Giovanni Castellini è nato a Firenze il 9 Maggio 1978. Si è laureato nel 2004 in Medicina e Chirurgia e specializzato in Psichiatria nell 2008. Attualmente è professore associato di psichiatria
alla Scuola di Medicina, Dipartimento di Scienze della Salute dell’Università degli
Studi di Firenze.  Lavora presso il Day
Hospital per i disturbi del comportamento alimentare dell’Unità di Psichiatria
e presso l’unità di Andrologia, Endocrinologia Femminile e Incongruenza di
Genere del Policlinico Careggi di Firenze.

Insegna Psichiatria al Corso di Laurea in Medicina,
Psicologia, al Corso di Laurea in Educazione Professionale, Infermieristica e
nella scuola di specializzazione di Psichiatria, Neurologia e Endocrinologia.

Oltre ad essere membro del consiglio direttivo della Società
Italiana di Psicopatologia dell’Alimentazione è membro di diverse società
scientifiche nazionali e internazionali, tra le quali la European Psychiatric
Association (EPA), la Società Italiana di Psicopatologia (SOPSI), la Eating
Disorder Research Society (EDRS) e la Academy of Eating Disorders (AED), la
European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM) e la Società Italiana di Andrologia
e Medicina della Sessualità (SIAMS).

La sua recente formazione include oltre alla
specializzazione in Psichiatria e Psicoterapia Cognitivo Comportamentale, un
Master in Sessuologia Medica (Università degli Studi di Firenze) e in Affective
Neuroscience (University of Maastricht, Netherlands). Ha svolto un periodo di
formazione presso la John's Hopkins University, Baltimore (USA).

I principali interessi di ricerca riguardano l’eziopatogenesi
e clinica dei disturbi del comportamento alimentare e dell’obesità,
l’eziopatogenesi e clinica dei disturbi della sessualità e della disforia di genere.
In particolare, nell’ambito dei disturbi del comportamento alimentare si è
occupato del ruolo ezipatogenico degli eventi traumatici, dell’osservazione del
decorso longitudinale e della risposta alla psicoterapia di questi disturbi.

Ha varie collaborazioni nazionali e internazionali con
gruppi di ricerca dell’Università SUN di Napoli, dell’Università di Padova,
Torino, Chieti-Pescara, Pisa, con il Vermont Center for Children, Youth, and
Families, University of Vermont, (Burlington, Vermont, USA) e con il Centre of
Expertise on Gender Dysphoria, Amsterdam UMC (Amsterdam, Netherlands).

E' autore di 97 lavori in extenso pubblicati su riviste a
diffusione internazionale,  quattro capitoli
di libri internazionali e varie pubblicazioni a livello nazionale.

ATTIVITA’ SCIENTIFICA

Principali Aree di Ricerca

-              Eziopatogenesi e clinica dei Disturbi del Comportamento Alimentare

-              Eziopatogenesi e clinica dell’Obesità

-              Eziopatogenesi e clinica dei Disturbi della Sessualità

-              Comorbidità nei Disturbi Psicotici ed Endofenotipo delle Psicosi

-             Eziopatogenesi e clinica della Disforia di Genere

-             Correlati psicopatologici delle disfunzioni sessuali nell’uomo e nella donna

E' autore di delle seguenti pubblicazioni edite a stampa:

• 174 lavori in extenso pubblicati su riviste a diffusione internazionale con comitato editoriale citate su scopus.
• 8 capitoli di libri internazionali e nazionali

H-Index: Scopus: 38.

E’ Associate Editor del Journal of Sexual Medicine e nel Board Editoriale di European Eating Disorder Review

Svolge attività di reviewer per le seguenti riviste scientifiche:

1. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
2. Journal of Sexual Medicine
3. Appetite
4. Psychiatry Research
5. Comprehensive Psychiatry
6. BMC Psychiatry
7. Acta Diabetologica

E’ socio della seguenti società scientifiche:

Società Italiana di Psicopatologia dell’Alimentazione (SIPA).

Società Italiana di Terapia Comportamentale e Cognitiva (SITCC)

Academy of Eating Disorders (AED)

European Society of Sexual Medicine (ESSM)

Società Italiana di Medicina della Sessualità (SIAMS). Membro della Commissione Scientifica dal dicembre 2018

Eating Disorder Research Society (EDRS)

European Psychiatric Association (EPA)

Società Italiana Genere Identità Salute (SIGIS)

E’ nel Consiglio Direttivo della Società Italiana di Psicopatologia dell’Alimentazione (SIPA)

E’ coordinatore della commissione studi clinici della Società Italiana Genere Identità Salute (SIGIS)

Progetti finanziati e premi

• Finanziamento per progetti competitivi per Ricercatori a Tempo Determinato dell'Università di Firenze Bando 2016,  per il progetto dal titolo “Effetti delle adipochine sulla muscolatura gastrointestinale e loro ruolo nei disturbi del comportamento alimentare: dalla ricerca di base alla clinica” (40.996,00 euro).
• Progetto finanziato da European Society for Sexual Medicine (2016; codice progetto: RG16-05) dal titolo Neurobiological correlates of Gender Dysphoria: a longitudinal study” (30.000,00 euro).
• Premio come miglior poster (250 euro) al 9th European Congress of Andrology. Rotterdam, 22-23 Settembre, 2016. Titolo: Interactions Between Depression and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: The Role of Adverse Life Events and Inflammatory Mechanisms. Results From the European Male Ageing Study.

Dettaglio delle Pubblicazioni

• Articoli in extenso pubblicati su riviste a diffusione internazionale con comitato editoriale, citate su medline.

