Il ruolo dei fattori psicologici nella Sindrome Fibromialgica e in altre sindromi da dolore cronico.
The role of Psychological factors in Fibromyalgia Syndromes and other Chronic Pain Conditions.

1. Romeo A, Benfante A, Geminiani GC, Castelli L. (2022) Personality, Defense Mechanisms and Psychological Distress in Women with Fibromyalgia. Behavioural Sciences. 12(1):10.
2. A Andò, C Pignolo, L Castelli, A Ghiggia, A Romeo, V Tesio, S Carfora Lettieri, A Zennaro. (2021).   Assessing the Personality Profile of Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Rorschach Study.  Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology. 9(3):1.25.      
3. Romeo, A., Tesio, V., Ghiggia, A., Di Tella, M., Geminiani, G. C., Farina, B., & Castelli, L. (2022). Traumatic experiences and somatoform dissociation in women with fibromyalgia. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 14(1): 116–123.
4. Varallo G, Ghiggia A, Arreghini M, Capodaglio P, Manzoni GM, Giusti EM, Castelli L and Castelnuovo G (2021) The Reliability and Agreement of the Fibromyalgia Survey Questionnaire in an Italian Sample of Obese Patients. Front. Psychol. 12:623183.
5. Romeo A, Di Tella M, Ghiggia A, Tesio V, Fusaro E, Geminiani GC, Castelli L (2020) Attachment style and parental bonding: Relationships with fibromyalgia and alexithymia. PLoS One. 15(4):e0231674.
6. Larice S, Ghiggia A, Di Tella M, Romeo A, Gasparetto E, Fusaro E, Castelli L, Tesio V (2020) Pain Appraisal and Quality of Life in 108 Outpatients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 61(2):271-280.
7. Tesio V, Ghiggia A, Di Tella M, Castelli L (2019) Utility of the Diagnostic Criteria for Psychosomatic Research in assessing psychological disorders in fibromyalgia patients. Journal of Affective Disorders, 256:219-220.
8. Tesio V, Goerlich KS, Hosoi M, Castelli L (2019) Editorial: Alexithymia: State of the Art and Controversies. Clinical and Neuroscientific Evidence. Front. Psychol. 10:1209.
9. Romeo A, Tesio V, Vicino B, Colonna F, Fusaro E, Converso D, Castelli L. (2019) Psychotherapeutic treatment in fibromyalgia syndrome: Applications of brief dynamic therapy in an Italian hospital unit. Psicologia della salute 1:119-137.
10. Di Tella M, Ghiggia A, Testa S, Castelli L, Adenzato M. (2019) The Fear of Pain Questionnaire: Factor structure, validity and reliability of the Italian translation. PLoS One. 25;14(1):e0210757.
11. Tesio V, Di Tella M, Ghiggia A, Romeo A, Colonna F, Fusaro E, Geminiani GC and Castelli L (2018) Alexithymia and Depression Affect Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Pain: A Study on 205 Patients With Fibromyalgia. Front. Psychol. 9:442.
12. Di Tella ML, Tesio V, Ghiggia A, Romeo A, Colonna F, Fusaro E, Geminiani GC, Bruzzone M, Torta R, Castelli L. (2018) Coping strategies and perceived social support in fibromyalgia syndrome: Relationship with alexithymia. Scand J Psychol. 59(2):167-176.
13. Di Tella ML, Enrici I, Castelli L, Colonna F, Fusaro E, Ghiggia A, Romeo A, TesioV, Adenzato M. (2018) Alexithymia, not fibromyalgia, predicts the attribution of pain to anger-related facial expressions. J Affect Disord. 8;227:272-279.
14. Ghiggia A, Torta R, Tesio V, Di Tella M, Romeo A, Colonna F, Geminiani GC, Fusaro E, Batticciotto A, Castelli L. (2017). Psychosomatic syndromes in fibromyalgia. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 35 Suppl 105(3):106-111.
