Medical Education & Clinical Practice
May 4, 2026
Tomás Caycho‐Rodríguez, Lindsey W. Vilca, Andy Rick Sánchez‐Villena et al.
Objetivos: La Escala de Atención y Conciencia Plena de Cinco Ítems (MAAS-5, en inglés) es una medida de autoinforme de atención plena que ha demostrado fiabilidad y validez en varios países. Sin embargo, hasta la fecha, ningún estudio ha examinado específicamente la invariancia de la medición (IM) de la MAAS-5 en países latinoamericanos, lo que limita su comparabilidad. Por lo tanto, nos...
Neurology International
July 1, 2025
Andréia Pucinelli de Souza Queiroz, M. O. Pozzolo Pedro, Marcela Waisman Campos et al.
Cannabis is the most widely consumed illicit substance worldwide, with rising use particularly among adolescents and young adults. Accumulating evidence indicates that chronic cannabis use may negatively impact several domains of cognition, yet findings across studies remain varied and fragmented. This comprehensive review synthesizes current knowledge on the long-term cognitive consequences of...
Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics
April 1, 2025
Stefania Chiappini, Gaia Sampogna, Antonio Ventriglio et al.
17 citations
The phenomenology of depression is characterized by a wide array of emotional, cognitive, and physical symptoms that significantly disrupt an individual's life. Societal changes, driven by technological advancements, economic pressures, environmental concerns including climate change, and shifting cultural norms, have influenced how depression manifests and is understood. These developments...
Brain Sciences
June 24, 2023
Mariana Campello De Oliveira, Mariana Capelo Vides, Dângela Layne Silva Lassi et al.
(1) Background: Synthetic cannabinoids (SCs) are emerging drugs of abuse sold as 'K2', 'K9' or 'Spice'. Evidence shows that using SCs products leads to greater health risks than cannabis. They have been associated with greater toxicity and higher addiction potential unrelated to the primary psychoactive component of marijuana, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC). Moreover, early cases of...
International Journal of Social Psychiatry
November 1, 2018
M. B. Ortiz-Medina, M. Perea, Julio Torales et al.
Objective: Cannabis consumption produces psychopathology, in some cases psychotic episodes, which are of our interest in this work. However, the relationship between cannabis use and psychosis has not been fully elucidated. The objectives of this work are to (1) review the current state of knowledge on the association of cannabis use with the risk of the development of psychosis or psychotic...
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
September 23, 2018
Domenico de Berardis, Michele Fornaro, Alessandro Valchera et al.
171 citations
Despite the continuous advancement in neurosciences as well as in the knowledge of human behaviors pathophysiology, currently suicide represents a puzzling challenge. The World Health Organization (WHO) has established that one million people die by suicide every year, with the impressive daily rate of a suicide every 40 s. The weightiest concern about suicidal behavior is how difficult it is...
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
September 1, 2018
Antonio Ventriglio, Iris Bonfitto, Fabiana Ricci et al.
Retracted
Religion and psychiatry may be both considered to be two different ways of explaining the unknown, of responding to questions about the meaning of life, and of bringing healing. To discuss the border between religion and psychiatry. This lecture explores the interface between religion and psychiatry and discusses the border between soul and mind. Religious beliefs may affect behaviours and may...
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci
September 18, 2016
Vishal Bhavsar, Antonio Ventriglio, Dinesh Bhugra
49 citations
The cross-cultural validity of dissociative possession and trance disorders is a matter of some debate, limiting research and meaningful interpretation of prevalence data. Intimate to these concerns is the status of spirit possession categories studied in the social sciences, particularly anthropology. These two categories are phenomenologically related and display similar epidemiological...