1. Servi M, Chiaro S, Mussi E, Castellini G, Mereu A, Volpe Y, Pisano T. Statistical and artificial intelligence techniques to identify risk factors for suicide in children and adolescents. Sci Prog. 2023 OctDec;106(4):368504231199663.
2. Garella R, Bernacchioni C, Chellini F, Tani A, Palmieri F, Parigi M, Guasti D, Cassioli E, Castellini G, Ricca V,Bani D, Sassoli C, Donati C, Squecco R. Adiponectin Modulates Smooth Muscle Cell Morpho-Functional Properties in Murine Gastric Fundus via Sphingosine Kinase 2 Activation. Life (Basel). 2023 Aug
3. Tarchi L, Merola GP, Castellini G, Ricca V. Behavior genetics: Causality as a dialectical pursuit. Behav Brain Sci. 2023 Sep 11;46:e203.
4. Solmi M, De Toffol M, Kim JY, Choi MJ, Stubbs B, Thompson T, Firth J, Miola A, Croatto G, Baggio F, Michelon S, Ballan L, Gerdle B, Monaco F, Simonato P, Scocco P, Ricca V, Castellini G, Fornaro M, Murru A, Vieta E, Fusar-Poli P, Barbui C, Ioannidis JPA, Carvalho AF, Radua J, Correll CU, Cortese S, Murray RM, Castle D, Shin JI, Dragioti E. Balancing risks and benefits of cannabis use: umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials and observational studies. BMJ. 2023 Aug 30;382:e072348
5. Castellini G, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Marchesoni G, Cerini G, Pastore E, De Bonfioli Cavalcabo' N, Rotella F, Mezzani B, Alterini B, Lucarelli S, Magazzini S, Corazzesi P, Caini S, Ricca V. Use and misuse of the emergency room by patients with eating disorders in a matched-cohort analysis: What can we learn from it? Psychiatry Res. 2023 Oct;328:115427. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115427.
6. Tarchi L, Merola GP, Selvi G, Caprara E, Pecoraro V, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Petraglia F, Ricca V, Castellini G. Pregorexia: a systematic review and meta-analysis on the constructs of body image dissatisfaction and eating disturbances by gestational age in the peripartum. Eat Weight Disord. 2023 Aug 1;28(1):64.
7. Castellini G, Cassioli E, Vitali F, Rossi E, Dani C, Melani G, Flaccomio D, D'Andria M, Mejia Monroy M, Galli A, Cavalieri D, Ricca V, Bartolucci GL, De Filippo C. Gut microbiota metabolites mediate the interplay between childhood maltreatment and psychopathology in patients with eating disorders. Sci Rep. 2023 Jul 20;13(1):11753.
8. Campanino C, Falone A, Rossi E, Angeletti LL, Cassioli E, Gemignani S, Brogioni G, Castellini G, Bonaccorsi G, Mannucci E, Ricca V, Rotella F. Health literacy in female patients affected by anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: a cross-sectional study with pair-matched controls. Eat Weight Disord. 2023 Jul 13;28(1):59.
9. Cassioli E, Rossi E, Melani G, Faldi M, Rellini AH, Wyatt RB, Oester C, Vannuccini S, Petraglia F, Ricca V, Castellini G. The menstrual distress questionnaire (MEDI-Q): reliability and validity of the English version. Gynecol Endocrinol. 2023 Jun 19;39(1):2227275.
10. Dell'Osso L, Carpita B, Nardi B, Benedetti F, Dell'Oste V, Massimetti G, Cremone IM, Barlati,  Castellini G,
11. Luciano M, Bossini L, Rocchetti M, Signorelli MS, Ricca V, Aguglia E, Fagiolini A, Vita A, Politi P, Maj M. Autistic traits distribution in different psychiatric conditions: A cluster analysis on the basis of the Adult Autism Subthreshold Spectrum (AdAS Spectrum) questionnaire. Psychiatry Res. 2023 Aug;326:115270.
12. Tarchi L, Merola GP, Baccaredda-Boy O, Arganini F, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Maggi M, Baldwin DS, Ricca V, Castellini G. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, post-treatment sexual dysfunction and persistent genital arousal disorder: A systematic review. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2023 Oct;32(10):1053-1067.
13. Cassioli E, Rossi E, Martelli M, Arganini F, Giuranno G, Siviglia S, Tarchi L, Faldi M, Castellini G, Ricca V. Longitudinal Coupling between Eating Disorder Psychopathology and Depression in Patients with Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa Treated with Enhanced Cognitive Behavior Therapy: A One-Year Follow-Up Study. Brain Sci. 2023 Mar 24;13(4):535
14. Monteleone AM, Barone E, Cascino G, Schmidt U, Gorwood P, Volpe U, Abbate-Daga G, Castellini G, Díaz Marsá M, Favaro A, Fukutomi A, Guillaume S, Minařík P, Pacheco JAS, Panero M, Papežová H, Ricca V, Segura-Garcia C, Scanferla E, Tyszkiewicz-Nwafor M, Fernandez-Aranda F, Voderholzer U, Treasure J, Monteleone P. Pathways to eating disorder care: A European multicenter study. Eur Psychiatry. 2023 Apr 24;66(1):e36.
15. Fioravanti G, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Lucherini Angeletti L, Casale S, Ricca V, Castellini G. The relationship between problematic Instagram use and eating disorders psychopathology: an explanatory structural equation model. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2023 Apr 6.
16. Tarchi L, Damiani S, Vittori PT, Frick A, Castellini G, Politi P, Fusar-Poli P, Ricca V. Progressive Voxel-Wise Homotopic Connectivity from childhood to adulthood: Age-related functional asymmetry in resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. Dev Psychobiol. 2023 Mar;65(2):e22366.
17.  Castellini G, Rossi E, Cassioli E, Sanfilippo G, Ristori J, Vignozzi L, Maggi M, Ricca V, Fisher AD. Internalized transphobia predicts worse longitudinal trend of body uneasiness in transgender persons treated with gender affirming hormone therapy: a 1-year follow-up study J Sex Med. 2023 Feb 27;20(3):388-397.
18. Castellini G, Caini S, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Marchesoni G, Rotella F, De Bonfioli Cavalcabo' N, Fontana M, Mezzani B, Alterini B, Lucarelli S, Ricca V. Response to the Editorial from Micali and Herle on the research article entitled 'Mortality and Care of Eating Disorders'. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2023 Apr;147(4):389-391.
19. Castellini G, Merola GP, Baccaredda OB, Pecoraro V, Bozza B, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Bessi V, Sorbi S, Nacmias B, Ricca V. Emotional dysregulation, alexithymia and neuroticism: a systematic review on the genetic basis of a subset of psychological traits. Psychiatr Genet. 2022 Dec 20.
20. Garella R, Cassioli E, Chellini F, Tani A, Rossi E, Idrizaj E, Guasti D, Comeglio P, Palmieri F, Parigi M, Vignozzi L, Baccari MC, Ricca V, Sassoli C, Castellini G, Squecco R. Defining the Molecular Mechanisms of the Relaxant Action of Adiponectin on Murine Gastric Fundus Smooth Muscle: Potential Translational Perspectives on Eating Disorder Management. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Jan 5;24(2):1082.
21. Silvestri C, Carpita B, Cassioli E, Lazzeretti M, Rossi E, Messina V, Castellini G, Ricca V, Dell'Osso L, Bolognesi S, Fagiolini A, Voller F; Mental Disorders Study group. Prevalence study of mental disorders in an Italian region. Preliminary report. BMC Psychiatry. 2023 Jan 5;23(1):12.
22. Carmassi C, Tosato S, Bertelloni CA, Pedrinelli V, Cappelli A, Abbate-Daga G, Albert U, Castellini G, Luciano M, Menchetti M, Pompili M, Sampogna G, Signorelli MS, Massimetti G; PsyCOVID Group†; Fiorillo A. PTSD trajectories across different mental disorders in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: a naturalistic, longitudinal, multicenter study. Int Rev Psychiatry. 2022 Nov-Dec;34(7-8):797-808.