15. Ghiggia A, Romeo A, Tesio V, Tella MD, Colonna F, Geminiani GC, Fusaro E, Castelli L. (2017) Alexithymia and depression in patients with fibromyalgia: When the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Psychiatry Res. 255:195-197.
16. Romeo A, Tesio V, Castelnuovo G, Castelli L. (2017) Attachment Style and Chronic Pain: Toward an Interpersonal Model of Pain. Front Psychol. 24;8:284.
17. Di Tella M, Ghiggia A, Tesio V, Romeo A, Colonna F, Fusaro E, Torta R, Castelli L. (2017) Pain experience in Fibromyalgia syndrome: the role of alexithymia and psychological distress. Journal of Affective Disorders. 208: 87-93.
18. Di Tella M, Castelli L. (2016) Alexithymia in Chronic Pain Disorders. Curr Rheumatol  Rep 18(7):41, 1-9.
19. Torta R Tesio V, Ieraci V, Castelli L, Zizzi FB. (2016). Fibro-fog. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 34(2 Suppl 96):6-8.
20. Castelnuovo G, Giusti EM, Manzoni GM, Saviola D, Gatti A, Gabrielli S, Lacerenza M, Pietrabissa G, Cattivelli R, Spatola CA, Corti S, Novelli M, Villa V, Cottini A, Lai C, Pagnini F, Castelli L, et al. (2016). Psychological Considerations in the Assessment and Treatment of Pain in Neurorehabilitation and Psychological Factors Predictive of Therapeutic Response: Evidence and Recommendations from the Italian Consensus Conference on Pain in Neurorehabilitation. Frontiers in Psychology 7: 468.
21. Leombruni P, Zizzi F, Miniotti M, Colonna F, Castelli L, Fusaro E and Torta R (2016). Harm Avoidance and Self-Directedness Characterize Fibromyalgic Patients and the Symptom Severity. Frontiers in Psychology 7: 579.
22. Castelli L and Tesio V (2016) Commentary: Mindfulness training for reducing anger, anxiety, and depression in fibromyalgia patients. Front. Psychol. 7:740.
23. Castelnuovo G, Giusti EM, Manzoni GM, Saviola D, Gatti A, Gabrielli S,Lacerenza M, Pietrabissa G, Cattivelli R, Spatola CA, Corti S, Novelli M, Villa V, Cottini A, Lai C, Pagnini F, Castelli L, et al. (2016) Psychological Treatments and Psychotherapies in the Neurorehabilitation of Pain: Evidences and Recommendations from the Italian Consensus Conference on Pain in Neurorehabilitation. Frontiers in Psychology 7: 115.
24. Di Tella M, Castelli L, Colonna F, Fusaro E, Torta R, Ardito RB, Adenzato M. (2015) Theory of Mind and Emotional Functioning in Fibromyalgia Syndrome: An Investigation of the Relationship between Social Cognition and Executive Function. PLoS One. 16;10(1):e0116542.
25. Tesio V, Torta DM, Colonna F, Leombruni P, Ghiggia A, Fusaro E, Geminiani GC, Torta R, Castelli L. (2015). Are Fibromyalgia patients cognitively impaired? Objective and subjective neuropsychological evidence. Arthritis Care Res. 67(1): 143-50.
26. Di Tella M & Castelli L. (2013). Alexithymia and fibromyalgia: clinical evidence. Frontiers in Psychology, 4:909.
27. Castelli L, De Santis F, De Giorgi I, Deregibus A, Tesio V, Leombruni P, Granieri A, Debernardi C, Torta R.  (2013)  "Alexithymia, anger and psychological distress in patients with myofascial pain: a case-control study. Frontiers in Psychology, 4:490. 
28. Castelli L, Tesio V, Colonna F, Molinaro S, Leombruni P, Bruzzone M, Fusaro E, Sarzi-Puttini P, Torta R. (2012) Alexithymia and psychological distress in fibromyalgia: prevalence and relation with quality of life. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 30(6 Suppl 74):70-7.
29. Perozzo P, Savi L, Castelli L, Valfrè W, Lo Giudice R, Gentile S, Rainero I, Pinessi L (2005) "Anger and emotional distress in patients with migraine and tension-type headache". The Journal of Headache and Pain 6(5): 392-399.     

