, P., Gerra, M. L., Carmassi, C., Carpita, B., Cremone, I. M., Comparelli, A., Brugnoli, R., Corigliano, V., Fagiolini, A., Bolognesi, S., Goracci, A., Di Lorenzo, G., Ribolsi, M., Niolu, C., Bozzatello, P., Brasso, C., Montemagni, C., Buzzanca, A., Di Fabio, F., Girardi, N., Gennarelli, Massimo, Monteleone, Palmiero, Minelli, Alessandra, Monteleone, Alessio Maria, Rossi, Alessandro, Rocca, Paola, Bertolino, Alessandro, Aguglia, Eugenio, Amore, Mario, Bellino, Silvio, Bellomo, Antonello, Biondi, Massimo, Bucci, Paola, Carpiniello, Bernardo, Cascino, Giammarco, Cuomo, Alessandro, Dell'Osso, Liliana, di Giannantonio, Massimo, Giordano, Giulia Maria, Marchesi, Carlo, Oldani, Lucio, Pompili, Maurizio, Roncone, Rita, Rossi, Rodolfo, Siracusano, Alberto, Tenconi, Elena, Vita, Antonio, Zeppegno, Patrizia, Galderisi, Silvana, and Maj, Mario
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Treatment outcome ,GWAS ,Social cognition ,TMEM74 ,meta-analysis ,schizophrenia ,Genetic Predisposition to Disease ,Genome-Wide Association Study ,Humans ,Membrane Proteins ,Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ,Schizophrenia ,Social Cognition ,Susceptibility gene ,Genome-wide association study ,Biology ,Affect (psychology) ,meta-analysi ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,SNP ,Polymorphism ,Biological Psychiatry ,Genetics ,Single Nucleotide ,medicine.disease ,030227 psychiatry ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Settore MED/25 ,Meta-analysis - Abstract
Objectives People with schizophrenia (SCZ) present serious and generalised deficits in social cognition (SC), which affect negatively patients' functioning and treatment outcomes. The genetic background of SC has been investigated in disorders other than SCZ providing weak and sparse results. Thus, our aim was to explore possible genetic correlates of SC dysfunctions in SCZ patients with a genome-wide study (GWAS) approach. Methods We performed a GWAS meta-analysis of data coming from two cohorts made of 242 and 160 SCZ patients, respectively. SC was assessed with different tools in order to cover its different domains. Results We found GWAS significant association between the TMEM74 gene and the patients' ability in social inference as assessed by The Awareness of Social Inference Test; this association was confirmed by both SNP-based analysis (lead SNP rs3019332 p-value = 5.24 × 10-9) and gene-based analysis (p-value = 1.09 × 10-7). Moreover, suggestive associations of other genes with different dimensions of SC were also found. Conclusions Our study shows for the first time GWAS significant or suggestive associations of some gene variants with SC domains in people with SCZ. These findings should stimulate further studies to characterise the genetic underpinning of SC dysfunctions in SCZ.
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27. Joint structural-functional magnetic resonance imaging features are associated with diagnosis and real-world functioning in patients with schizophrenia
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Antonucci, L. A., Fazio, L., Pergola, G., Blasi, G., Stolfa, G., Di Palo, P., Mucci, A., Rocca, P., Brasso, C., di Giannantonio, M., Maria Giordano, G., Monteleone, P., Pompili, M., Siracusano, A., Bertolino, A., Galderisi, S., Maj, M., Muzzarelli, L., Nettis, M. A., Nicoli, M., Papalino, M., Passiatore, R., Romano, R., Piegari, G., Pezzella, P., Perrottelli, A., Martinotti, G., Pettorruso, M., Fraticelli, S., Comparelli, A., Corigliano, V., Brugnoli, R., Di Lorenzo, G., Niolu, C., Ribolsi, M., Cascino, G., Esposito, F., Russo, A. G., Montemagni, C., Riccardi, C., Del Favero, E., Antonucci, L. A., Fazio, L., Pergola, G., Blasi, G., Stolfa, G., Di Palo, P., Mucci, A., Rocca, P., Brasso, C., di Giannantonio, M., Giordano, Giulia M., Monteleone, P., Pompili, M., Siracusano, A., Bertolino, A., Galderisi, S., and Maj, M.
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Cerebral Cortex ,Real-world functioning ,Rest ,jICA ,Brain ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Structural MRI ,Settore MED/25 ,Degree centrality ,Resting-state fMRI ,Schizophrenia ,Humans ,Gray Matter ,Biological Psychiatry - Abstract
Objective: Earlier evidence suggested that structural–functional covariation in schizophrenia patients (SCZ) is associated with cognition, a predictor of functioning. Moreover, studies suggested that functional brain abnormalities of schizophrenia may be related with structural network features. However, only few studies have investigated the relationship between structural–functional covariation and both diagnosis and functioning in SCZ. We hypothesized that structural–functional covariation networks associated with diagnosis are related to real-world functioning in SCZ. Methods: We performed joint Independent Component Analysis on T1 images and resting-state fMRI-based Degree Centrality (DC) maps from 89 SCZ and 285 controls. Structural-functional covariation networks in which we found a main effect of diagnosis underwent correlation analysis to investigate their relationship with functioning. Covariation networks showing a significant association with both diagnosis and functioning underwent univariate analysis to better characterize group-level differences at the spatial level. Results: A structural–functional covariation network characterized by frontal, temporal, parietal and thalamic structural estimates significantly covaried with temporo-parietal resting-state DC. Compared with controls, SCZ had reduced structural–functional covariation within this network (pFDR = 0.005). The same measure correlated positively with both social and occupational functioning (both pFDR = 0.042). Univariate analyses revealed grey matter deviations in SCZ compared with controls within this structural–functional network in hippocampus, cerebellum, thalamus, orbito-frontal cortex, and insula. No group differences were found in DC. Conclusions: Findings support the existence of a phenotypical association between group-level differences and inter-individual heterogeneity of functional deficits in SCZ. Given that only the joint structural/functional analysis revealed this association, structural–functional covariation may be a potentially relevant schizophrenia phenotype.
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28. A review of localization of the deformation in Garhwal Himalaya: younging activation of shear zones from the metamorphic core of the belt towards the foreland
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Carosi, R., Montomoli, C., Iaccarino, S., Montemagni, C., and YURI BENETTI SILVA, B.
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29. Prevalence of antipsychotic-induced extrapyramidal symptoms and their association with neurocognition and social cognition in outpatients with schizophrenia in the 'real-life'
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Monteleone, P., Cascino, G., Monteleone, A. M., Rocca, P., Rossi, A., Bertolino, A., Aguglia, E., Amore, M., Collantoni, E., Corrivetti, G., Cuomo, A., Bellomo, A., D'Ambrosio, E., Dell'Osso, L., Frascarelli, M., Giordano, G. M., Giuliani, L., Marchesi, C., Montemagni, C., Oldani, L., Pinna, F., Pompili, M., Roncone, R., Rossi, R., Siracusano, A., Vita, A., Zeppegno, P., Galderisi, S., Maj, M., Del Buono, G., Marciello, F., Di Palo, P., Sangiuliano, M., Di Gioia, C., Barlati, S., Deste, G., Turrina, C., Carpiniello, B., Marras, L., Muscas, M., Bucci, P., Piegari, G., Brando, F., Aiello, C., Poli, L. F., Saitta, G., Surace, T., Altamura, M., Malerba, S., Padalino, F., Calcagno, P., Murri, M. B., Escelsior, A., Giusti, L., Bianchini, V., Salza, A., Pacitti, F., Socci, V., Lucaselli, A., De Bartolomeis, A., Gramaglia, C., Feggi, A., Jona, A., Favaro, A., Tenconi, E., Meneguzzo, P., Ossola, P., Tonna, M., Gerra, M. L., Carmassi, C., Cremone, I. M., Carpita, B., Biondi, M., Di Fabio, F., Accinni, T., Brugnoli, R., Comparelli, A., Corigliano, V., Fagiolini, A., Bolognesi, S., Goracci, A., Di Lorenzo, G., Ribolsi, M., Niolu, C., Brasso, C., Riccardi, C., Del Favero, E., Monteleone, P., Cascino, G., Monteleone, A. M., Rocca, P., Rossi, A., Bertolino, A., Aguglia, E., Amore, M., Collantoni, E., Corrivetti, G., Cuomo, A., Bellomo, A., D'Ambrosio, E., Dell'Osso, L., Frascarelli, M., Giordano, G. M., Giuliani, L., Marchesi, C., Montemagni, C., Oldani, L., Pinna, F., Pompili, M., Roncone, R., Rossi, R., Siracusano, A., Vita, A., Zeppegno, P., Galderisi, S., and Maj, M.