23. Vannuccini S, Clemenza S, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Castellini G, Ricca V, Petraglia F. Uterine Fibroids, Perceived Stress, and Menstrual Distress: a Key Role of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding. Reprod Sci. 2022 Dec 5.
24. Lucherini Angeletti L, Innocenti M, Felciai F, Ruggeri E, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Rotella F, Castellini G, Stanghellini G, Ricca V, Northoff G. Anorexia nervosa as a disorder of the subcortical-cortical interoceptive-self. Eat Weight Disord. 2022 Dec;27(8):3063-3081.
25. Cocchetti C, Castellini G, Maggi M, Romani A, Vignozzi L, Greenman Y, den Heijer M, T'Sjoen G, Fisher AD. Effects of hormonal treatment on dermatological outcome in transgender people: a multicentric prospective study (ENIGI). J Endocrinol Invest. 2023 Apr;46(4):779-786. doi: 10.1007/s40618-022-01944-x.
26. Damiani S, Tarchi L, La-Torraca-Vittori P, Scalabrini A, Castellini G, Ricca V, Fusar-Poli P, Politi P. State-dependent reductions of local brain connectivity in schizophrenia and their relation to performance and symptoms: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging. 2022 Sep 6;326:111541.
27. Monteleone AM, Pellegrino F, Croatto G, Carfagno M, Hilbert A, Treasure J, Wade T, Bulik CM, Zipfel S, Hay P, Schmidt U, Castellini G, Favaro A, Fernandez-Aranda F, Il Shin J, Voderholzer U, Ricca V, Moretti D, Busatta D, Abbate-Daga G, Ciullini F, Cascino G, Monaco F, Correll CU, Solmi M. Treatment of eating disorders: A systematic meta-review of meta-analyses and network meta-analyses. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2022 Nov;142:104857.
28. Castellini G, Caini S, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Marchesoni G, Rotella F, De Bonfioli Cavalcabo' N, Fontana M, Mezzani B, Alterini B, Lucarelli S, Ricca V. Mortality and care of eating disorders. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2023 Feb;147(2):122-133
29. Pompili M, Innamorati M, Erbuto D, Luciano M, Sampogna G, Abbate-Daga G, Barlati S, Carmassi C, Castellini G, De Fazio P, Di Lorenzo G, Di Nicola M, Ferrari S, Goracci A, Gramaglia C, Martinotti G, Nanni MG, Pasquini M, Pinna F, Poloni N, Serafini G, Signorelli M, Tortorella A, Ventriglio A, Volpe U, Fiorillo A. High depression symptomatology and mental pain characterize suicidal psychiatric patients. Eur Psychiatry. 2022 Aug 31;65(1):e54.
30. Tarchi L, Damiani S, Fantoni T, Pisano T, Castellini G, Politi P, Ricca V. Centrality and interhemispheric coordination are related to different clinical/behavioral factors in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a resting-state fMRI study. Brain Imaging Behav. 2022 Dec;16(6):2526-2542.
31. Mazzoli F, Cassioli E, Ristori J, Castellini G, Rossi E, Cocchetti C, Romani A, Angotti T, Giovanardi G, Mosconi M, Lingiardi V, Speranza AM, Ricca V, Vignozzi L, Maggi M, Fisher AD. Apparent autistic traits in transgender people: a prospective study of the impact of gender-affirming hormonal treatment. J Endocrinol Invest. 2022 Nov;45(11):2059-2068.
32. Rossi E, Cassioli E, Martelli M, Melani G, Hazzard VM, Crosby RD, Wonderlich SA, Ricca V, Castellini G.Attachment insecurity predicts worse outcome in patients with eating disorders treated with enhanced cognitive behavior therapy: A one-year follow-up study. Int J Eat Disord. 2022 Aug;55(8):1054-1065.
33.  Pompili M, Erbuto D, Innamorati M, Luciano M, Sampogna G, Abbate-Daga G, Barlati S, Carmassi C, Castellini G, De Fazio P, Di Lorenzo G, Di Nicola M, Ferrari S, Gramaglia C, Nanni MG, Pasquini M, Pinna F, Poloni N, Serafini G, Signorelli M, Ventriglio A, Volpe U, Fiorillo A. The Relationship Between Mental Pain, Suicide Risk, and Childhood Traumatic Experiences: Results From a Multicenter Study. J Clin Psychiatry. 2022 Jun 15;83(4):21m14176.
34.  Castellini G, Pellegrino A, Tarchi L, Calabrese M, Boddi M, Ricca V, Costanzo G, Modesti PA. Body-Size Perception among First-Generation Chinese Migrants in Italy. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 May 17;19(10):6063.
35. Scheggi V, Castellini G, Vanni F, Menale S, Filardo C, Gironi V, Rinaldi A, Zoppetti N, Alterini B, Ricca V, Marchionni N. Echocardiographic Abnormalities in Adults With Anorexia Nervosa. Am J Cardiol. 2022 Jul 15;175:152-157.
36. Limoncin E, Ciocca G, Castellini G, Sansone A, Cavalieri F, Cavallo F, Cocchiaro T, Ricca V, di Lorenzo G, Rossi A, Fisher AD, Rochira V, Corona G, Jannini EA. Hypersexuality as a tip of the iceberg of a primary psychopathology: a joined position statement of the Italian Society of Andrology and Sexual Medicine (SIAMS) and of the Italian Society of Psychopathology (SOPSI). J Endocrinol Invest. 2022 Sep;45(9):1787-1799.
37. Castellini G, Tarchi L, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Sanfilippo G, Innocenti M, Gironi V, Scami I, Ricca V. Attachment Style and Childhood Traumatic Experiences Moderate the Impact of Initial and Prolonged COVID-19 Pandemic: Mental Health Longitudinal Trajectories in a Sample of Italian Women. Int J Ment Health Addict. 2022 Mar 17:1-20.
38. Castellini G, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Mancini M, Ricca V, Stanghellini G. Bridging cognitive, phenomenological and psychodynamic approaches to eating disorders. Eat Weight Disord. 2022 Oct;27(7):2273-2289.
39. Cassioli E, Rossi E, Vizzotto C, Malinconi V, Vignozzi L, Ricca V, Castellini G. Avoidant Attachment Style Moderates the Recovery of Healthy Sexuality in Women With Anorexia Nervosa Treated With Enhanced Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT-E): A 2-Year Follow-Up Study. J Sex Med. 2022 Feb;19(2):347-355.
40. Gramaglia C, Gattoni E, Ferrante D, Abbate-Daga G, Baldissera E, Calugi S, Cascino G, Castellini G, Collantoni E, Favaro A, Marzola E, Monteleone AM, Monteleone P, Oriani MG, Renna C, Ricca V, Salvo P, Santonastaso P, Segura-Garcia C, Volpe U, Zeppegno P. What do Italian healthcare professionals think about orthorexia nervosa? Results from a multicenter survey. Eat Weight Disord. 2022 Aug;27(6):2037-2049.
41. Cassioli E, Rossi E, D'Anna G, Martelli M, Hazzard VM, Crosby RD, Wonderlich SA, Ricca V, Castellini G. A 1-year follow-up study of the longitudinal interplay between emotion dysregulation and childhood trauma in the treatment of anorexia nervosa. Int J Eat Disord. 2022 Jan;55(1):98-107.
42. Castellini G, Rossi E, Ricca V. Are There Common Pathways for Eating Disorders and Female Sexual Dysfunction? J Sex Med. 2022 Jan;19(1):8-11..
43. Vannuccini S, Rossi E, Cassioli E, Cirone D, Castellini G, Ricca V, Petraglia F. Menstrual Distress Questionnaire (MEDI-Q): a new tool to assess menstruation-related distress. Reprod Biomed Online. 2021 Dec;43(6):1107-1116.
44. Romani A, Mazzoli F, Ristori J, Cocchetti C, Cassioli E, Castellini G, Mosconi M, Meriggiola MC, Gualdi S, Giovanardi G, Lingiardi V, Vignozzi L, Maggi M, Fisher AD. Psychological Wellbeing and Perceived Social Acceptance in Gender Diverse Individuals. J Sex Med. 2021 Nov;18(11):1933-1944.
45. Tarchi L, Damiani S, La Torraca Vittori P, Marini S, Nazzicari N, Castellini G, Pisano T, Politi P, Ricca V. The colors of our brain: an integrated approach for dimensionality reduction and explainability in fMRI through color coding (i-ECO). Brain Imaging Behav. 2022 Jun;16(3):977-990.