Crescita Post-Traumatica e Distress psicologico nel paziente oncologico. 
Post-Traumatic Growth and Psychological Distress in cancer patients.

1. Romeo A, Di Tella ML, Rutto F, Castelli L, Taku K, Loera B. (2022) Expanded version of the Posttraumatic Growth and Depreciation Inventory: Scale validation and refinement among Italian adults". Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 
2. Ghiggia A, Bianco A, Castelli L (corresponding author), Baratta F, Birocco N, Scaldaferri M, Milla P, Tesio V, Rosso S, Torta R, Brusa P, Cattel F (2021) Adherence to oral chemotherapy:  evidence from a randomised clinical trial. European Journal of Cancer Care.  30:e13336.
3. Romeo, A, Di Tella M, Ghiggia A, Tesio V, Torta R & Castelli L (2020) Posttraumatic Growth in Breast Cancer Survivors: Are Depressive Symptoms Really Negative Predictors? Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 12(3):244–250.
4. Larice S, Ghiggia A, Bergui L, Cattel F, Scaldaferri M, Sciorsci E, Valinotti G, Castelli L (2019) Psychological factors and quality of life in lymphoma patients treated with oral chemotherapy. Psicologia della Salute. 3:77-97
5. Romeo A, Di Tella M, Ghiggia A, Tesio V, Gasparetto E, Stanizzo MR, Torta R and Castelli L (2019) The Traumatic Experience of Breast Cancer: Which Factors Can Relate to the Post-traumatic Outcomes? Front. Psychol. 10:891.
6. Romeo A, Ghiggia A, Tesio V, di Tella M, Torta R, Castelli L. (2017) Post-traumatic growth, distress and attachment style among women with breast cancer. J PsychosocOncol. 35(3):309-322.
7. Ghiggia A, Castelli L, Riva G, Tesio V, Provenzano E, Ravera M, Garzaro M, Pecorari G, Franco P, Potenza I, Rampino M & Torta R. (2017) Psychological distress and coping in nasopharyngeal cancer: an explorative study in Western Europe. Psychology, Health & Medicine 22(4):449-461.
8. Tesio V, Ribero S, Castelli L, Bassino S, Leombruni P, Caliendo V, Grassi M, Lauro D, Macripò G, Torta RG. (2017) Psychological characteristics of early-stage melanoma patients: a cross-sectional study on 204 patients. Melanoma Res. 27(3):277-280.
9. Bassino S, Ribero S, Miniotti M, Picardi A, Caliendo V, Castelli L, Torta R, Macripò G, Leombruni P. (2017) Emotional distress and health-related quality of life among cutaneous melanoma follow-up outpatients: the role of self-perception of body image and surgical scarring. Eur J Dermatol. 27(4):435-438.
10. Castelli L, Tonello D, D'Agata F, Caroppo P, Baudino B, Zotta M, Cauda S, Pinessi L, Mortara P, Grassi L, Bisi G, Torta R  (2015)  "The neurobiological basis of the Distress Thermometer: a PET study in cancer patients."   Stress and Health, 31(3):197-203
11. Leombruni P, Loera B, Miniotti M, Zizzi F, Castelli L, Torta R. (2015) Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Frommelt Attitude Toward the Care of the Dying scale (FATCOD-B) among Italian medical students. Palliative and supportive care. 13(5):1391-8.
12. Leombruni P, Miniotti M, Zizzi F, Sica C, Bovero A, Castelli L, Torta R. Attitudes of Medical Students Toward the Care of the Dying in Relation to Personality Traits: Harm Avoidance and Self-Directedness Make a Difference. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. In press.
13. Castelli L, Castelnuovo G, Torta R (2015). Editorial: PsychOncology: clinical psychology for cancer patients-Cancer: the key role of clinical psychology. Frontiers in Psychology 6, 947: 1-3.
14. Civilotti C, Castelli L, Binaschi L, Cussino M, Tesio V, Di Fini G,Veglia F and Torta R (2015) Dissociative symptomatology in cancer patients. Frontiers in Psychology. 6, 118: 1-7
15. Binaschi L, Castelli L, Varetto A, Leombruni P, Torta T (2013)  "Perception and Expression of Emotional Suffering in Cancer Patients: The Role of Somatic Depressive Symptoms" Europe's Journal of Psychology  9, 597:606.
16. Castelli L, Binaschi L, Caldera P, Mussa A, Torta R. (2011) Fast screening of depression in cancer patients: the effectiveness of the HADS. European Journal of Cancer Care, 20(4): 528-533. 
17. Castelli L, Binaschi L, Caldera P, Torta R. (2009) Depression in Lung Cancer Patients: is the HADS an effective screening tool? Supportive Care in Cancer. 17: 1129-1132.  