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First generation antipsychotics (FGAs) are more likely to induce extrapyramidal side-effects (EPS) than second generation antipsychotics (SGAs), and EPS have been shown associated to cognitive deficits in schizophrenia. So far, no study has explored the relationships between EPS and social cognition (SC) in people with schizophrenia. Therefore, we assessed the prevalence of EPS in a large sample of drug-treated community-dwelling persons with schizophrenia and explored their relationships with patients' neurocognitive and SC abilities. 875 patients underwent EPS, psychopathological, neurocognitive and SC assessments by means of standardized measures. Relationships between EPS, psychopathology and neurocognitive and SC measures were investigated by correlation tests. Moreover, a partial correlation network was computed by means of a network analysis. 256 patients were treated with FGAs alone or in combination with SGA and 619 with SGAs. EPS were significantly more frequent in FGA-treated group than in the SGA-treated one. Patients with EPS disclosed a more severe psychopathology and were more impaired in neurocognitive and SC measures compared to those without EPS. Disorganization, expressive deficit, and duration of illness were significantly associated to both neurocognitive and SC measures while EPS were associated to neurocognitive measures only. The network analysis showed that parkinsonism was the sole EPS directly connected to both psychopathological and neurocognitive indices whereas no direct connection emerged between EPS and SC measures. Present findings confirm that EPS are still present in the era of SGAs and contribute, together with other clinical variables, to the neurocognitive but not to the SC impairment of patients with schizophrenia.
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30. Microstructural and geochronological investigations of the Main Central Thrust zone and the South Tibetan Detachment System in the Alaknanda – Dhauli Ganga valleys (NW India)
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Montemagni, C, Carosi, R, Iaccarino, S, Montomoli, C, Jain, AK, Villa, IM, Montemagni, C, Carosi, R, Iaccarino, S, Montomoli, C, Jain, A, and Villa, I
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Shear zones play a major role in the tectonic evolution of the orogens and in the exhumation of crystalline rocks. In the Himalaya, two crustal scale shear zones having opposite kinematics bound the Greater Himalayan Sequence (GHS), the metamorphic core of the orogen, along the entire belt: the Main Central Thrust zone (MCTz) and the South Tibetan Detachment System (STDS). The activity time-span of these shear zones has been addressed by many studies, which unsurprisingly give very scattered results, as each study focused on different geological features and followed different mapping, sampling, analytical and interpretive strategies. In the Alaknanda – Dhauli Ganga valleys (Garhwal, NW India) both the STDS and the MCTz crop out in the same transect. The MCTz is a > 1-km thick zone delimited by two distinct thrusts, the Munsiari Thrust at the base and the Vaikrita Thrust, the MCT sensu stricto in the study area, at the top. We selected three representative samples from the Vaikrita Thrust, which crops out in the South of the transect, and three from the the STDS, which crops out in the North of the study area, in order to compare the timing of their activity along the same transect using the same analytical and interpretive approach. Microstructural observations on one garnet-staurolite-bearing quartzite and two garnet-bearing mylonitic micaschists from the Vaikrita Thrust prove the occurrence of three different textural generation of micas: a rare relict foliation, a main mylonitic foliation, and a late generation of static micas forming coronites after garnet breakdown. 40Ar/39Ar step-heating coupled with EMP analyses and with Ca-Cl-K correlation diagrams constrains mica growth on the main foliation around 9 Ma, and coronitic micas at c. 6 Ma (Montemagni et al. 2018b). The STDS deforms the small Malari granite. Deformation microstructures vary according to structural level. In the uppermost sample, a pegmatite intruding the Malari main body, low temperature deformation features are expressed by bulging recrystallization in quartz, bent twins in plagioclase, and kink bands in muscovite. 40Ar/39Ar dating on muscovite give 16.46 ± 0.06 Ma. Structurally below, another pegmatite, intruding the HT-mylonites, was formed during a later, waning deformation stage. Mica shows undulose extinction in quartz and rare kink bands, and yields a younger 40Ar/39Ar age of c. 16.0 Ma. The structurally lowest sillimanite-bearing migmatite shows high temperature deformation microstructures (chessboard extinction and grain boundary migration recrystallization in quartz), followed by static growth of undeformed muscovite, which yields a 40Ar/39Ar age of 14.36 ± 0.06 Ma. This is the minimum age for the cessation of ductile deformation (Montemagni et al. 2018a). Our results demonstrate a diachroneity of STDS and MCT in the Garhwal Himalaya. Any model of exhumation of the GHS should account for this lack of contemporaneity. Montemagni C. et al. (2018a) It. J. Geosci., doi: 10.3301/IJG.2018.07 - Montemagni C. et al. (2018b) Geol. Soc. London Spec. Pub., doi: 10.1144/SP481.3
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31. The influence of autistic symptoms on social and non-social cognition and on real-life functioning in people with schizophrenia: Evidence from the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses multicenter study
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Vita, A., Barlati, S., Deste, G., Rocca, P., Rossi, A., Bertolino, A., Aguglia, E., Amore, M., Bellomo, A., Biondi, M., Carpiniello, B., Collantoni, E., Cuomo, A., D'Ambrosio, E., dell' Osso, L., di Giannantonio, M., Giordano, G. M., Marchesi, C., Monteleone, P., Montemagni, C., Oldani, L., Pompili, M., Roncone, R., Rossi, R., Siracusano, A., Zeppegno, P., Nibbio, G., Galderisi, S., Maj, M., Ceraso, A., Galluzzo, A., Lisoni, J., Di Palo, P., Papalino, M., Romano, R., Pinna, F., Lai, A., di Santa Sofia, S. L., Bucci, P., Piegari, G., Brando, F., Giuliani, L., Signorelli, M. S., Poli, L. F., Martinotti, G., Pettorruso, M., Montemitro, C., Altamura, M., Malerba, S., Padalino, F., Amerio, A., Cal-Cagno, P., Zampogna, D., Giusti, L., Salza, A., Mammarella, S., Pacitti, F., Socci, V., Talevi, D., Gramaglia, C., Feggi, A., Jona, A., Favaro, A., Tenconi, E., Meneguzzo, P., Ossola, P., Tonna, M., Gerra, M. L., Carmassi, C., Gesi, C., Carpita, B., Corrivetti, G., Cascino, G., del Buono, G., Di Fabio, F., Buzzanca, A., Girardi, N., Brugnoli, R., Comparelli, A., Corigliano, V., Fagiolini, A., Bolognesi, S., Goracci, A., Di Lorenzo, G., Niolu, C., Ribolsi, M., Brasso, C., Riccardi, C., Del Favero, E., Vita, A., Barlati, S., Deste, G., Rocca, P., Rossi, A., Bertolino, A., Aguglia, E., Amore, M., Bellomo, A., Biondi, M., Carpiniello, B., Collantoni, E., Cuomo, A., D'Ambrosio, E., dell' Osso, L., di Giannantonio, M., Giordano, G. M., Marchesi, C., Monteleone, P., Montemagni, C., Oldani, L., Pompili, M., Roncone, R., Rossi, R., Siracusano, A., Zeppegno, P., Nibbio, G., Galderisi, S., Maj, M., Ceraso, A., Galluzzo, A., Lisoni, J., Di Palo, P., Papalino, M., Romano, R., Pinna, F., Lai, A., di Santa Sofia, S. L., Bucci, P., Piegari, G., Brando, F., Giuliani, L., Signorelli, M. S., Poli, L. F., Martinotti, G., Pettorruso, M., Montemitro, C., Altamura, M., Malerba, S., Padalino, F., Amerio, A., Cal-Cagno, P., Zampogna, D., Giusti, L., Salza, A., Mammarella, S., Pacitti, F., Socci, V., Talevi, D., Gramaglia, C., Feggi, A., Jona, A., Favaro, A., Tenconi, E., Meneguzzo, P., Ossola, P., Tonna, M., Gerra, M. L., Carmassi, C., Gesi, C., Carpita, B., Corrivetti, G., Cascino, G., del Buono, G., Di Fabio, F., Buzzanca, A., Girardi, N., Brugnoli, R., Comparelli, A., Corigliano, V., Fagiolini, A., Bolognesi, S., Goracci, A., Di Lorenzo, G., Niolu, C., Ribolsi, M., Brasso, C., Riccardi, C., and Del Favero, E.
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schizophrenia ,autism spectrum disorders ,cognition ,psychosocial functioning ,social cognition ,Adult ,Male ,Social Cognition ,Interpersonal Relation ,autism spectrum disorders, cognition, psychosocial functioning, schizophrenia, social cognition ,Disease ,Autism spectrum disorders ,Cognition ,Psychosocial functioning ,Schizophrenia ,Social cognition ,Psychotic Disorder ,behavioral disciplines and activities ,03 medical and health sciences ,Interpersonal relationship ,0302 clinical medicine ,mental disorders ,Medicine ,Humans ,Interpersonal Relations ,Autism spectrum disorder ,Autistic Disorder ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,030227 psychiatry ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Multicenter study ,Settore MED/25 ,Italy ,Psychotic Disorders ,Autism ,Female ,Verbal memory ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Research Article ,Clinical psychology ,Human - Abstract
Background Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSDs), although conceptualized as separate entities, may share some clinical and neurobiological features. ASD symptoms may have a relevant role in determining a more severe clinical presentation of schizophrenic disorder but their relationships with cognitive aspects and functional outcomes of the disease remain to be addressed in large samples of individuals. Aims To investigate the clinical, cognitive, and functional correlates of ASD symptoms in a large sample of people diagnosed with schizophrenia. Methods The severity of ASD symptoms was measured with the PANSS Autism Severity Scale (PAUSS) in 921 individuals recruited for the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses multicenter study. Based on the PAUSS scores, three groups of subjects were compared on a wide array of cognitive and functional measures. Results Subjects with more severe ASD symptoms showed a poorer performance in the processing speed (p = 0.010), attention (p = 0.011), verbal memory (p = 0.035), and social cognition (p = 0.001) domains, and an overall lower global cognitive composite score (p = 0.010). Subjects with more severe ASD symptoms also showed poorer functional capacity (p = 0.004), real-world interpersonal relationships (p p Conclusions These findings strengthen the notion that ASD symptoms may have a relevant impact on different aspects of the disease, crucial to the life of people with schizophrenia. Prominent ASD symptoms may characterize a specific subpopulation of individuals with SSD.