6. D'Anna G, Lazzeretti M, Castellini G, Ricca V, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Silvestri C, Voller F. Risk of eating disorders in a representative sample of Italian adolescents: prevalence and association with self-reported interpersonal factors. Eat Weight Disord. 2021 May 20.
7. Rossi E, Cassioli E, Gironi V, Idrizaj E, Garella R, Squecco R, Baccari MC, Maggi M, Vignozzi L, Comeglio P, Ricca V, Castellini G. Ghrelin as a possible biomarker and maintaining factor in patients with eating disorders reporting childhood traumatic experiences. Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2021 May 3.
8. Cocchetti C, Castellini G, Iacuaniello D, Romani A, Maggi M, Vignozzi L, Schreiner T, den Heijer M, T'Sjoen G, Fisher AD. Does Gender-Affirming Hormonal Treatment Affect 30-Year Cardiovascular Risk in Transgender Persons? A Two-Year Prospective European Study (ENIGI). J Sex Med. 2021 Apr;18(4):821-829.
9. Ristori J, Rossi E, Cocchetti C, Mazzoli F, Castellini G, Vignozzi L, Ricca V, Maggi M, Fisher AD. Sexual habits among Italian transgender adolescents: a cross-sectional study. Int J Impot Res. 2021 Mar 16.
10. Hazzard VM, Crosby RD, Crow SJ, Engel SG, Schaefer LM, Brewerton TD, Castellini G, Trottier K, Peterson CB, Wonderlich SA. Treatment outcomes of psychotherapy for binge-eating disorder in a randomized controlled trial: Examining the roles of childhood abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder. Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2021 Mar 4.
11. Monteleone AM, Marciello F, Cascino G, Abbate-Daga G, Anselmetti S, Baiano M, Balestrieri M, Barone E, Bertelli S, Carpiniello B, Castellini G, Corrivetti G, DE Giorgi S, Favaro A, Gramaglia C, Marzola E, Meneguzzo P, Monaco F, Oriani MG, Pinna F, Rania M, Renna C, Ricca V, Salvo P, Segura-Garcia C, Scarabel F, Todisco P, Volpe U, Zeppegno P, Monteleone P. The impact of COVID-19 lockdown and of the following "re-opening" period on specific and general psychopathology in people with Eating Disorders: the emergent role of internalizing symptoms. J Affect Disord. 2021 Apr 15;285:77-83.
12. Rossi E, Castellini G, Cassioli E, Sensi C, Mancini M, Stanghellini G, Ricca V. The role of embodiment in the treatment of patients with anorexia and bulimia nervosa: a 2-year follow-up study proposing an integration between enhanced cognitive behavioural therapy and a phenomenological model of eating disorders. Eat Weight Disord. 2021 Feb 3:1-10.
13. Monteleone AM, Cascino G, Marciello F, Abbate-Daga G, Baiano M, Balestrieri M, Barone E, Bertelli S, Carpiniello B, Castellini G, Corrivetti G, De Giorgi S, Favaro A, Gramaglia C, Marzola E, Meneguzzo P, Monaco F, Oriani MG, Pinna F, Rania M, Redaelli CA, Renna C, Ricca V, Salvo P, Baldissera E, Segura-Garcia C, Todisco P, Volpe U, Zeppegno P, Monteleone P. Risk and resilience factors for specific and general psychopathology worsening in people with Eating Disorders during COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective Italian multicentre study. Eat Weight Disord. 2021 Jan 10:1-10.
14. Idrizaj E, Garella R, Nistri S, Dell'Accio A, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Castellini G, Ricca V, Squecco R, Baccari MC. Adiponectin Exerts Peripheral Inhibitory Effects on the Mouse Gastric Smooth Muscle through the AMPK Pathway. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Dec 17;21(24):9617.
15. Castellini G, Rossi E, Cassioli E, Sanfilippo G, Innocenti M, Gironi V, Silvestri C, Voller F, Ricca V. A longitudinal observation of general psychopathology before the COVID-19 outbreak and during lockdown in Italy. J Psychosom Res. 2021 Feb;141:110328.
16. Solmi M, Radua J, Stubbs B, Ricca V, Moretti D, Busatta D, Carvalho AF, Dragioti E, Favaro A, Monteleone AM, Shin JI, Fusar-Poli P, Castellini G. Risk factors for eating disorders: an umbrella review of published meta-analyses. Braz J Psychiatry. 2020 Sep 28;43(3):314-23.
17. Castellini G, D'Anna G, Rossi E, Cassioli E, Appignanesi C, Monteleone AM, Rellini AH, Ricca V. Dysregulated Sexuality in Women with Eating Disorders: The Role of Childhood Traumatic Experiences. J Sex Marital Ther. 2020;46(8):793-806.
18. Castellini G, Rossi E, Ricca V.The relationship between eating disorder psychopathology and sexuality: etiological factors and implications for treatment. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2020 Nov;33(6):554-561.
19. Castellini G, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Innocenti M, Gironi V, Sanfilippo G, Felciai F, Monteleone AM, Ricca V. The impact of COVID-19 epidemic on eating disorders: A longitudinal observation of pre versus post psychopathological features in a sample of patients with eating disorders and a group of healthy controls.Int J Eat Disord. 2020 Nov;53(11):1855-1862.
20. Castellini G, Rossi E, Cassioli E, Giardinelli L, Fanelli A, Fisher AD, Vignozzi L, Ricca V. Predictors of Resumption of Menses in Anorexia Nervosa: A 4-Year Longitudinal Study. Psychosom Med. 2020 Oct;82(8):782-786.
21. Fisher AD, Ristori J, Castellini G, Cocchetti C, Cassioli E, Orsolini S, Sensi C, Romani A, Mazzoli F, Cipriani A, Ricca V, Vignozzi L, Viggiano MP, Mascalchi M, Maggi M, Gavazzi G. Neural Correlates of Gender Face Perception in Transgender People. J Clin Med. 2020 Jun 3;9(6):1731.
22. Cassioli E, Rossi E, Squecco R, Baccari MC, Maggi M, Vignozzi L, Comeglio P, Gironi V, Lelli L, Rotella F, Monteleone AM, Ricca V, Castellini G. Reward and psychopathological correlates of eating disorders: The explanatory role of leptin. Psychiatry Res. 2020 Aug;290:113071.
