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Italian Psychiatrist, Researcher at @UniFerrara & @YalePsych. First episode psychosis & disparities in access to mental health care. Views and typos are my own.

Universitá di Ferrara
Joined July 2009
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Are there gender differences in schizophrenia? Check my poster 47 at @SIRSGlobal and find it out! #womenmentalhealth #psychosis @womensbrainpro
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Poster 47 @SIRSGlobal Sex differences in schizophrenia @UniFerrara
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Our findings show benefits only for women. Fantastic work from ⁦@BodylBrand⁩ Direct and Long-Term Effects of Raloxifene as Adjunctive Treatment for Schizophrenia-Spectrum Disorders: A Double-Blind, Randomized Clinical Trial | Schizophrenia Bulletin academic.oup.com/schizophren…
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"Women experience delays in accessing diagnosis and treatment. This is about how women are perceived in society. There’s a bias in our care, and we need to do better when it comes to both biological differences and how we are seen in society." – @DrMarthaGulati #ACC23 #WCCardio
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Congratulations @BianconGiulia
Giulia Biancon @Yale is a finalist in the YI P. Campese Award. Her #issnaf_story is here linkedin.com/pulse/issnaf-st…
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Debating Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Death pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3567… With a large interdisciplinary team including @ultraviolet82 and @MartinoBelveder #WMHD
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Sex and gender differences in symptoms of early psychosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis link.springer.com/article/10… Men experienced more severe negative symptoms, women experienced more severe depressive symptoms & had higher functioning
It is estimated that 1 in every 100 people in the world live with schizophrenia. Support schizophrenia research and become a member of SIRS today at schizophreniaresearchsociety… #schizophrenia #worldpopulationday #research #endthestigma
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An remove a major cause of catatonia ucl.ac.uk/mental-health/rese…
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Safe abortion care is essential to protect the health of women & girls everywhere. Removing access to #abortion care will put more women & girls at risk of illegal abortions and the consequent safety issues that would bring bit.ly/3kA2Z1P
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⁦@SOPSI_IT⁩ 23 giugno! Non puoi mancare!
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Women’s rights are under attack. Over the last few months, we've seen extremist Republican leaders try to weaponize the use of the law against women. These attacks affect all Americans and put women in harm’s way.
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The SIRS First-Episode Psychosis Research Harmonisation Group is looking for input from a wide range of perspectives, including people with lived experience, caregivers, advocates, clinicians, & researchers. See the details & the survey at conta.cc/3MigdMs @VelingW
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#Psychosis care for #women: understudied but v. impt. Esp. sexual & reproductive health. Early headway via collaboration b/w #SlaightCentre @camhnews & @WCHospital @simonevigod @lucycbarker @juveriazaheer @nicole_kozloff. Hoping data will be presented @SIRSGlobal 2023 in Toronto!
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Poster #100 at @SIRSGlobal learning health network for first episode psychosis @UniFerrara #SIRS2022
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