L'effetto psicologico della pandemia di COVID-19

Gli effetti psicologici e cognitivi della Stimolazione Cerebrale Profonda del Subtalamo nei pazienti con malattia di Parkinson.
Psychological and cognitive effects of Deep Brain Stimulation of the STN for patients with Parkinson’s disease.  

1. Tesio V, Rizzi L, Jiang T, Fronda C, Lanotte M, Castelli L (2019) Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease: Relationship between the electrode trajectory and cognitive decline. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 61:45-49.
2. Enrici I, Mitkova A, Castelli L, Lanotte M, Lopiano L, Adenzato M. (2017) Deep Brain Stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus does not negatively affect social cognitive abilities of patients with Parkinson's disease. Sci Rep. 25;7(1):9413.
3. Enrici I, Adenzato M, Ardito RB, Mitkova A, Cavallo M, Zibetti M, Lopiano L, Castelli L. (2015) Emotion Processing in Parkinson's Disease: A Three-Level Study on Recognition, Representation, and Regulation. PLoS One. 10(6):e0131470.
4. Castelli L, Tonello D, Rizzi L, Zibetti M, Lanotte M, Lopiano L. (2014) Alexithymia in patients with Parkinson's disease treated with DBS of the subthalamic nucleus: a case-control study. Frontiers in Psychology. 13; 5: 1168.
5. Torta D, Vizzari V, Castelli L, Zibetti M, Lanotte M, Lopiano L, Geminiani G. (2012) "Impulsivities and Parkinson's disease: Delay aversion is not worsened by Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus." PLoS ONE, 7(9): e43261.
6. Castelli L, Rizzi L, Zibetti M, Angrisano S, Lanotte M, Lopiano L. (2010) "Neuropsychological changes 1-year after subthalamic DBS in PD patients:  A prospective controlled study". Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 16(2): 115-118.
7. Torta DME, Castelli L, Latini-Corazzini L, Banche A, Lopiano L, Geminiani G. (2010) Dissociation between time reproduction of actions and of intervals in patients with Parkinson's disease. Journal of Neurology 257(8): 1356-1361.
8. Fassino S, Abbate Daga G, Gramaglia C, Pierò A, Zibetti M, Castelli L, Cinquepalmi A, La Notte M, Lopiano L. (2010) "Novelty-Seeking in Parkinson's Disease Sfter Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus: A Case-Control Study"  Psychosomatics. 51(1): 62-67.
9. Zibetti M, Rizzi L, Colloca L, Cinquepalmi A, Angrisano S, Castelli L, Lanotte M, Lopiano L. (2010) Probable REM sleep behaviour disorder and STN-DBS outcome in Parkinson's Disease. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 16(4):265-269.  