23. Holbrook HM, Voller F, Castellini G, Silvestri C, Ricca V, Cassioli E, Ivanova MY, Hudziak JJ.Sport participation moderates association between bullying and depressive symptoms in Italian adolescents.J Affect Disord. 2020 Jun 15;271:33-38.
24. Santangelo A, Monteleone AM, Casarrubea M, Cassioli E, Castellini G, Crescimanno G, Aiello S, Ruzzi V, Cascino G, Marciello F, Ricca V. Recurring sequences of multimodal non-verbal and verbal communication during a human psycho-social stress test: A temporal pattern analysis.Physiol Behav. 2020 Jul 1;221:112907.
25. Defreyne J, Elaut E, Kreukels B, Fisher AD, Castellini G, Staphorsius A, Den Heijer M, Heylens G, T'Sjoen G.Sexual Desire Changes in Transgender Individuals Upon Initiation of Hormone Treatment: Results From the Longitudinal European Network for the Investigation of Gender Incongruence. J Sex Med. 2020 Apr;17(4):812-825.
26. Ristori J, Cocchetti C, Castellini G, Pierdominici M, Cipriani A, Testi D, Gavazzi G, Mazzoli F, Mosconi M, Meriggiola MC, Cassioli E, Vignozzi L, Ricca V, Maggi M, Fisher AD. Hormonal Treatment Effect on Sexual Distress in Transgender Persons: 2-Year Follow-Up Data. J Sex Med. 2020 Jan;17(1):142-151.
27. Cassioli E, Rossi E, Castellini G, Sensi C, Mancini M, Lelli L, Monteleone AM, Ricca V, Stanghellini G. Sexuality, embodiment and attachment style in anorexia nervosa. Eat Weight Disord. 2020 Dec;25(6):1671-1680.
28. Cascino G, Castellini G, Stanghellini G, Ricca V, Cassioli E, Ruzzi V, Monteleone P, Monteleone AM. The Role of the Embodiment Disturbance in the Anorexia Nervosa Psychopathology: A Network Analysis Study. Brain Sci. 2019 Oct 15;9(10):276.
29. Idrizaj E, Garella R, Castellini G, Francini F, Ricca V, Baccari MC, Squecco R.Adiponectin Decreases Gastric Smooth Muscle Cell Excitability in Mice.Front Physiol. 2019 Aug 6;10:1000.
30. Monteleone AM, Ruzzi V, Patriciello G, Pellegrino F, Cascino G, Castellini G, Steardo L Jr, Monteleone P, Maj M. Parental bonding, childhood maltreatment and eating disorder psychopathology: an investigation of their interactions.  Eat Weight Disord. 2019 Feb 7.
31. Maseroli E, Scavello I, Campone B, Di Stasi V, Cipriani S, Felciai F, Camartini V, Magini A, Castellini G, Ricca V, Maggi M, Vignozzi L. Psychosexual Correlates of Unwanted Sexual Experiences in Women Consulting for Female Sexual Dysfunction According to Their Timing Across the Life Span. J Sex Med. 2018 Nov 13. pii: S1743-6095(18)31221-9.
32. Lelli L, Castellini G, Cassioli E, Monteleone AM, Ricca V. Cortisol levels before and after cognitive behavioural therapy in patients with eating disorders reporting childhood abuse: A follow-up study. Psychiatry Res. 2019 May;275:269-275.
33. Ristori J, Fisher AD, Castellini G, Sensi C, Cipriani A, Ricca V, Maggi M. Gender Dysphoria and Anorexia Nervosa Symptoms in Two Adolescents.Arch Sex Behav. 2019 Jul;48(5):1625-1631.
34. Idrizaj E, Garella R, Castellini G, Mohr H, Pellegata NS, Francini F, Ricca V, Squecco R, Baccari MC. Adiponectin affects the mechanical responses in strips from the mouse gastric fundus.  World J Gastroenterol. 2018 Sep 21;24(35):4028-4035. 
35. Castellini G, Rellini AH, Appignanesi C, Pinucci I, Fattorini M, Grano E, Fisher AD, Cassioli E, Lelli L, Maggi M, Ricca V. Response and Rebuttal to Editorial Comment on "Deviance or Normalcy? The Relationship Between Paraphilic Thoughts and Behaviors, Hypersexuality, and Psychopathology in a Sample of University Students". J Sex Med. 2018 Dec;15(12):1826-1827.
36. Maseroli E, Scavello I, Campone B, Di Stasi V, Cipriani S, Felciai F, Camartini V, Magini A, Castellini G, Ricca V, Maggi M, Vignozzi L.Psychosexual Correlates of Unwanted Sexual Experiences in Women Consulting for Female Sexual Dysfunction According to Their Timing Across the Life Span. J Sex Med. 2018 Dec;15(12):1739-1751.
37. Castellini G, Rellini AH, Appignanesi C, Pinucci I, Fattorini M, Grano E, Fisher AD, Cassioli E, Lelli L, Maggi M, Ricca V. Deviance or Normalcy? The Relationship Among Paraphilic Thoughts and Behaviors, Hypersexuality, and Psychopathology in a Sample of University Students. J Sex Med. 2018 Sep;15(9):1322-1335.
38. Monteleone AM, Patriciello G, Ruzzi V, Fico G, Pellegrino F, Castellini G, Steardo L Jr, Monteleone P, Maj M. Insecure Attachment and Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Functioning in People With Eating Disorders. Psychosom Med. 2018 Oct;80(8):710-716.
39. Giardinelli L, Lelli L, Ugolini V, Lazzeretti L, Burian I, Lino G, Lunardi C, Castellini G, Ricca V. Comparison of two different treatments in depressed pregnant women: fetal growth characteristics and neonatal outcomes. J Perinat Med. 2018 Jul 19
40. Castellini G, Lelli L, Cassioli E, Ciampi E, Zamponi F, Campone B, Monteleone AM, Ricca V. Different outcomes, psychopathological features, and comorbidities in patients with eating disorders reporting childhood abuse: A 3-year follow-up study.  European  Eating Disorder Review. 2018 Mar 15. doi: 10.1002/erv.2586.
41. Monteleone AM, Castellini G, Volpe U, Ricca V, Lelli L, Monteleone P, Maj M. Neuroendocrinology and brain imaging of reward in eating disorders: A possible key to the treatment of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry. 2018 3;80(Pt B):132-142..