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32. The association between insight and depressive symptoms in schizophrenia: Undirected and Bayesian network analyses
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Amore, M., Murri, M. B., Calcagno, P., Rocca, P., Rossi, A., Aguglia, E., Bellomo, A., Blasi, G., Carpiniello, B., Cuomo, A., Dell'Osso, L., Di Giannantonio, M., Giordano, G. M., Marchesi, C., Monteleone, P., Montemagni, C., Oldani, L., Pompili, M., Roncone, R., Rossi, R., Siracusano, A., Vita, A., Zeppegno, P., Corso, A., Arzani, C., Galderisi, S., Maj, M., Petrilli, G., Respino, M., Papalino, M., Falsetti, A., Calia, V. M., Barlati, S., Deste, G., Turrina, C., Pinna, F., Lai, A., Di Santa Sofia, S. L., Signorelli, M. S., Petralia, A., Pettorruso, M., Barone, G., Salone, A., Piegari, G., Aiello, C., Brando, F., Giuliani, L., Altamura, M., Carnevale, R., Padalino, F., Giusti, L., Salza, A., Ussorio, D., Pizziconi, G., Santarelli, V., Pacitti, F., De Bartolomeis, A., Gambaro, E., Gattoni, E., Gramaglia, C., De Panfilis, C., Ossola, P., Tonna, M., Carmassi, C., Carpita, B., Cremone, I., Comparelli, A., Corigliano, V., Brugnoli, R., Corrivetti, G., Cascino, G., Del Buono, G., Fagiolini, A., Bolognesi, S., Goracci, A., Di Lorenzo, G., Niolu, C., Ribolsi, M., Bellino, S., Bozzatello, P., Brasso, C., Amore, M., Murri, M. B., Calcagno, P., Rocca, P., Rossi, A., Aguglia, E., Bellomo, A., Blasi, G., Carpiniello, B., Cuomo, A., Dell'Osso, L., di Giannantonio, M., Giordano, G. M., Marchesi, C., Monteleone, P., Montemagni, C., Oldani, L., Pompili, M., Roncone, R., Rossi, R., Siracusano, A., Vita, A., Zeppegno, P., Corso, A., Arzani, C., Galderisi, S., and Maj, M.
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Adult ,Male ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Social Stigma ,Hostility ,NO ,Suicidal Ideation ,Extrapyramidal symptoms ,Demoralization ,depression ,insight ,sadness ,schizophrenia ,self-esteem ,Sadness ,Self-esteem ,medicine ,Humans ,Suicidal ideation ,media_common ,Depression ,Insight ,Schizophrenia ,Bayes Theorem ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ,Female ,Middle Aged ,Self Concept ,Social Class ,Guilt ,Schizophrenic Psychology ,Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale ,Sadne ,medicine.disease ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Settore MED/25 ,medicine.symptom ,Psychology ,Neurocognitive ,Research Article ,Clinical psychology ,Diagnosis of schizophrenia - Abstract
Background. Greater levels of insight may be linked with depressive symptoms among patients with schizophrenia, however, it would be useful to characterize this association at symptom-level, in order to inform research on interventions. Methods. Data on depressive symptoms (Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia) and insight (G12 item from the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale) were obtained from 921 community-dwelling, clinically-stable individuals with a DSM-IV diagnosis of schizophrenia, recruited in a nationwide multicenter study. Network analysis was used to explore the most relevant connections between insight and depressive symptoms, including potential confounders in the model (neurocognitive and social-cognitive functioning, positive, negative and disorganization symptoms, extrapyramidal symptoms, hostility, internalized stigma, and perceived discrimination). Bayesian network analysis was used to estimate a directed acyclic graph (DAG) while investigating the most likely direction of the putative causal association between insight and depression. Results. After adjusting for confounders, better levels of insight were associated with greater self-depreciation, pathological guilt, morning depression and suicidal ideation. No difference in global network structure was detected for socioeconomic status, service engagement or illness severity. The DAG confirmed the presence of an association between greater insight and self-depreciation, suggesting the more probable causal direction was from insight to depressive symptoms. Conclusions. In schizophrenia, better levels of insight may cause self-depreciation and, possibly, other depressive symptoms. Person-centered and narrative psychotherapeutic approaches may be particularly fit to improve patient insight without dampening self-esteem., Highlights Better insight seems associated with depressive symptoms in schizophrenia.Network analyses were used to explore this association in a large sample.Insight was associated with self-depreciation, guilt, and suicidal ideation.Although cross-sectional, data suggest causal direction from insight to depression.
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33. Factors Associated With Real-Life Functioning in Persons With Schizophrenia in a 4-Year Follow-up Study of the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses
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Mucci, A., Galderisi, S., Gibertoni, D., Rossi, A., Rocca, P., Bertolino, A., Aguglia, E., Amore, M., Bellomo, A., Biondi, M., Blasi, G., Brasso, C., Bucci, P., Carpiniello, B., Cuomo, A., Dell'Osso, L., Giordano, G. M., Marchesi, C., Monteleone, P., Niolu, C., Oldani, L., Pettorruso, M., Pompili, M., Roncone, R., Rossi, R., Tenconi, E., Vita, A., Zeppegno, P., Maj, M., Piegari, G., Aiello, C., Brando, F., Giuliani, L., Palumbo, D., Coccia, C., Papalino, M., Calia, V., Romano, R., Barlati, S., Deste, G., Valsecchi, P., Pinna, F., Lai, A., Lostia di Santa Sofia, S., Salvina Signorelli, M., Fusar Poli, L., Surace, T., Martinotti, G., Montemitro, C., Fraticelli, S., Altamura, M., Angelini, E., Elia, A., Calcagno, P., Belvederi Murri, M., Cattedra, S., Pacitti, F., Talevi, D., Socci, V., Giusti, L., Salza, A., Mammarella, S., de Bartolomeis, A., Favaro, A., Collantoni, E., Meneguzzo, P., Tonna, M., Ossola, P., Gerra, M. L., Gramaglia, C., Binda, V., Gambaro, E., Carmassi, C., Carpita, B., Cremone, I. M., Corrivetti, G., Cascino, G., Del Buono, G., Brugnoli, R., Comparelli, A., Corigliano, V., Buzzanca, A., Gerardi, N., Frascarelli, M., Fagiolini, A., Goracci, A., Bolognesi, S., Siracusano, A., Di Lorenzo, G., Ribolsi, M., Montemagni, C., Riccardi, C., Del Favero, E., Mucci, A., Galderisi, S., Gibertoni, D., Rossi, A., Rocca, P., Bertolino, A., Aguglia, E., Amore, M., Bellomo, A., Biondi, M., Blasi, G., Brasso, C., Bucci, P., Carpiniello, B., Cuomo, A., Dell'Osso, L., Giordano, G. M., Marchesi, C., Monteleone, P., Niolu, C., Oldani, L., Pettorruso, M., Pompili, M., Roncone, R., Rossi, R., Tenconi, E., Vita, A., Zeppegno, P., Maj, M., Mucci A., Galderisi S., Gibertoni D., Rossi A., Rocca P., Bertolino A., Aguglia E., Amore M., Bellomo A., Biondi M., Blasi G., Brasso C., Bucci P., Carpiniello B., Cuomo A., Dell'Osso L., Giordano G.M., Marchesi C., Monteleone P., Niolu C., Oldani L., Pettorruso M., Pompili M., Roncone R., Rossi R., Tenconi E., Vita A., Zeppegno P., and Maj M.
