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Maria Ferrara, MD

Assistant Professor Adjunct of Psychiatry

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  • Is the psychosocial condition of patients who undergo to OLTx iter affected by the ethiology of liver disease?.Barbanti Silva V, Ferrara M, Pingani L, Ferrari S, Rigatelli M. Is the psychosocial condition of patients who undergo to OLTx iter affected by the ethiology of liver disease?. Journal of psychosomatic research. 2007; 67 (3)(308). [Edit Citation]
  • Testing TERS and MADRS on 567 pre-OLTx patients.Barbanti Silva V, Ferrara M, Silvia F, Marco R. Testing TERS and MADRS on 567 pre-OLTx patients. European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists. 2007; 22(S223)
  • What is the biopsychosocial role of human immunodeficiency virus positivity in patients with end-stage liver disease who undergo orthotopic liver transplantation?Barbanti Silva V, Ferrara M, Mazzi F, Pingani L, Cocchi S, Romano A, Masetti M, Gerunda GE, Guaraldi G, Rigatelli M. What is the biopsychosocial role of human immunodeficiency virus positivity in patients with end-stage liver disease who undergo orthotopic liver transplantation? Transplantation Proceedings 2008, 40: 1910-2. PMID: 18675086, DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.05.060.
  • HIV e disturbi psichiatrici gravi: prevalenza e interventi di riduzione del rischio.Ferrara M, De Sio R, Nardini G, Ugolini L, Starace F. HIV e disturbi psichiatrici gravi: prevalenza e interventi di riduzione del rischio. Psichiatria di comunità. 2011; X(3-4):143-158
  • Physical restraints in an Italian psychiatric ward: clinical reasons and staff organization problems.Di Lorenzo R, Baraldi S, Ferrara M, Mimmi S, Rigatelli M. Physical restraints in an Italian psychiatric ward: clinical reasons and staff organization problems. Perspectives In Psychiatric Care 2012, 48: 95-107. PMID: 22458723, DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6163.2011.00308.x.
  • HIV psychiatry bibliography.Freudenreich O, Ferrara M. HIV psychiatry bibliography. [Internet]. Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine; 2013. Available from: http://www.apm.org/library/monographs/hiv/.
  • Meningiti ed encefalitiFerrara M. in Guida pratica alla clinica medica per lo psichiatra. Italy: Pensiero Scientifico Editore; 2013. Meningiti ed encefaliti.
  • HIV e psichiatriaFerrara M. in Guida pratica alla clinica medica per lo psichiatra. Italia: Pensiero Scientifico Editore; 2013. HIV e psichiatria
  • Terapia cognitivo comportamentale per i sintomi psicotici. Manuale per i terapisti. Australia: Centre for Clinical Intervention.Starace F, Mazzi F, Tedeschini E, Ferrara M, Mungai F, et al. Smith l., Nathan P., Juniper U., Kingsep P, Lim l. Terapia cognitivo comportamentale per i sintomi psicotici. Manuale per i terapisti. Australia: Centre for Clinical Intervention. Edizione italiana. Modena, Italy 2014.
  • REFOCUS. Promuovere la recovery nei servizi di salute mentale di comunità.Starace F, Mazzi F, Tedeschini E, Mungai F, Ferrara M, et al. REFOCUS. Promuovere la recovery nei servizi di salute mentale di comunità. Modena, Italy 2014.
  • Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders in HIVFerrara M, Perez Valero I, Duarte N, Knight A, Moore D, et al. HIV and Psychiatry. Joska J, Stein DJ, Grant I, editors. . : Wiley-Blackwell Edition; 2014. Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders in HIV
  • The concomitant use of second-generation antipsychotics and long-term antiretroviral therapy may be associated with increased cardiovascular risk.Ferrara M, Umlauf A, Sanders C, Meyer JM, Allen McCutchan J, Duarte N, Hampton Atkinson J, Grant I, Ellis RJ. The concomitant use of second-generation antipsychotics and long-term antiretroviral therapy may be associated with increased cardiovascular risk. Psychiatry Research 2014, 218: 201-8. PMID: 24794030, PMCID: PMC4082695, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.04.015.
  • Psicosi all'esordio: intervenire prima per migliorare gli esiti. Informazioni di base per i nuclei di cure primarie. [Booklet for GPs].Starace F, Greco V, Mazzi F, Belvederi Murri M, Colombini N, et al. Psicosi all'esordio: intervenire prima per migliorare gli esiti. Informazioni di base per i nuclei di cure primarie. [Booklet for GPs]. Modena, Italy: Azienda AUSL Modena; 2015.
  • Strategies to implement physical health monitoring in people affected by severe mental illness: a literature review and introduction to the Italian adaptation of the Positive Cardiometabolic Health Algorithm.Ferrara M, Mungai F, Miselli M, Shiers D, Curtis J, et al. Strategies to implement physical health monitoring in people affected by severe mental illness: a literature review and introduction to the Italian adaptation of the Positive Cardiometabolic Health Algorithm. Journal of Psychopathology. 2015; 21(3): 269-280. [Edit Citation]
  • The syndemic illness of HIV and trauma: implications for a trauma-informed model of care.Brezing C, Ferrara M, Freudenreich O. The syndemic illness of HIV and trauma: implications for a trauma-informed model of care. Psychosomatics 2015, 56: 107-18. PMID: 25597836, DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2014.10.006.