42. Dell'Osso L, Carpita B, Gesi C, Cremone IM, Corsi M, Massimetti E, Muti D, Calderani E, Castellini G, Luciano M, Ricca V, Carmassi C, Maj M. Subthreshold autism spectrum disorder in patients with eating disorders. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 2017, 28;81:66-72.
43. Monteleone AM, Cardi V, Volpe U, Fico G, Ruzzi V, Pellegrino F, Castellini G, Monteleone P, Maj M. Attachment and motivational systems: Relevance of sensitivity to punishment for eating disorder psychopathology. Psychiatry Research. 2017, 5;260:353-359.
44. Castellini G, Lelli L, Corsi E, Campone B, Ciampi E, Fisher AD, Mallardo L, Monteleone AM, Rotella F, Tofani T, Vignozzi L, Zamponi F, Maggi M, Ricca V. Role of Sexuality in the Outcome of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa: A 3-Year Follow-Up Study. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 2017, 3;86(6):376-378.
45. Monteleone AM, Castellini G, Ricca V, Volpe U, De Riso F, Nigro M, Zamponi F, Mancini M, Stanghellini G, Monteleone P, Treasure J, Maj M. Embodiment Mediates the Relationship between Avoidant Attachment and Eating Disorder Psychopathology. European Eating Disorder Review. 2017, 31.
46. Castellini G, Lo Sauro C, Ricca V, Rellini AH Body Esteem as a Common Factor of a Tendency Toward Binge Eating and Sexual Dissatisfaction Among Women: The Role of Dissociation and Stress Response During Sex. Journal of Sexual Medicine. 2017;14(8):1036-1045.
47. Fisher AD, Ristori J, Castellini G, Sensi C, Cassioli E, Prunas A, Mosconi M, Vitelli R, Dèttore D, Ricca V, Maggi M. Psychological characteristics of Italian gender dysphoric adolescents: a case-control study. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation. 2017, 29.
48. Castellini G, Franzago M, Bagnoli S, Lelli L, Balsamo M, Mancini M, Nacmias B, Ricca V, Sorbi S, Antonucci I, Stuppia L, Stanghellini G. Fat mass and obesity-associated gene (FTO) is associated to eating disorders susceptibility and moderates the expression of psychopathological traits. PLoS One. 2017 10;12(3):e0173560.
49. Dell'Osso L, Gesi C, Massimetti E, Cremone IM, Barbuti M, Maccariello G, Moroni I, Barlati S, Castellini G, Luciano M, Bossini L, Rocchetti M, Signorelli M, Aguglia E, Fagiolini A, Politi P, Ricca V, Vita A, Carmassi C, Maj M.Adult Autism Subthreshold Spectrum (AdAS Spectrum): Validation of a questionnaire investigating subthreshold autism spectrum. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 2017 Feb;73:61-83.
50. Monteleone AM, Monteleone P, Marciello F, Pellegrino F, Castellini G, Maj M. Differences in Cortisol Awakening Response between Binge-Purging and Restrictive Patients with Anorexia Nervosa. European Eating Disorder Review. 2017;25(1):13-18.
51. Fisher AD, Ristori J, Fanni E, Castellini G, Forti G, Maggi M. Gender identity, gender assignment and reassignment in individuals with disorders of sex development: a major of dilemma. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation. 2016 Nov;39(11):1207-1224
52. Fisher AD, Castellini G, Ristori J, Casale H, Cassioli E, Sensi C, Fanni E, Amato AM, Bettini E, Mosconi M, Dèttore D, Ricca V, Maggi M. Cross-Sex Hormone Treatment and Psychobiological Changes in Transsexual Persons: Two-Year Follow-Up Data. Journal Clinical Endocrinology Metabolism. 2016: 101(11):4260-4269.
53. Fisher AD, Castellini G, Ristori J, Casale H, Giovanardi G, Carone N, Fanni E, Mosconi M, Ciocca G, Jannini EA, Ricca V, Lingiardi V, Maggi M. Who has the worst attitudes toward sexual minorities? Comparison of transphobia and homophobia levels in gender dysphoric individuals, the general population and health care providers.  Journal of Endocrinological Investigation. 2016, 40(3):263-273.
54. Castellini G, Pecchioli S, Cricelli I, Mazzoleni F, Cricelli C, Ricca V, Hudziak JJ, Brignoli O, Lapi F. How to early recognize mood disorders in primary care: A nationwide, population-based, cohort study. European Psychiatry. 2016;37:63-9..
55. Fanni E, Castellini G, Corona G, Boddi V, Ricca V, Rastrelli G, Fisher AD, Cipriani S, Maggi M. The Role of Somatic Symptoms in Sexual Medicine: Somatization as Important Contextual Factor in Male Sexual Dysfunction. Journal of Sexual Medicine. 2016;13(9):1395-407.
56. Dell'Osso L, Abelli M, Carpita B, Pini S, Castellini G, Carmassi C, Ricca V. Historical evolution of the concept of anorexia nervosa and relationships with orthorexia nervosa, autism, and obsessive-compulsive spectrum. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. 2016 7;12:1651-60.
57. Castellini G, Lelli L, Tedde A, Piaceri I, Bagnoli S, Lucenteforte E, Sorbi S, Monteleone AM, James JH, Nacmias B, Ricca V. Analyses of the role of the glucocorticoid receptor gene polymorphism (rs41423247) as a potential moderator in the association between childhood overweight, psychopathology, and clinical outcomes in Eating Disorders patients: A 6 years follow up study. Psychiatry Research. 2016, 25;243:156-160.
58. Castellini G, Wu FC, Finn JD, OʼNeill TW, Lean ME, Pendleton N, Rastrelli G, Rutter MK, Gacci M, Ricca V, Maggi M; EMAS Study Group. Interactions Between Depression and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: The Role of Adverse Life Events and Inflammatory Mechanisms. Results From the European Male Ageing Study. Psychosomatic Medicine. 2016, 78(6):758-69.
59. Castellini G, Fanni E, Corona G, Maseroli E, Ricca V, Maggi M. Psychological, Relational, and Biological Correlates of Ego-Dystonic Masturbation in a Clinical Setting. Sexual Medicine. 2016 4(3):e156-65.