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Importance: The goal of schizophrenia treatment has shifted from symptom reduction and relapse prevention to functional recovery; however, recovery rates remain low. Prospective identification of variables associated with real-life functioning domains is essential for personalized and integrated treatment programs. Objective: To assess whether baseline illness-related variables, personal resources, and context-related factors are associated with work skills, interpersonal relationships, and everyday life skills at 4-year follow-up. Design, Setting, and Participants: This multicenter prospective cohort study was conducted across 24 Italian university psychiatric clinics or mental health departments in which 921 patients enrolled in a cross-sectional study were contacted after 4 years for reassessment. Recruitment of community-dwelling, clinically stable persons with schizophrenia was conducted from March 2016 to December 2017, and data were analyzed from January to May 2020. Main Outcomes and Measures: Psychopathology, social and nonsocial cognition, functional capacity, personal resources, and context-related factors were assessed, with real-life functioning as the main outcome. Structural equation modeling, multiple regression analyses, and latent change score modeling were used to identify variables that were associated with real-life functioning domains at follow-up and with changes from baseline in these domains. Results: In total, 618 participants (427 male [69.1%]; mean [SD] age, 45.1 [10.5] years) were included. Five baseline variables were directly associated with real-life functioning at follow-up: neurocognition with everyday life (β, 0.274; 95% CI, 0.207-0.341; P
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34. Efficacy of Serotonin and Dopamine Activity Modulators in the Treatment of Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia: A Rapid Review.
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Brasso C, Colli G, Sgro R, Bellino S, Bozzatello P, Montemagni C, Villari V, and Rocca P
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Schizophrenia is among the fifteen most disabling diseases worldwide. Negative symptoms (NS) are highly prevalent in schizophrenia, negatively affect the functional outcome of the disorder, and their treatment is difficult and rarely specifically investigated. Serotonin-dopamine activity modulators (SDAMs), of which aripiprazole, cariprazine, brexpiprazole, and lumateperone were approved for schizophrenia treatment, represent a possible therapy to reduce NS. The aim of this rapid review is to summarize the evidence on this topic to make it readily available for psychiatrists treating NS and for further research. We searched the PubMed database for original studies using SDAM, aripiprazole, cariprazine, brexpiprazole, lumateperone, schizophrenia, and NS as keywords. We included four mega-analyses, eight meta-analyses, two post hoc analyses, and 20 clinical trials. Aripiprazole, cariprazine, and brexpiprazole were more effective than placebo in reducing NS. Only six studies compared SDAMs with other classes of antipsychotics, demonstrating a superiority in the treatment of NS mainly for cariprazine. The lack of specific research and various methodological issues, related to the study population and the assessment of NS, may have led to these partial results. Here, we highlight the need to conduct new methodologically robust investigations with head-to-head treatment comparisons and long-term observational studies on homogeneous groups of patients evaluating persistent NS with first- and second-generation scales, namely the Brief Negative Symptom Scale and the Clinical Assessment Interview for Negative Symptoms. This rapid review can expand research on NS therapeutic strategies in schizophrenia, which is fundamental for the long-term improvement of patients' quality of life.
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35. Clinical outcome and length of stay in an Italian Psychiatric Emergency Service
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Frieri, T., Montemagni, C., Rocca, G., Rocca, P., and Villari, V.
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36. Untangling the complex kinematic and geochronological history of a crustal-scale shear zone: an example from the Main Central Thrust (Garhwal Himalaya, NW India)
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Montemagni, C and Montemagni, C
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This contribution focuses on geochronological and kinematic data on the Main Central Thrust zone (MCTz) in the Garhwal Himalaya (NW India). A multidisciplinary approach combining detailed 2D and 3D microstructural observations with a new interpretation key of geochronological data on micas is here applied to reconstruct the polyphase evolution of a crustal-scale shear zone. The Ar Differential Release Plot and the use of X-ray micro-Computed Tomography allow to disentangle misleading Ar/Ar spectra of micas from mylonites and to avoid methodological limitation in vorticity estimates, respectively. This new approach allows to unravel the microstructural and petrological complexities linked to the temporal and kinematic evolution of the MCTz. The obtained data indicate a structurally downward shift of deformation, i.e. towards the foreland, across the MCTz, with an increasing pure shear component mirrored to a progressive rejuvenation of the mica age of structures.
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37. Cenozoic Dextral Shearing Along the Arusan Sector of the Great Kavir–Doruneh Fault System (Central Iran)
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Zanchi, A, Zanchetta, S, Berra, F, Mattei, M, Javadi, H, Montemagni, C, Zanchi, Andrea, Zanchetta, Stefano, Berra, Fabrizio, Mattei, Massimo, Javadi, Hamid Reza, Montemagni, Chiara, Zanchi, A, Zanchetta, S, Berra, F, Mattei, M, Javadi, H, Montemagni, C, Zanchi, Andrea, Zanchetta, Stefano, Berra, Fabrizio, Mattei, Massimo, Javadi, Hamid Reza, and Montemagni, Chiara
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The structural analysis of large intracontinental wrench faults is fundamental for deciphering the long-term evolution of continental crust in complex areas in terms of their geodynamic evolution and large-scale crustal block displacements. In this contribution, we demonstrate a pre-Miocene dextral activity of the present-day left-lateral Great Kavir - Doruneh Fault System (GKDFS, Central Iran), one of the major intracontinental active strike-slip faults extending from the Afghan border to the Nain region between Central Iran and the Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone. We document important dextral shearing recorded along a segment of the GKDFS, the Arusan Fault System (AFS), located east of Jandaq, close to the present-day active trace of the GKDFS. The AFS include several ENE-WSW striking strands exposed for a length of more than 50 km, which couple pre-Cretaceous ophiolites and metamorphic basement units with the Cretaceous succession of the Khur basin. The fault shows transpressional structures consistent with a dextral shear including thrusts and en échelon folds affecting the Cretaceous carbonate units. Paleostress reconstruction based on mesoscopic fault analysis and related folds geometry allowed to establish vorticity parameters indicating that deformation occurred close to a total simple shear regime with a calculated Wk between 0.9 and 1. The enormous Meso-Cenozoic dextral displacements occurred along the AFS and along the entire GKDFS are attested by the up to several hundreds of kilometers offset of the Paleotethys suture zone, from NE Iran to the western border of Central Iran.
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38. Outcome and length of stay in psychiatric hospitalization, the experience of the University Clinic of Turin
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Rocca, Paola, Mingrone, C., Mongini, T., Montemagni, C., Pulvirenti, L., Rocca, G., and Bogetto, F.
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39. Premorbid academic and social functioning in patients with schizophrenia and its associations with negative symptoms and cognition
