The experience of working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 healthcare crisis has presented
a cumulative traumatic experience that affects healthcare professionals' well-being …

Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) is not only the most frequent autoimmune thyroid disease
(AITD), but it also has a significant impact on patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) …

Emotion regulation is an important aspect of psychological functioning that influences
subjective experience and moderates emotional responses throughout the lifetime. Adaptive …

Numerous lines of research indicate that our social brain involves a network of cortical and
subcortical brain regions that are responsible for sensing and controlling body movements …

Eating disorders (EDs) are difficult to treat in psychotherapy due to their pervasive
symptomatology and frequent and rapid relapses. Restrictive anorexia nervosa (AN) is the …

Background: Severe asthma patients are those suffering from asthma exacerbations despite
adherence to maximal optimized asthma treatment such as high dose inhalant …

The influence of psychological health in the etiology of chronic diseases is nowadays a
central topic of scientific debates (Eikeseth et al., 2020; Martino et al., 2021a; Sardella et al …

Thirty years after the inclusion of an axis defense mechanisms in the DSM-IV (American
Psychiatric Association, 1994), recently included in the M axis of the PDM-2 (Lingiardi & …

Background: Body image and psychosocial functioning represent central challenges during
adolescence and early adulthood. Malocclusion, defined as an irregularity in the alignment …

Alexithymia is a personality trait characterized by difficulties in emotion recognition and
regulation that is associated with deficits in social cognition. High alexithymia levels are …