10. Torta DME, Castelli L,  Zibetti M, Lopiano L, Geminiani G. (2009) On the role of dopamine replacement therapy in decision-making, working memory, and reward in Parkinson's disease: does the therapy-dose matter? Brain and Cognition. 71(2): 84-91.         
11.  Castelli L, Zibetti M, Rizzi L, Caglio M, Lanotte M, Lopiano L (2008). "Neuropsychiatric symptoms three years after subthalamic DBS in PD patients: a case-control study." Journal of Neurology. 255(10):1515-20.
12. Tommasi G, Lanotte M, Albert U, Zibetti M, Castelli L, Maina G, Lopiano L. (2008) Transient acute depressive state induced by subthalamic region stimulation. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 273(1-2):135-8.  
13. Zibetti M, Pesare M, Cinquepalmi A, Rosso M, Castelli L, Rizzi L, Bergamasco B, Lanotte M, Lopiano L (2009) "Neuro-psychiatric therapy during chronic subthalamic stimulation in Parkinson's disease" Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. 15(2):128-133.  
14. Castelli L, Perozzo P, Caglio M, Rizzi L, Zibetti M, Lanotte M, Lopiano L (2008)  "Does subthalamic stimulation induce personality modifications in Parkinson's disease?  A Rorschach Test explorative study." Acta Neurologica Belgica, 108(1): 5-8.
15. Torta DME & Castelli L (2008) "Reward pathways in Parkinson's disease: clinical and theoretical implications." Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 62(2): 203-213.   
16. Castelli L, Lanotte M, Zibetti  M, Caglio M, Rizzi L, Ducati A, Bergamasco B, Lopiano L  (2007) "Apathy and verbal fluency in STN-stimulated PD patients. An observational follow-up study." Journal of Neurology, 254(9):1238-1243.   
17. Castelli L, Perozzo P, Zibetti M, Crivelli B, Morabito U,  Lanotte M, Cossa F, Bergamasco B, Lopiano L (2006) "Chronic Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus for Parkinson's disease: Effects on cognition, mood, anxiety and personality traits". European Neurology, 55(3):136-144.     
18.  Castelli L, Perozzo P, Genesia ML, Torre E, Pesare M, Cinquepalmi A, Lanotte M, Bergamasco B, Lopiano L. (2004) "Sexual well being in parkinsonian patients after deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus." Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 75(9): 1260-1264.
19. Perozzo P, Rizzone M, Bergamasco B, Castelli L, Lanotte M,  Tavella A, Torre E, Lopiano L. (2001) "Deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease: comparison of pre- and postoperative neuropsychological evaluation". Journal of the Neurological sciences, 192(1-2): 9-15.
20. Perozzo P, Rizzone M, Bergamasco B, Castelli L, Lanotte M, Tavella A, Torre E, Lopiano L. (2001) "Deep brain stimulation of subthalamic nucleus: behavioural modifications and  familiar relations". Neurological sciences, 22(1): 81-82.

