2017
Assessment of cardiovascular risk in an Italian psychiatric outpatient sample: A chart review of patients treated with second‐generation antipsychotics
Severi E, Ferrara M, Tedeschini E, Vacca F, Mungai F, Amendolara R, Baccari F, Starace F. Assessment of cardiovascular risk in an Italian psychiatric outpatient sample: A chart review of patients treated with second‐generation antipsychotics. International Journal Of Mental Health Nursing 2017, 27: 1002-1008. PMID: 29197134, DOI: 10.1111/inm.12407.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiovascular risk assessmentSecond-generation antipsychoticsChart reviewMental illnessCommunity mental health servicesCommunity mental health centerPhysical healthCardiovascular risk monitoringOutpatient sampleSignificant cardiovascular burdenPrevalence of MetSClinical chart reviewMore psychotropic medicationsMental health centersSubsample of patientsLow-density lipoproteinMental health servicesMental health professionalsΓ-glutamyl transpeptidaseCardiovascular riskBlood pressureCardiovascular burdenMetabolic syndromeTotal cholesterolWaist circumference
2014
Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders in HIV
Ferrara M, Valero I, Moore D, Knight A, Duarte N, Atkinson J. Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders in HIV. 2014, 157-210. DOI: 10.1002/9781118339503.ch4.ChaptersPsychiatric disordersCare of HIVHealth-related qualityQuality of lifeHIV dementiaAntiretroviral therapyOverall morbidityAntiretroviral medicationsHIV infectionNeurocognitive disordersPsychopharmacological treatmentPsychiatric symptomsPsychosocial distressHIVHealth outcomesMental illnessMild formBehavioral interventionsLower likelihoodDisordersLife qualityTreatmentInterventionMedicationsMorbidity