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Paola Dazzan

2 papers in the library · 577 citations · publishing 2009-2025

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Painting psychosis: an empirical investigation of the self-portraits of Edvard Munch.

Frontiers in Psychiatry 2025 Eric C Bettelheim, Jingyi Liu, Paola Dazzan et al.

Substantial evidence demonstrates that the brain is more interested in faces than in other subjects and that self-related material, particularly self-images, have higher saliency than non-self-referential material. Studies of self-portraits have revealed correlations between stylistic elements and artists' states of mind. Edvard Munch, a founder of Expressionism and most famous for "The...

High-potency cannabis and the risk of psychosis

The British Journal of Psychiatry November 30, 2009 Marta Di Forti, Craig Morgan, Paola Dazzan et al. 577 citations

BACKGROUND: People who use cannabis have an increased risk of psychosis, an effect attributed to the active ingredient Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Delta 9-THC). There has recently been concern over an increase in the concentration of Delta 9-THC in the cannabis available in many countries. AIMS: To investigate whether people with a first episode of psychosis were particularly likely to use...