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Instagram is the social network with the largest number of adolescent users in Italy; it is also the social network with the largest number of suicide-related posts. Suicide is the third leading cause of death in Italy in the 15-19 age group. This study aims to describe Italian posts on Instagram related to suicide and to investigate whether...

Background: Obsessive-compulsive symptom fluctuations may be contingent on the number of stressful pandemic-related events and the resilience characterizing different cultures. We investigated the influence of the pandemic on symptom changes in a sample of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) patients from Brazil and Italy, two countries that...

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Background: The increasing availability of high-potency cannabis-derived compounds and the use of synthetic cannabinoids may be responsible for severe side effects like cognitive impairment, psychosis or self-injurious behaviours (SIB). In particular, SIB like non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and deliberate self-harm (DSH) raise growing concern...

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Introduction: Although recent data show that SARS-CoV-2 infection seems to affect the central nervous system (CNS), little is known about the neuropsychiatric effects resulting from this condition. In addition to the well-known neurotrophism of coronaviruses, recent evidence shows also that the "cytokine storm" induced by the infection is at...

Objective Highlighting the relationship between Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Tic Disorder (TD), two highly disabling, comorbid and difficult-to-treat conditions, DSM-5 acknowledged a new "tic-related" specifier for OCD, i.e., Obsessive-Compulsive Tic-related Disorder (OCTD). As patients with OCTD may frequently show poor treatment...