1. Di Tella ML, Clerico M, Castelli L (2021) Associations between socioemotional alterations, quality of life, and social functioning in multiple sclerosis: A scoping review. Current Psychology.
2. Di Tella M, Perutelli V, Miele G, Lavorgna L, Bonavita S, De Mercanti SF, Streito LM, Clerico M, Castelli L. (2021) Family Functioning and Multiple Sclerosis: Study Protocol of a Multicentric Italian Project. Front Psychol.  12:668010.
3. Franco P., Di Tella, M., Tesio, V., Gasnier, A., Petit, S., Spalek, M., Bibault, J-E., Heukelom, J., Dubois, L., Mullaney, L., Redalen, K.R., Chargari, C., Perryck, S., Bittner, M-I., Bertholet, J., Castelli, L. (2021) Alexithymia and professional quality of life in radiation oncology: the moderator effect of the professional profile. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 158:48-54.
4. Tesio V, Castelli L, Franco P (2021) In response to Chaturvedi: Professional Quality of life, Burnout and Alexithymia. Radiother Oncol. 155, e6–e7.
5. Franco P, Tesio V,  Berholet J,  Gasnier A, Gonzalez del Portillo E, …,  Lybeer M, Castelli L (2020) The role of  alexithymia and empathy on radiation therapists’ professional quality of life.  Technical Innovations & Patient Support in Radiation Oncology.  15:29–36.
6. Franco P, Tesio V, Castelli L (2021) In response to Leung.  Radiother Oncol. 154, e23–e24.
7. Di Tella ML, Tesio V, Bertholet J, Gasnier A, Gonzalez del Portillo E, …, Castelli L, Franco P (2020) Professional quality of life and burnout among medical physicists working in radiation oncology: the role of alexithymia and empathy. Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology. 15:38-43.
8. Franco P, Tesio V, Bertholet J, et al., Castelli L (2020) Professional quality of life and burnout amongst radiation oncologists: The impact of alexithymia and empathy. Radiother Oncol. 147:162-168.
9. Di Tella M, Adenzato M, Catmur C, Miti F, Castelli L, Ardito RB (2020) The role of alexithymia in social cognition: Evidence from a non-clinical population. J Affect Disord. 273:482-492.
10. Lavorgna L, Di Tella M, Miele G, De Mercanti SF, Streito LM, Perutelli V, Bonavita S, Castelli L* and Clerico M* (2020) Online Validation of a Battery of Questionnaires for the Assessment of Family Functioning and Related Factors. Front. Psychol. 11:771.
11. Tesio V, Marra S, Molinaro S, Torta R, Gaita F, Castelli L. (2017) Screening of depression in cardiology: A study on 617 cardiovascular patients. Int J Cardiol.15;245:49-51.
12. Tesio V, Molinaro S, Castelli L, Andriani M, Fanelli AL, Marra S, Torta R. (2014). Screening of depression in cardiac patients: Is the HADS an effective tool? International Journal of Cardiology. 172(2): e344-345.
13. Rolle L, Falcone M,  Vighetti S, Ceruti C, Sedigh O,  Timpano M, Molo MT,  Castelli L, Preto M, Gontero P, Frea B  (2014). Does Sex Reassignment Surgery Induce Cerebral Modifications in MTF Transsexuals?,  Journal of Sexual Medicine, 11(1):312.
14. Leombruni P, Miniotti M, Bovero A, Zizzi F, Castelli L, Torta R.(2014). Attitudes toward caring for dying patients: An overview among Italian nursing students and preliminary psychometrics of the FATCOD-B scale. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 40(3): 188-196.
15. Leombruni P, Di Lillo M, Miniotti M, Picardi A, Alessandri G, Sica C, Zizzi F, Castelli L, Torta R. (2014) Measurement properties and confirmatory factor analysis of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy in Italian medical students.  Perspectives on Medical Education.  3 (6): 419-430.
16. B Baudino, F D'Agata, P Caroppo, G Castellano, S Cauda, M Manfredi, E Geda, L Castelli, P Mortara, L  Orsi, F Cauda, K Sacco, R Ardito, L Pinessi, G Geminiani, R Torta, G Bisi. (2012) "The chemotherapy long-term effect on cognitive functions and brain metabolism in lymphoma patients" The Quarterly Journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, 56(6):559-68.
17. Leombruni P, Miniotti M, Bovero A, Castelli L, Torta RG. (2012) Second-Year Italian Medical Students' Attitudes toward Care of the Dying Patient: an Exploratory Study. Journal of Cancer Education 27(4):759-63.
18. Caglio M, Castelli L, Cerrato P, Latini-Corazzini L. (2011) Pure topographical disorientation in a patient with right occipito-temporal lesion. Neurosciences, 16(1): 160-165.
19. Tamietto M, Castelli L, Vighetti S, Perozzo P, Geminiani G, Weiskrantz L, de Gelder B. (2009) Unseen facial and bodily expressions trigger fast emotional reactions. PNAS (Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences of the USA). 106(42): 17661-17666.  
20. Alossa N, Castelli L (2009) Amusia and Musical Functioning. European Neurology. 61(5): 269-277. 
21. Castelli L, Latini Corazzini L, Geminiani G (2008) "Spatial navigation in a large-scale virtual environment: gender differences in survey tasks." Computers in Human Behavior, 24: 1643-1667. 
22. Tamietto M, Latini Corazzini L, Castelli L, Geminiani G (2004). "Domain-specific anosognosia in Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia". Brain Impairment. 5(2): 187-197.  