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Bucci, P., Galderisi, S., Mucci, A., Rossi, A., Rocca, P., Bertolino, A., Aguglia, E., Amore, M., Andriola, I., Bellomo, A., Biondi, M., Cuomo, A., Dell'Osso, L., Favaro, A., Gambi, F., Giordano, G. M., Girardi, P., Marchesi, C., Monteleone, P., Montemagni, C., Niolu, C., Oldani, L., Pacitti, F., Pinna, F., Roncone, R., Vita, A., Zeppegno, P., Maj, M., Patriarca, Sara, Pietrafesa, Daria, Aiello, Carmen, Longo, Luisa, Barone, Marina, Romano, Raffaella, Atti, Anna Rita, Barlati, Stefano, Deste, Giacomo, Valsecchi, Paolo, Carpiniello, Bernardo, Tusconi, Massimo, Puddu, Laura, Signorelli, Maria Salvina, Cannavò, Dario, Minutolo, Giuseppe, Corbo, Mariangela, Montemitro, Chiara, Baroni, Gaia, Altamura, Mario, La Montagna, Maddalena, Carnevale, Raffaella, Murri, Martino Belvederi, Calcagno, Pietro, Bugliani, Michele, Pizziconi, Giulia, Logozzo, Francesca, Rossi, Rodolfo, Giusti, Laura, Salza, Anna, Malavolta, Maurizio, Orsenigo, Giulia, Grassi, Silvia, De Bartolomeis, Andrea, Gramaglia, Carla, Gattoni, Eleonora, Gambaro, Eleonora, Tenconi, Elena, Ferronato, Luisa, Collantoni, Enrico, Tonna, Matteo, Ossola, Paolo, Gerra, Maria Lidia, Carmassi, Claudia, Cremone, Ivan Mirko, Carpita, Barbara, Buzzanca, Antonio, Girardi, Nicoletta, Frascarelli, Marianna, Del Casale, Antonio, Comparelli, Anna, Corigliano, Valentina, Siracusano, Alberto, Di Lorenzo, Giorgio, Ribolsi, Michele, Corrivetti, Giulio, Bartoli, Luca, Del Buono, Gianfranco, Fagiolini, Andrea, Bolognesi, Simone, Goracci, Arianna, Mancini, Irene, Bava, Irene, Cardillo, Simona, Bucci P., Galderisi S., Mucci A., Rossi A., Rocca P., Bertolino A., Aguglia E., Amore M., Andriola I., Bellomo A., Biondi M., Cuomo A., dell'Osso L., Favaro A., Gambi F., Giordano G.M., Girardi P., Marchesi C., Monteleone P., Montemagni C., Niolu C., Oldani L., Pacitti F., Pinna F., Roncone R., Vita A., Zeppegno P., Maj M., Patriarca S., Pietrafesa D., Aiello C., Longo L., Barone M., Romano R., Atti A.R., Barlati S., Deste G., Valsecchi P., Carpiniello B., Tusconi M., Puddu L., Signorelli M.S., Cannavo D., Minutolo G., Corbo M., Montemitro C., Baroni G., Altamura M., La Montagna M., Carnevale R., Murri M.B., Calcagno P., Bugliani M., Pizziconi G., Logozzo F., Rossi R., Giusti L., Salza A., Malavolta M., Orsenigo G., Grassi S., De Bartolomeis A., Gramaglia C., Gattoni E., Gambaro E., Tenconi E., Ferronato L., Collantoni E., Tonna M., Ossola P., Gerra M.L., Carmassi C., Cremone I.M., Carpita B., Buzzanca A., Girardi N., Frascarelli M., Del Casale A., Comparelli A., Corigliano V., Siracusano A., Di Lorenzo G., Ribolsi M., Corrivetti G., Bartoli L., Del Buono G., Fagiolini A., Bolognesi S., Goracci A., Mancini I., Bava I., Cardillo S., Bucci, P., Galderisi, S., Mucci, A., Rossi, A., Rocca, P., Bertolino, A., Aguglia, E., Amore, M., Andriola, I., Bellomo, A., Biondi, Maria, Cuomo, Anna, Dell'Osso, L., Favaro, A., Gambi, F., Giordano, G. M., Girardi, P., Marchesi, C., Monteleone, P., Montemagni, C., Niolu, C., Oldani, L., Pacitti, F., Pinna, F., Roncone, R., DE VITA, Anna, Zeppegno, P., Maj, M., Patriarca, Sara, Pietrafesa, Daria, Aiello, Carmen, Longo, Luisa, Barone, Marina, Romano, Raffaella, Atti, Anna Rita, Barlati, Stefano, Deste, Giacomo, Valsecchi, Paolo, Carpiniello, Bernardo, Tusconi, Massimo, Puddu, Laura, Signorelli, Maria Salvina, Cannavò, Dario, Minutolo, Giuseppe, Corbo, Mariangela, Montemitro, Chiara, Baroni, Gaia, Altamura, Mario, La Montagna, Maddalena, Carnevale, Raffaella, Murri, Martino Belvederi, Calcagno, Pietro, Bugliani, Michele, Pizziconi, Giulia, Logozzo, Francesca, Rossi, Rodolfo, Giusti, Laura, Salza, Anna, Malavolta, Maurizio, Orsenigo, Giulia, Grassi, Silvia, De Bartolomeis, Andrea, Gramaglia, Carla, Gattoni, Eleonora, Gambaro, Eleonora, Tenconi, Elena, Ferronato, Luisa, Collantoni, Enrico, Tonna, Matteo, Ossola, Paolo, Gerra, Maria Lidia, Carmassi, Claudia, Cremone, Ivan Mirko, Carpita, Barbara, Buzzanca, Antonio, Girardi, Nicoletta, Frascarelli, Marianna, Del Casale, Antonio, Comparelli, Anna, Corigliano, Valentina, Siracusano, Alberto, Di Lorenzo, Giorgio, Ribolsi, Michele, Corrivetti, Giulio, Bartoli, Luca, Del Buono, Gianfranco, Fagiolini, Andrea, Bolognesi, Simone, Goracci, Arianna, Mancini, Irene, Bava, Irene, Cardillo, Simona, Biondi, M., Cuomo, A., Vita, A., and Casale, Antonio
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Male ,avolition ,Severity of Illness Index ,cognitive functioning ,0302 clinical medicine ,Cognition ,Academic Performance ,Medicine ,Psychopathology ,Depression ,primary negative symptoms ,Middle Aged ,Psychiatric Status Rating Scale ,avolition, cognitive functioning, poor emotion expression, premorbid adjustment, primary negative symptoms ,poor emotion expression ,premorbid adjustment ,Psychiatry and Mental Health ,Memory, Short-Term ,Schizophrenia ,Female ,Schizophrenic Psychology ,medicine.symptom ,Psychosocial ,Social Adjustment ,Clinical psychology ,Human ,Adult ,primary negative symptom ,03 medical and health sciences ,Cognition Disorder ,Memory ,Social cognition ,Humans ,Cognitive Dysfunction ,Cognitive skill ,Social Behavior ,Aged ,Cognition Disorders ,Motivation ,Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ,Settore MED/25 - Psichiatria ,Avolition ,business.industry ,medicine.disease ,030227 psychiatry ,Short-Term ,business ,Neurocognitive ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Objective The study aimed to explore premorbid academic and social functioning in patients with schizophrenia, and its associations with the severity of negative symptoms and neurocognitive impairment. Method Premorbid adjustment (PA) in patients with schizophrenia was compared to early adjustment in unaffected first-degree relatives and healthy controls. Its associations with psychopathology, cognition, and real-life functioning were investigated. The associations of PA with primary negative symptoms and their two factors were explored. Results We found an impairment of academic and social PA in patients (P ≤ 0.000001) and an impairment of academic aspects of early adjustment in relatives (P ≤ 0.01). Patients with poor PA showed greater severity of negative symptoms (limited to avolition after excluding the effect of depression/parkinsonism), working memory, social cognition, and real-life functioning (P ≤ 0.01 to ≤0.000001). Worse academic and social PA were associated with greater severity of psychopathology, cognitive impairment, and real-life functioning impairment (P ≤ 0.000001). Regression analyses showed that worse PA in the academic domain was mainly associated to the impairment of working memory, whereas worse PA in the social domain to avolition (P ≤ 0.000001). Conclusion Our findings suggest that poor early adjustment may represent a marker of vulnerability to schizophrenia and highlight the need for preventive/early interventions based on psychosocial and/or cognitive programs.
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40. Dating protracted fault activities: microstructures, microchemistry and geochronology of the Vaikrita Thrust, Main Central Thrust zone, Garhwal Himalaya, NW India
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Montemagni, C, Montomoli, C, Iaccarino, S, Carosi, R, Jain, AK., Massonne, HJ, Villa, IM, Sharma, R, Villa, IM, Kumar, S, Montemagni, C, Montomoli, C, Iaccarino, S, Carosi, R, Jain, A, Massonne, H, and Villa, I
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GEO/08 - GEOCHIMICA E VULCANOLOGIA ,Ar-Ar geochronology, Himalaya, MCT ,GEO/03 - GEOLOGIA STRUTTURALE ,550 Earth sciences & geology - Abstract
The timing of shearing along the Vaikrita Thrust, the upper structural boundary of the Main Central Thrust Zone in the Garhwal Himalaya, was constrained by combined microstructural, microchemical and geochronological investigations. Three different biotite–muscovite growth and recrystallization episodes were observed: a relict mica-1; mica-2 along the main mylonitic foliation; and mica-3 in coronitic structures around garnet during its breakdown. Electron microprobe analyses of biotite showed chloritization and a bimodal composition of biotite-2 in one sample. Muscovite-2 and muscovite-3 differed in composition from each other. Biotite and muscovite39 Ar–40 Ar age spectra from all samples showed both inter-and intra-sample discrepancies. Biotite step-ages ranged between 8.6 and 16 Ma and muscovite step-ages between 3.6 and 7.8 Ma. These ages cannot be interpreted as ‘cooling ages’ because samples from the same outcrop cooled simultaneously. Instead, the Ar systematics reflect sample-specific recrystallization markers. Intergrown impurities were diagnosed by the Ca/K ratios. The age data of biotite were interpreted as a mixture of true biotite-2 (9.00 ± 0.10 Ma) and two alteration products. The negative Cl/K–age correlation identified a Cl-poor muscovite-2 (>7 Ma) and a Cl-rich, post-deformational, coronitic muscovite-3 grown at ≤5.88 ± 0.03 Ma. The Vaikrita Thrust was active at least from 9 to 6 Ma at c. 600°C; its movement had ended by 6 Ma.
