2024
A tale of two constructs: combined assessment of demoralization and subjective incompetence
Murri M, Folesani F, Azzolina D, Muscettola A, Bobevski I, Triolo F, Farkas G, Braccia F, Gavesi M, Toffanin T, Ferrara M, Zerbinati L, Khan M, Gregori D, De Figueredo J, Kissane D, Caruso R, Grassi L, Nanni M. A tale of two constructs: combined assessment of demoralization and subjective incompetence. Psychology Health & Medicine 2024, 29: 1635-1651. PMID: 39302008, DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2024.2405749.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedBayes TheoremDemoralizationFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPsychometricsYoung AdultConceptsSubjective incompetenceClinical dimensionsItem response theory analysisLatent trait scoresItem psychometric propertiesShort assessment instrumentDimension of demoralizationItem response theory modelsTrait scoresItem structurePsychometric propertiesDemoralization ScaleAssessment instrumentsDemoralizationIRT modelsTwenty itemsLong versionItemsDiscriminative propertiesClinical assessmentGeneral populationTheory analysisMultiple dimensionsHopelessnessEarly signs
2020
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.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
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.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly 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, Group 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.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly intervention servicesClinical improvementMedian ageIntervention servicesCommunity mental health centerCommunity outpatient servicesPsychiatric hospital unitMeaningful clinical improvementFirst-episode psychosisModel of careNon-affective psychosisNation Outcome ScalesMental health centersHigher median ageEarly detection effortsRefinement of treatmentMain referralsPharmacological consultationYounger patientsUntreated psychosisOutcome ScaleGeneral practitionersEpisode psychosisHealth centersOutpatient services