60. Castellini G, Lelli L, Ricca V, Maggi M. Sexuality in eating disorders patients: etiological factors, sexual dysfunction and identity issues. A systematic review. Hormone Molecular Biology and Clinical Investigation. 2016 1;25(2):71-90.
61. Fisher A D, Castellini Giovanni, Casale Helen, Fanni Egidia, Bandini Elisa, Campone Beatrice, Ferruccio Naika, Maseroli Elisa, Boddi Valentina, Dèttore Davide, Pizzocaro Alessandro, Balercia Giancarlo, Oppo Alessandro, Ricca Valdo, Maggi Mario. Hypersexuality, Paraphilic Behaviors, and Gender Dysphoria in Individuals with Klinefelter's Syndrome. Journal of Sexual Medicine. 2015 12(12):2413-24.
62. Boddi V, Fanni E, Castellini G, Fisher AD, Corona G, Maggi M. Conflicts Within the Family and Within the Couple as Contextual Factors in the Determinism of Male Sexual Dysfunction. Journal of Sexual Medicine. 2015 12(12):2425-35.
63. Boddi V, Castellini G, Casale H, Rastrelli G, Boni L, Corona G, Maggi M. An integrated approach with vardenafil orodispersible tablet and cognitive behavioral sex therapy for treatment of erectile dysfunction: a randomized controlled pilot study. Andrology. 2015;3(5):909-18.
64. Lelli L, Rotella F, Castellini G, Benni L, Lo Sauro C, Barletta G, Mannucci E, Castellani S, Di Tante V, Galanti G, Ricca V. Echocardiographic findings in patients with eating disorders: A case-control study. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease. 2015;25(7):694-6.
65. Calugi S, Ricca V, Castellini G, Lo Sauro C, Ruocco A, Chignola E, El Ghoch M, Dalle Grave R. The eating disorder examination: reliability and validity of the Italian version. Eating and Weight Disorders . 2015;20(4):505-11.
66. Castellini G, Stanghellini G, Godini L, Lucchese M, Trisolini F, Ricca V. Abnormal Bodily Experiences Mediate the Relationship between Impulsivity and Binge Eating in Overweight Subjects Seeking Bariatric Surgery. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 2015 21;84(2):124-126.
67. Stanghellini G, Trisolini F, Castellini G, Ambrosini A, Faravelli C, Ricca V. Is Feeling Extraneous from One's Own Body a Core Vulnerability Feature in Eating Disorders? Psychopathology. 2015;48(1):18-24. .
68. Lelli L, Castellini G, Gabbani T, Godini L, Rotella F, Ricca V. Associations between Liver Enzymes, Psychopathological and Clinical Features in Eating Disorders. European Eating Disorder Review. 2014;22(6):443-7.
69. Faravelli C, Castellini G, Fioravanti G, Lo Sauro C, Pietrini F, Lelli L, Rotella F, Ricca V. Different Childhood Adversities Are Associated with Different Symptom Patterns in Adulthood. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 2014 6;83(5):320-321.
70. Rotella F, Lazzeretti L, Barbaro V, Castellini G, Bigiarini M, Cresci B, Ricca V, Rotella CM, Mannucci E. All roads bring to Rome: a different way for predicting success in the therapy of obesity through psychological features. Journal of  Endocrinological  Investigation.  2014;37(12):1187-94.
71. Castellini G, Castellani W, Lelli L, Lo Sauro C, Dini C, Lazzeretti L, Bencini L, Mannucci E, Ricca V. Association between resting energy expenditure, psychopathology and HPA-axis in eating disorders. World Journal of Clinical Cases. 2014 16;2(7):257-64.
72. Fioravanti G, Castellini G, Lo Sauro C, Ianni S, Montanelli L, Rotella F, Faravelli C, Ricca V. Course and moderators of emotional eating in anorectic and bulimic patients: a follow-up study.  Eating Behaviors. 2014;15(2):192-6.
73. Castellini G, Godini L, Amedei S, Faravelli C, Lucchese M, Ricca V. Psychological effects and outcome predictors of three bariatric surgery interventions: a 1-year follow-up study. Eating and Weight Disorders 2014;19(2):217-24.
74. Castellini G, Montanelli L, Faravelli C, Ricca V. Eating Disorder Outpatients Who Do Not Respond to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Follow-Up Study. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 2014; 22;83(2):125-127.
75. Fisher AD, Castellini G, Bandini E, Casale H, Fanni E, Benni L, Ferruccio N, Meriggiola M, Manieri C, Gualerzi A, Jannini E, Oppo A, Ricca V, Maggi M, Rellini HA. Cross-Sex Hormonal Treatment and Body Uneasiness in Individuals with Gender Dysphoria. Journal of Sexual Medicine 2014;11(3):709-19.
76. Castellini G, Godini L, Gorini AS, Galli V, Alpigiano G, Mugnaini E, Veltri M, Rellini AH, Rotella CM, Faravelli C, Lucchese M, Ricca V. Psychopathological similarities and differences between obese patients seeking surgical and non-surgical overweight treatments. Eating and Weight Disorder; 2014 ;19(1):95-102.
77. Faravelli C, Alessandra S, Castellini G, Lo Sauro C. Gender differences in depression and anxiety: The role of age. Psychiatry Research. 2013;  30;210(3):1301-3.
78. Buscemi S, Castellini G, Batsis JA, Ricca V, Sprini D, Galvano F, Grosso G, Rosafio G, Caravello M, Rini GB. Psychological and behavioural factors associated with long-term weight maintenance after a multidisciplinary treatment of uncomplicated obesity. Eating and Weight Disorders. 20138(4):351-8.
79. Cresci B, Castellini G, Pala L, Bigiarini M, Romoli E, Poggiali R,  Guarnieri C, Biffi B, La Ferlita T, Ricca V, Mannucci E, Rotella CM. Fit and Motivated: Outcome Predictors in Patients Starting a Program for Lifestyle Change. Obesity Facts 2013;6:279–287.
80. Rotella F, Castellini G, Montanelli L, Rotella CM, Faravelli C, Ricca V. Comparison between normal-weight and overweight bulimic patients. Eating and Weight Disorders 2013;18(4):389-93.