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41. Geochronology and kinematics of flow of the Main Central Thrust zone in the Bhagirathi valley, NW Indian Himalaya
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Montemagni, C, Zanchetta, S, Montomoli, C, Iaccarino, S, Visonà, D, Villa IM, Carosi, R, Montemagni, C, Zanchetta, S, Montomoli, C, Iaccarino, S, Visonà, D, Villa, I, and Carosi, R
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The Himalayan belt has been long studied to deduce large-scale tectonics of shear zones regarding both their kinematics and the age of their timing, especially in the frame of exhumation of the Greater Himalayan Sequence (GHS), the metamorphic core of the orogenic belt. The GHS is delimited at its bottom by an orogenscale shear zone, the Main Central Thrust zone (MCTz), a top-to-the-SW km-thick zone of intensively sheared rocks. As quantitative vorticity analyses in deformed rocks and isotope dating are fundamental in the study of the kinematics of flow and time of activity in shear zones, four samples have been investigated to infer these parameters along the two tectonic boundaries of the MCTz in the Bhagirathi valley: the Munsiari (lower) and the Vaikrita Thrust (upper). To constrain the timing of deformations recorded within the Munsiari and Vaikrita Thrust rocks we undertook 40Ar/39Ar dating. We prepared biotite and muscovite separates with different degrees of purity in order to quantify the bias given by fine-grained impurity phases, which make 100% mica purity unattainable. Combining Argon Differential Release Plots (DRP) with EPMA and Ca-Cl-K signatures of each mica populations we identified the step ages dating deformation. Microstructures of the Munsiari Thrust show the occurrence of a main disjunctive foliation defined by biotite and minor muscovite. 40Ar/39Ar stepheating coupled with correlation diagrams constrains biotite growth on the main foliation at c. 5 Ma. The microstructures of mylonitic micaschists from the Vaikrita Thrust include three different textural generation of micas: a relict foliation, a main mylonitic foliation, and a late generation of static muscovite and chlorite overprinting the relict foliation. 40Ar/39Ar dating constrains muscovite growth on the main foliation around 10 Ma and the growth of large, static muscovite at c. 8 Ma. In the study area, Bhagirathi valley (NW India), our results support an in-sequence shearing from Vaikrita to Munsiari Thrust from c. 10 to c. 5 Ma. Adding information about the kinematic of flow to the age of the bounding shear zones of the GHS is a key purpose for its exhumation models. The use of stable porphyroclasts analysis used for vorticity estimates can suffer from severe limitations, because of the reduction to two dimensions of motion of rigid clasts that is a complex 3D problem. We propose an alternative method to acquire data based on the use of X-ray micro computed tomography that allows to considerably decrease the limitation of the method. We selected the mylonitic orthogneisses from the Munsiari Thrust containing K-feldspar porphyroclasts in order to estimate the kinematic vorticity, which ranges between 0.49 and 0.57. We stress here the importance of a multidisciplinary approach based on detailed meso and microstructural, chemical and geochronological investigations of pervasively sheared rocks from shear zones having multiple generations of fine-grained foliations.
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42. Geology and tectono-metamorphic history of the Himalayan metamorphic core: insights from the Alaknanda-Dhauli Ganga valleys (NW India)
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Iaccarino, S, Carosi, R, Montomoli, C, Montemagni, C, Massonne, H-J, Jain, AK, Visonà, D, Iaccarino, S, Carosi, R, Montomoli, C, Montemagni, C, Massonne, H, Jain, A, and Visonà, D
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In the Alaknanda-Dhauli Ganga valleys (Garhwal Himalaya, NW India) a nearly complete crustal- structural section of the Himalaya crops out (Jain et al., 2014). In this contribution we present field observations, as well as, microstructural, petrological and geochronological data from the Lesser Himalayan Sequences up to the Tethyan Himalayan Sequence from this area. The pressure-temperature-deformation-time history (i.e. the P-T-d-t path) of selected samples from the Main Central Thrust zone (MCTz) and the up to ductile-sheared portion of the South Tibetan Detachment System (STDS) has been reconstructed with the aid of equilibrium assemblage diagrams, coupled with multiequilibrium and trace-element based thermobarometry after detailed electron microprobe analytical work and microstructural analysis have been performed. U-Th-Pb in situ monazite geochronology from selected samples of key-structural positions (MCTZ up to STDS) allowed us to put an absolute temporal constraint both on the prograde metamorphic history and on the exhumation-related overprint. These data, joined with the geological literature (e.g. Thakur et al., 2015; Hunter et al., 2018), shed light on the tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Himalayan metamorphic core in this portion of the belt. Moreover, these new P-T-d-t paths could be quite well compared with data from other portions of the belt located in Central and Central-Western Nepal (e.g. Iaccarino et al., 2017), since the same approach was followed. Hunter N.J.R., Weinberg R.F., Wilson CJ.L., Luzin W. & Misra S. (2018) - Microscopic anatomy of a “hot-on-cold” shear zone: Insights from quartzites of the Main Central Thrust in the Alaknanda region (Garhwal Himalaya). GSA Bulletin, 130, 1519-1539. Iaccarino S., Montomoli C., Carosi R., Massonne H.-J., Visonà D. (2017) - Geology and tectono-metamorphic evolution of the Himalayan metamorphic core: insights from the Mugu Karnali transect, Western Nepal (Central Himalaya). J. Metam. Geol., 35, 301-325. Jain A.K., Shreshtha M., Seth P., Kanyal L., Carosi R., Montomoli C., Iaccarino S. & Mukherjee P.K. (2014) - The Higher Himalayan Crystallines, Alaknanda – Dhauli Ganga Valleys, Garhwal Himalaya, India. J. Virtual Explorer, 47, Paper 8. Thakur S.S., Patel S.C. & Singh A.K. (2015) - A P-T pseudosection modelling approach to understand metamorphic evolution of the Main Central Thrust Zone in the Alaknanda valley, NW Himalaya. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 170, 1-26.
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43. Does social cognition change? Evidence after 4 years from the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses.
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Rocca P, Rucci P, Montemagni C, Rossi A, Bertolino A, Aguglia E, Altamura CA, Amore M, Andriola I, Bellomo A, Brasso C, Carpiniello B, Del Favero E, Dell'Osso L, Di Fabio F, Fabrazzo M, Fagiolini A, Giordano GM, Marchesi C, Martinotti G, Monteleone P, Pompili M, Roncone R, Rossi R, Siracusano A, Tenconi E, Vita A, Zeppegno P, Galderisi S, and Maj M
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Background: Deficits in social cognition (SC) are significantly related to community functioning in schizophrenia (SZ). Few studies investigated longitudinal changes in SC and its impact on recovery. In the present study, we aimed: (a) to estimate the magnitude and clinical significance of SC change in outpatients with stable SZ who were assessed at baseline and after 4 years, (b) to identify predictors of reliable and clinically significant change (RCSC), and (c) to determine whether changes in SC over 4 years predicted patient recovery at follow-up., Methods: The reliable change index was used to estimate the proportion of true change in SC, not attributable to measurement error. Stepwise multiple logistic regression models were used to identify the predictors of RCSC in a SC domain (The Awareness of Social Inference Test [TASIT]) and the effect of change in TASIT on recovery at follow-up., Results: In 548 participants, statistically significant improvements were found for the simple and paradoxical sarcasm of TASIT scale, and for the total score of section 2. The reliable change index was 9.8. A cut-off of 45 identified patients showing clinically significant change. Reliable change was achieved by 12.6% and RCSC by 8% of participants. Lower baseline TASIT sect. 2 score predicted reliable improvement on TASIT sect. 2. Improvement in TASIT sect. 2 scores predicted functional recovery, with a 10-point change predicting 40% increase in the probability of recovery., Conclusions: The RCSC index provides a conservative way to assess the improvement in the ability to grasp sarcasm in SZ, and is associated with recovery.
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44. Sex and gender differences in clinical and functional indices in subjects with schizophrenia and healthy controls: Data from the baseline and 4-year follow-up studies of the Italian Network for Research on Psychoses.
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Bucci P, Giordano GM, Mucci A, Rocca P, Rossi A, Bertolino A, Aguglia E, Altamura C, Amore M, Bellomo A, Biondi M, Carpiniello B, Cascino G, Dell'Osso L, Fagiolini A, Giuliani L, Marchesi C, Montemagni C, Pettorruso M, Pompili M, Rampino A, Roncone R, Rossi R, Siracusano A, Tenconi E, Vita A, Zeppegno P, Galderisi S, and Maj M
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Gender differences in clinical and psychosocial aspects of schizophrenia have been widely reported. Findings have not always been consistent, and some of them need further research. In a large sample of community dwelling persons with schizophrenia, we investigated gender differences in clinical, cognitive and functional indices, as well as their changes over a 4-year follow-up and their impact on real-life functioning. Gender differences in personal resources, cognitive and functional indices were explored also in a sample of healthy controls. Men with respect to women had an earlier age of illness onset, a worse premorbid adjustment in the academic domain, more severe avolition, expressive deficit and positive symptoms, lower prevalence of comorbidity for affective disorders, less frequent use of two coping strategies ('religion' and 'use of emotional support') and more frequent positive history of substance and alcohol abuse. In addition, men were more impaired in verbal learning, while women in reasoning/problem solving. Some patterns of gender differences observed in healthy controls were not confirmed in patients. Men's disadvantages in the clinical picture did not translate into a worse outcome. This finding may be related to the complex interplay of several factors acting as predictors or mediators of outcome., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest None., (Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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45. Three‐dimensional vorticity and time‐constrained evolution of the Main Central Thrust zone, Garhwal Himalaya (NW India)
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Montemagni, C, Carosi, R, Fusi, N, Iaccarino, S, Montomoli, C, Villa, I, Zanchetta, S, Montemagni, Chiara, Carosi, Rodolfo, Fusi, Nicoletta, Iaccarino, Salvatore, Montomoli, Chiara, Villa, Igor M., Zanchetta, Stefano, Montemagni, C, Carosi, R, Fusi, N, Iaccarino, S, Montomoli, C, Villa, I, Zanchetta, S, Montemagni, Chiara, Carosi, Rodolfo, Fusi, Nicoletta, Iaccarino, Salvatore, Montomoli, Chiara, Villa, Igor M., and Zanchetta, Stefano
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Vorticity estimates based on porphyroclasts analysis are limited by the extrapolation to three dimensions of two-dimensional data. We describe a 3D approach based on the use of X-ray micro-computed tomography that better reflects the real 3D geometry of the porphyroclasts population. This new approach for kinematic vorticity analysis in the Munsiari Thrust mylonites, the lower boundary of the Main Central Thrust zone (MCTz) in Indian Himalaya, indicates a large pure shear component during non-coaxial shearing. 40Ar/39Ar ages of micas along the mylonitic foliation of the Munsiari and Vaikrita thrusts (the upper boundary of the MCTz) constrain thrust activity to 5–4 and 8–9 Ma, respectively. Available kinematic vorticity analyses of the Vaikrita mylonites suggest the dominance of a simple shear component. Combining these data, we suggest that the southward and structurally downward shift of deformation along the MCTz was accompanied by a progressive increase in the pure shear component in a general shear flow.