Katharina Sophia Goerlich, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.

Masako Hosoi, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.

Jeffrey J. Borckardt, Medical University of South Carolina, USA.

Mark S George, Medical University of South Carolina, USA.

Susan G Simpson, University of South Australia, Australia.

Brenda Kay Wiederhold, Virtual Reality Medical Institute, Brussels, Belgium.

Santino Gaudio, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

Jeffrey B Jackson, Virginia Tech, Falls Church, VA, United States

Madelon Peters, Maastricht University, Netherlands.

Beatrice de Gelder, Tilburg University, Netherlands.

Lawrence Weiskrantz, University of Oxford, United Kindom.

Jenny Bertholet, The Institute of Cancer Research and the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom;

Anne Gasnier, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France

Elisabet Gonzalez del Portillo, University Hospital of Salamanca, Spain

Mateusz Spalek, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute - Oncology Center, Warsaw, Poland

Jean-Emmanuel Bibault, Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou, Universite Paris Descartes, Paris, France

Gerben Borst, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

Hospital, Amsterdam

Wouter Van Elmpt, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Daniela Thorwarth, University Hospital for Radiation Oncology Tubingen, Germany

Laura Mullaney, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Kathrine Røe Redalen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Ludwig Dubois, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Cyrus Chargari, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif, France

Sophie Perryck, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

Jolien Heukelom, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam

Steven Petit, Erasmus Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Myriam Lybeer, ESTRO Office, Brussels, Belgium

Caroline Catmur, Department of Psychology, King's College London,  London, UK

Carmen M Galvez-Sánchez, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain

Casandra I. Montoro, University of Jaén, Jaén, Spain

-Progetto “L’impatto della Sclerosi Multipla sui ruoli e sulle relazioni famigliari” finanziato dalla Fondazione CRT Torino,  2019-2022.

-Progetto UniTO ShareTech, UniTo Shared Technologies, finanziamento per acquisto di strumentazione finalizzata alla ricerca, UNITO –Anno 2020 (co-coordinatore del gruppo vincitore – dipartimento di Psicologia), anno 2020.

-Progetto “Family Functioning and Multiple Sclerosis” sugli aspetti psicologici e relazionali/familiari delle persone colpite da SM, finanziato dalla Merck Serono S.P.A., 2019-2021.

- Progetto: “La Crescita Post-Traumatica nei pazienti con tumore del colon-retto: uno studio longitudinale”, finanziato dalla Fondazione CRT Torino, 2018-2021.

- Progetto “Efficacia della Psicoterapia breve nel trattamento dei pazienti con sindrome fibromialgica”, finanziato dalla Fondazione CRT Torino, 2016-2018.

- Progetto “Distress psicologico e disregolazione emotiva nella sindrome fibromialgica”, Dipartimento di Psicologia, UNITO, finanziato dalla Fondazione Carlo Molo di Torino, 2016-2017.

- Progetto “Componenti Psicologiche e psicosomatiche nella Sindrome Fibromialgica”, finanziato dalla Fondazione CRT Torino, 2014-2016.

- Progetto"Elaborazione e disregolazione emotiva nella malattia di Parkinson",  Linea Giovani Università di Torino, 2013, Lorys Castelli.

 - Progetto "RICCAmente: riabilitazione di Insulti cerebrali Congeniti e Acquisiti mediante tecniche e simulazioni di Realtà Virtuale", Regione Piemonte, 2010-2012.

 - Progetto "Dinamiche motivazionali e processi di gratificazione ricompensa in pazienti parkinsoniani sottoposti a trattamento neurochirurgico di stimolazione cerebrale profonda del nucleo subtalamico: uno studio clinico-applicativo". Progetto Alfieri-Fondazione CRT, 2007-9.