  • Mood DisordersDouaihy A, Conlon M, Ferrara M. in Comprehensive Textbook of AIDS Psychiatry - A Paradigm for Integrated Care. New York: Oxford University Press; 2017. Mood Disorders
  • Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Disorders, and Lipodystrophy in Persons with HIVPereira LF, Goforth HW, Bradley M, Martinez E, Lux JZ, et al. in Comprehensive Textbook of AIDS Psychiatry - A Paradigm for Integrated Care. New York: Oxford University Press; 2017. Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Disorders, and Lipodystrophy in Persons with HIV
  • Lower Frailty Is Associated with Successful Cognitive Aging Among Older Adults with HIV.Wallace LM, Ferrara M, Brothers TD, Garlassi S, Kirkland SA, Theou O, Zona S, Mussini C, Moore D, Rockwood K, Guaraldi G. Lower Frailty Is Associated with Successful Cognitive Aging Among Older Adults with HIV. AIDS Research And Human Retroviruses 2017, 33: 157-163. PMID: 27869500, PMCID: PMC5335777, DOI: 10.1089/AID.2016.0189.
  • St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum)-induced psychosis: a case report.Ferrara M, Mungai F, Starace F. St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum)-induced psychosis: a case report. Journal Of Medical Case Reports 2017, 11: 137. PMID: 28502251, PMCID: PMC5430601, DOI: 10.1186/s13256-017-1302-7.
  • First-episode psychosis Program in the Modena Mental Health Department: clinical remission.Starace F, Miselli M, Ferrara M, Belvederi Murri M. First-episode psychosis Program in the Modena Mental Health Department: clinical remission. Early intervention in psychiatry. 2016; 10(S1):272.
  • Intervening Early in Psychosis: A Team ApproachM. Ferrara, W. Mathis, John D. Cahill, V. Srihari. Early Detection of the Schizophrenia(s): A Population Health approach. In Intervening Early in Psychosis. A team approach, edited by K.V. Hardy, J.S. Ballon, D.L. Noordsy and S. Adelsheim. 2019. Washington DC: American Psychiatric Association Publishing.
  • Norman Sartorius: psychiatry's living legend.Krupchanka D, da Costa MP, Jovanović N, 47 individuals.. Norman Sartorius: psychiatry's living legend. Lancet Psychiatry 2019, 6:983-984.
  • Early intervention service for first episode psychosis in Modena, Northern Italy: The first hundred cases.Ferrara M, Tedeschini E, Baccari F, Musella V, Vacca F, Mazzi F, Ferri M, Srihari V, Starace F. Early intervention service for first episode psychosis in Modena, Northern Italy: The first hundred cases. Early Intervention In Psychiatry 2019, 13: 1011-1017. PMID: 30672134, DOI: 10.1111/eip.12788.
  • Parsing the impact of early detection on duration of untreated psychosis (DUP): Applying quantile regression to data from the Scandinavian TIPS study.Ferrara M, Guloksuz S, Li F, Burke S, Tek C, Friis S, Ten Velden Hegelstad W, Joa I, Johannessen JO, Melle I, Simonsen E, Srihari VH. Parsing the impact of early detection on duration of untreated psychosis (DUP): Applying quantile regression to data from the Scandinavian TIPS study. Schizophrenia Research 2019, 210: 128-134. PMID: 31204063, DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2019.05.035.
  • Predictive validity of conversion from the clinical high risk syndrome to frank psychosis.Yoviene Sykes LA, Ferrara M, Addington J, Bearden CE, Cadenhead KS, Cannon TD, Cornblatt BA, Perkins DO, Mathalon DH, Seidman LJ, Tsuang MT, Walker EF, McGlashan TH, Woodberry KA, Powers AR, Ponce AN, Cahill JD, Pollard JM, Srihari VH, Woods SW. Predictive validity of conversion from the clinical high risk syndrome to frank psychosis. Schizophrenia Research 2020, 216: 184-191. PMID: 31864837, PMCID: PMC7239715, DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2019.12.002.
  • 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 2018, 27: 1002-1008. PMID: 29197134, DOI: 10.1111/inm.12407.
  • COVID-19 disease emergency operational instructions for Mental Health Departments issued by the Italian Society of Epidemiological Psychiatry.Starace F, Ferrara M. COVID-19 disease emergency operational instructions for Mental Health Departments issued by the Italian Society of Epidemiological Psychiatry. Epidemiology And Psychiatric Sciences 2020, 29: e116. PMID: 32228737, PMCID: PMC7163186, DOI: 10.1017/S2045796020000372.
  • Analysis of Early Intervention Services on Adult Judicial Outcomes.Pollard JM, Ferrara M, Lin IH, Kucukgoncu S, Wasser T, Li F, Srihari VH. Analysis of Early Intervention Services on Adult Judicial Outcomes. JAMA Psychiatry 2020, 77: 871-872. PMID: 32320010, PMCID: PMC7177643, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.0448.
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