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46. Geochronology and kinematics of crustal scale shear zones in the Himalayan collisional belt
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MONTOMOLI, CHIARA, Montemagni, C, VILLA, IGOR MARIA, MONTEMAGNI, CHIARA, MONTOMOLI, CHIARA, Montemagni, C, VILLA, IGOR MARIA, and MONTEMAGNI, CHIARA
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L’Himalaya è classicamente considerata una catena orogenica strutturalmente cilindrica per l’impressionante continuità laterale, da ovest ad est, delle principali unità lito-tettoniche e zone di taglio, caratteristica peculiare di questa catena collisionale. L’esumazione del cuore metamorfico della catena, il Greater Himalayan Sequence (GHS), è favorita dall’attività di due zone di taglio regionali a cinematica opposta: la Main Central Thrust zone (MCTz) a cinematica compressiva e il South Tibetan Detachment System (STDS) a cinematica normale, rispettivamente alla base e al tetto del GHS stesso. In questa tesi ho studiato l’evoluzione strutturale e geocronologica del STDS e della MCTz, con particolare focus su quest’ultima, in due transetti nell’Himalaya indiana occidentale: le valli dell’Alaknanda – Dhauli Ganga e la valle del Bhagirathi – Gangotri nella regione del Garhwal. A questo scopo, ho adottato un approccio multidisciplinare che combina studi microstrutturali, chimici e geocronologici e stime di vorticità cinematica. Poiché le miche sono ubiquitarie nelle zone di taglio, il metodo geocronologico 40Ar/39Ar su biotitie e muscovite è stato ampiamente utilizzato in passato e viene utilizzato tutt’oggi per vincolare l’età della deformazione per taglio. Il metodo 40Ar/39Ar step-heating, il più adatto per questo tipo di studi, è un metodo chiave per risolvere complessità petrologiche e chimiche grazie al riconoscimento di età differenti dovute a un differente rilascio dell’Ar caratterizzato da diversi rapporti Cl/K e Ca/K. Ho applicato questo metodo, combinato con una nuova procedura, l’Ar Differential Release Plot (DRP), che permette di identificare chiaramente l’influenza della coesistenza di fillosilicati nel trend di rilascio dell’Ar durante gli step di riscaldamento, permettendo di selezionare gli step ottimali che corrispondono al degassamento delle miche in senso stretto. Questa nuova procedura permette di determinare l’età in modo molto più, The Himalaya is commonly regarded as a cylindrical belt from west to east due to the impressive lateral continuity of the main litho-tectonic units and faults/shear zones, which is a peculiar feature of this mountain range. The exhumation of the metamorphic core of the belt, the Greater Himalayan Sequence (GHS), was favored by two regional scale opposite-kinematics ductile to brittle shear zones: the contractional Main Central Thrust zone (MCTz) at the bottom and the normal-sense South Tibetan Detachment System (STDS) at the top of the GHS itself. In this thesis, I investigated the structural and geochronological evolution of the STDS and the MCTz, with a particular focus on the latter, in two transects in the Indian Western Himalaya: the Alaknanda – Dhauli Ganga Valleys and the Bhagirathi – Gangotri Valley in the Garhwal region. To this aim, I used a multidisciplinary approach, which combines microstructural, chemical and geochronological studies, as well as a kinematic estimate. As micas are ubiquitous in strongly deformed shear zones, the 40Ar/39Ar geochronological method on biotite and muscovite has commonly been employed to constrain the ages of mylonitization. The 40Ar/39Ar step-heating approach, the most useful for the present study, is a key procedure to unravel petrological and chemical complexities because of the recognition of different ages due to different steps of Ar release characterized by different Cl/K and Ca/K ratios. I applied this method, combined with a new methodological approach first developed in detail during this Ph.D. thesis work, to rocks coming from the bounding shear zones of the GHS. This new procedure, named Ar Differential Release Plot (DRP), that allows to clearly identify the influence of the co-existence of phyllosilicates on the trend of Ar release during the heating steps, allowing to select the optimal steps corresponding to the degassing of micas sensu stricto, which leads to more reliable age determinations in such metamorph
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47. Effect of long-acting injectable antipsychotics on hospitalizations and global functioning in schizophrenia: a naturalistic mirror-image study.
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Montemagni C, Del Favero E, Cocuzza E, Vischia F, and Rocca P
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Background: Partial adherence to antipsychotics is the most common cause of relapses and rehospitalization in patients with schizophrenia (SZ), leading to higher health care costs and psychosocial disability. The use of long-acting injectable (LAI) antipsychotics may improve therapeutic continuity and adherence to treatment., Objective: To assess the effectiveness of switching from oral antipsychotics (OAs) to long-acting antipsychotics., Methods: This 1-year mirror-image study evaluated the effect of switching from OAs to LAIs on the reduction of psychiatric hospitalizations and the improvement of global functioning in patients with schizophrenia. Differences in outcomes between second-generation (SGA) LAIs and first-generation (FGA) LAIs were also analyzed., Results: In all, 166 patients were included: 32.5% treated by FGA-LAIs and 67.5% by SGA-LAIs. There was an overall reduction of 71% in the average number of hospital admissions and an overall improvement of 29.3% in the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) score between the previous 12 months and the 12 months following the switching to LAIs. Patients who switched to SGA-LAIs had no significant differences in hospitalization occurrences but a significant improvement in GAF scores when compared with patients who switched to FGA-LAIs., Conclusion: Our results suggest that using LAIs could be the most adequate treatment choice for SZ patients with a high risk of relapse and low adherence rate. Patients with poorer social functioning may be ideal candidates for SGA-LAIs treatment. Our findings may be of particular interest from a clinical and health care management perspective., Competing Interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article., (© The Author(s), 2022.)
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48. Familial aggregation of MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery scores in a large sample o outpatients with schizophrenia and their unaffected relatives
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Mucci A., Galderisi S., Green M. F., Nuechterlein K., Rucci P., Gibertoni D., Rossi A., Rocca P., Bertolino A., Bucci P., Hellemann G., Spisto M., Palumbo D., Aguglia E., Amodeo G., Amore M., Bellomo A., Brugnoli R., Carpiniello B., Dell'osso L., Di Fabio F., Di Giannantonio M., Di Lorenzo G., Marchesi C., Monteleone P., Montemagni C., Oldani L., Romano R., Roncone R., Stratta P., Tenconi E., Vita A., Zeppegno P., Maj M., Piegari G., Vignapiano A., Caputo F., Plescia G., Montefusco V., Mancini M., Attrotto M. T., Paladini V., Atti A. R., Barlati S., Galluzzo A., Mussoni C., Pinna F., Sanna L., Primavera D., Signorelli M. S., Minutolo G., Cannavo D., Acciavatti T., Santacroce R., Corbo M., Altamura M., La Montagna M., Carnevale R., Pizziconi G., Rossi R., Santarelli V., Giusti L., Malavolta M., Salza A., Murri M. B., Calcagno P., Bugliani M., Serati M., Orsenigo G., Gramaglia C., Gattoni E., Cattaneo C., Campagnola N., Ferronato L., Piovan C., Tonna M., Bettini E., Ossola P., Gesi C., Landi P., Rutigliano G., Biondi M., Girardi P., Buzzanca A., Zocconali M., Comparelli A., Mancinelli I., Niolu C., Ribolsi M., Siracusano A., Corrivetti G., Bartoli L., Diasco F., Bolognesi S., Goracci A., Fagiolini A., Bellino S., Cardillo S., Bracale N., Mucci, A., Galderisi, S., Green, M. F., Nuechterlein, K., Rucci, P., Gibertoni, D., Rossi, A., Rocca, P., Bertolino, A., Bucci, P., Hellemann, G., Spisto, M., Palumbo, D., Aguglia, E., Amodeo, G., Amore, M., Bellomo, A., Brugnoli, R., Carpiniello, B., Dell'Osso, L., Di Fabio, F., Di Giannantonio, M., Di Lorenzo, G., Marchesi, C., Monteleone, P., Montemagni, C., Oldani, L., Romano, R., Roncone, R., Stratta, P., Tenconi, E., Vita, A., Zeppegno, P., Maj, M., Piegari, G., Vignapiano, A., Caputo, F., Plescia, G., Montefusco, V., Mancini, M., Attrotto, M. T., Paladini, V., Atti, A. R., Barlati, S., Galluzzo, A., Mussoni, C., Pinna, F., Sanna, L., Primavera, D., Signorelli, M. S., Minutolo, G., Cannavo, D., Acciavatti, T., Santacroce, R., Corbo, M., Altamura, M., La Montagna, M., Carnevale, R., Pizziconi, G., Rossi, R., Santarelli, V., Giusti, L., Malavolta, M., Salza, A., Murri, M. B., Calcagno, P., Bugliani, M., Serati, M., Orsenigo, G., Gramaglia, C., Gattoni, E., Cattaneo, C., Campagnola, N., Ferronato, L., Piovan, C., Tonna, M., Bettini, E., Ossola, P., Gesi, C., Landi, P., Rutigliano, G., Biondi, M., Girardi, P., Buzzanca, A., Zocconali, M., Comparelli, A., Mancinelli, I., Niolu, C., Ribolsi, M., Siracusano, A., Corrivetti, G., Bartoli, L., Diasco, F., Bolognesi, S., Goracci, A., Fagiolini, A., Bellino, S., Cardillo, S., Bracale, N., and di Giannantonio, M.
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Attention, MCCB Italian standardization, reasoning and problem solving, social cognition, verbal learning, working memory ,Proband ,Adult ,Male ,Consensus ,Psychometrics ,Context (language use) ,social cognition ,Verbal learning ,working memory ,03 medical and health sciences ,Attention ,MCCB Italian standardization ,reasoning and problem solving ,verbal learning ,Aged ,Cognition ,Cognitive Dysfunction ,Family ,Female ,Humans ,Middle Aged ,Outpatients ,Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ,Schizophrenia ,Schizophrenic Psychology ,0302 clinical medicine ,Social cognition ,medicine ,Applied Psychology ,Psychiatry and Mental Health ,Family aggregation ,medicine.disease ,030227 psychiatry ,Settore MED/25 ,Psychology ,MATRICS ,Neurocognitive ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
BackgroundThe increased use of the MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB) to investigate cognitive dysfunctions in schizophrenia fostered interest in its sensitivity in the context of family studies. As various measures of the same cognitive domains may have different power to distinguish between unaffected relatives of patients and controls, the relative sensitivity of MCCB tests for relative–control differences has to be established. We compared MCCB scores of 852 outpatients with schizophrenia (SCZ) with those of 342 unaffected relatives (REL) and a normative Italian sample of 774 healthy subjects (HCS). We examined familial aggregation of cognitive impairment by investigating within-family prediction of MCCB scores based on probands’ scores.MethodsMultivariate analysis of variance was used to analyze group differences in adjusted MCCB scores. Weighted least-squares analysis was used to investigate whether probands’ MCCB scores predicted REL neurocognitive performance.ResultsSCZ were significantly impaired on all MCCB domains. REL had intermediate scores between SCZ and HCS, showing a similar pattern of impairment, except for social cognition. Proband's scores significantly predicted REL MCCB scores on all domains except for visual learning.ConclusionsIn a large sample of stable patients with schizophrenia, living in the community, and in their unaffected relatives, MCCB demonstrated sensitivity to cognitive deficits in both groups. Our findings of significant within-family prediction of MCCB scores might reflect disease-related genetic or environmental factors.
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49. The complex relationship between self-reported 'personal recovery' and clinical recovery in schizophrenia
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Rossi, A, Amore, M, Galderisi, S, Rocca, P, Bertolino, A, Aguglia, E, Amodeo, G, Bellomo, A, Bucci, P, Buzzanca, A, Carpiniello, B, Comparelli, A, Dell'Osso, L, Giannantonio, M, Mancini, M, Marchesi, C, Monteleone, P, Montemagni, C, Oldani, L, Roncone, R, Siracusano, A, Stratta, P, Tenconi, E, Vignapiano, A, Vita, A, Zeppegno, P, Maj, M, Rossetti, M, Rossi, R, Santarelli, V, Giusti, L, Malavolta, M, Salza, A, Palumbo, D, Patriarca, S, Chieffi, M, Attrotto, M, Colagiorgio, L, Andriola, I, Atti, A, Barlati, S, Deste, G, Galluzzo, A, Pinna, F, Deriu, L., Sanna, L, Signorelli, M., Minutolo, G, Cannavò, D, Martinotti, G, Acciavatti, T, Corbo, M, Altamura, M, Carnevale, R, Malerba, S, Murri, M, Calcagno, P, Bugliani, M, Serati, M, Bartolomeis, A, Gramaglia, C, Gattoni, E, Gambaro, E, Collantoni, E, Cremonese, C, Rossi, E, Ossola, P, Tonna, M, Panfilis, C, Rutigliano, G, Gesi, C, Carmassi, C, Biondi, M, Girardi, P, Brugnoli, R, Fabio, F, Pietro, S, Girardi, N, Niolu, C, Lorenzo, G, Ribolsi, M, Corrivetti, G, Pinto, G, Longobardi, N, Fagiolini, A, Goracci, A, Bolognesi, S, Bellino, S, Villari, V, Bracale, N, Rossi, A., Amore, M., Galderisi, S., Rocca, P., Bertolino, A., Aguglia, E., Amodeo, G., Bellomo, A., Bucci, P., Buzzanca, A., Carpiniello, B., Comparelli, A., Dell'Osso, L., Giannantonio, M. D., Mancini, M., Marchesi, C., Monteleone, P., Montemagni, C., Oldani, L., Roncone, R., Siracusano, A., Stratta, P., Tenconi, E., Vignapiano, A., Vita, A., Zeppegno, P., Maj, M., Rossetti, M. C., Rossi, R., Santarelli, V., Giusti, L., Malavolta, M., Salza, A., Palumbo, D., Patriarca, S., Chieffi, M., Attrotto, M. T., Colagiorgio, L., Andriola, I., Atti, A. R., Barlati, S., Deste, G., Galluzzo, A., Pinna, F., Deriu, L., Sanna, L., Signorelli, M. S., Minutolo, G., Cannavo, D., Martinotti, G., Acciavatti, T., Corbo, M., Altamura, M., Carnevale, R., Malerba, S., Murri, M. B., Calcagno, P., Bugliani, M., Serati, M., Bartolomeis, A., Gramaglia, C., Gattoni, E., Gambaro, E., Collantoni, E., Cremonese, C., Rossi, E., Ossola, P., Tonna, M., Panfilis, C. D., Rutigliano, G., Gesi, C., Carmassi, C., Biondi, M., Girardi, P., Brugnoli, R., Fabio, F. D., Pietro, S. D., Girardi, N., Niolu, C., Lorenzo, G. D., Ribolsi, M., Corrivetti, G., Pinto, G., Longobardi, N., Fagiolini, A., Goracci, A., Bolognesi, S., Bellino, S., Villari, V., and Bracale, N.
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Adult ,Male ,Schizophrenia, Personal recovery, Clinical recovery, Insight, Recovery styles, Cluster analysis ,Clinical recovery ,Coping (psychology) ,Cross-sectional study ,Recovery style ,03 medical and health sciences ,Diagnostic Self Evaluation ,0302 clinical medicine ,Cluster analysis ,Recovery styles ,Insight ,Personal recovery ,Schizophrenia ,Cluster Analysis ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Female ,Humans ,Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ,Self Report ,Recovery of Function ,Schizophrenic Psychology ,Cluster analysi ,Self report ,Settore MED/25 - Psichiatria ,Biological Psychiatry ,030227 psychiatry ,Psychiatry and Mental Health ,Psychiatric status rating scales ,Biological psychiatry ,Psychology ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Clinical psychology - Abstract
Self-reported 'personal recovery' and clinical recovery in schizophrenia (SRPR and CR. respectively) reflect different perspectives in schizophrenia outcome, not necessarily concordant with each other and usually representing the consumer's or the therapist's point of view. By means of a cluster analysis on SRPR related variables, we identified three dusters. The first and third cluster included subjects with the best and the poorest clinical outcome respectively. The second cluster was characterized by better insight, higher levels of depression and stigma, lowest self-esteem and personal strength, and highest emotional coping. The first duster showed positive features of recovery, while the third duster showed negative features. The second cluster, with the most positive insight, showed a more complex pattern, a some-what 'paradoxical' mixture of positive and negative personal and clinical features of recovery. The present results suggest the need for a characterization of persons with schizophrenia along SRPR and CR dimensions to design individualized and integrated treatment programs aimed to improve insight and coping strategies, reduce stigma and shape recovery styles. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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50. Inverted metamorphic gradient in large-hot orogens: The case of the Main Central Thrust zone in the Alaknanda-Dhauli Ganga Valleys, Garhwal Himalaya, India
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Iaccarino, S, Montomoli, C, Carosi, R, Montemagni, C, Massonne, HJ, Jain, AK, Villa, IM, Visonà, D, Iaccarino, S, Montomoli, C, Carosi, R, Montemagni, C, Massonne, H, Jain, A, Villa, I, and Visonà, D
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Garhwal Himalaya, MCTz, geothermobarometry, U-Th-Pb dating - Published
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