81. Castellini G, Fioravanti G, Ravaldi C, Masetti S,  Vannacci A, Mannucci E, Faravelli C, Ricca V. The eating disorders well-being questionnaire (EDwell), a new measure of quality of life in eating disorders. Eating and Weight Disorders ; 2013, 18(1):11-22.
82. Castellini G, Lo Sauro C, Lelli L, Godini L, Vignozzi L, Rellini HA, Faravelli C, Maggi M, Ricca V. Childhood sexual abuse moderates the relationship between sexual functioning and Eating Disorder psychopathology in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa: A one year follow-up study. Journal of Sexual Medicine; 2013; 10(9):2190-200.
83. Bandini E, Fisher AD, Castellini G, Lo Sauro C, Lelli L, Meriggiola MC, Casale H, Benni L, Ferruccio N, Faravelli C, Dettore D, Maggi M,  Ricca V. Gender identity disorder and eating disorders: similarities and differences in terms of body uneasiness. Journal of Sexual Medicine 2013; 10(4):1012-23.
84. Valenti R, Salvadori E, Pescini F, Poggesi A, Castellini G, Antonini S, Bianchi S, Inzitari D, Pallanti S, Pantoni L. Facial affect recognition in CADASIL patients. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 2013; 28(1):65-71
85. Castellini G, Fioravanti G, Lo Sauro C, Rotella F, Lelli L, Ventura L, Faravelli C, Ricca V. Latent profile and latent transition analyses of eating disorder phenotypes in a clinical sample: a 6 year follow-up study. Psychiatry Research; 2013; 15;207(1-2):92-9.
86. Castellini G, Polito C, Bolognesi E, D'Argenio A, Ginestroni A, Mascalchi M, Pellicanò G, Mazzoni LN, Rotella F, Faravelli C, Pupi A, Ricca V. Looking at my body. Similarities and differences between anorexia nervosa patients and controls in body image visual processing. European Psychiatry; 2013; 28(7):427-35.
87. Castellini G, Lelli L, Lo Sauro C, Vignozzi L, Maggi M, Faravelli C, Ricca V. Childhood abuse, sexual function and cortisol levels in eating disorders. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics; 2012;81(6):380-2.
88. Castellini G, Lelli L, Lo Sauro C, Fioravanti G, Vignozzi L, Maggi M, Faravelli C, Ricca V. Anorectic and bulimic patients suffer from relevant sexual dysfunctions. Journal of Sexual Medicine; 2012;9(10):2590-9.
89. Faravelli C, Lo Sauro C, Lelli L, Pietrini F, Lazzeretti L, Godini L, Benni L, Fioravanti G, Talamba GA, Castellini G, Ricca V. The role of life events and HPA Axis in anxiety disorders: a review. Current Pharmaceutical Design 2012; 18(35):5663-74.
90. Faravelli C, Castellini G, Benni L, Brugnera A, Landi M, Lo Sauro C, Pietrini F, Rotella F, Ricca V. Generalized anxiety disorder: is there any specific symptom? Comprehensive Psychiatry 2012; 53(8):1056-62.
91. Lo Sauro C, Castellini G, Lelli L, Faravelli C, Ricca V. Psychopathological and clinical features of remitted anorexia nervosa patients: a six-year follow-up study. European Eating Disorders Review 2012; 21(1):78-83. 
92. Castellini G, Ricca V, Lelli L, Bagnoli S, Lucenteforte E, Faravelli C, Sorbi S, Nacmias B. Association between serotonin transporter gene polymorphism and eating disorders outcome: a 6-year follow-up study. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2012; 159B(5): 491-500.
93. Faravelli C, Castellini G, Landi M, Brugnera A. Are psychiatric diagnoses an obstacle for research and practice? Reliability, validity and the problem of psychiatric diagnoses. The case of GAD. Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2012; 8:12-5.
94. Stanghellini  G,  Castellini  G, Brogna  P, Faravelli  C, Ricca  V. Identity and eating disorders (IDEA): a questionnaire evaluating identity and embodiment in eating disorder patients. Psychopathology 2012; 45(3):147-58.
95. Giardinelli L, Innocenti A, Benni L, Stefanini MC, Lino G, Lunardi C, Svelto V, Afshar S, Bovani R, Castellini G, Faravelli C. Depression and anxiety in perinatal period: prevalence and risk factors in an Italian sample. Archives of Women’s Mental Health 2012; 15(1): 21-30.
96. Castellini G, Mannucci E, Lo Sauro C, Benni L, Lazzeretti L, Ravaldi C, Rotella CM., Faravelli C, Ricca V. Different moderators of cognitive behavioral therapy on subjective and objective binge eating in bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder: a three-year follow-up study.  Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 2012; 81(1):11-20.
97. Ricca V, Castellini G, Fioravanti G, Lo Sauro C, Rotella F,  Ravaldi C, Lazzeretti L, Faravelli C. Emotional eating in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Comprehensive Psychiatry 2011; 53(3):245-51.
98. Valenti R, Pescini F, Antonini S, Castellini G, Poggesi A, Bianchi S, Inzitari D, Pallanti S, Pantoni L. Major depression and bipolar disorders in CADASIL: a study using the DSM-IV semi-structured interview. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica 2011; 124(6):390-5.
99. Castellini G, Lo Sauro C, Mannucci E, Ravaldi C, Rotella CM, Faravelli C, Ricca V. Diagnostic Crossover and Outcome Predictors in Eating Disorders According to DSM-IV and DSM-V Proposed Criteria: A 6-Year Follow-Up Study. Psychosomatic Medicine 2011; 173(3):270-9.
100. Pietrini F, Castellini G, Ricca V, Polito C, Pupi A, Faravelli C. Functional neuroimaging in anorexia nervosa: a clinical approach. European Psychiatry 2011; 26(3):176-82.
101. Ricca V, Castellini G, Mannucci E, Lo Sauro C, Ravaldi C, Rotella CM, Faravelli C. Comparison of individual and group cognitive behavioral therapy for binge eating disorder. A randomized, three-year follow-up study. Appetite 2010; 55(3): 656-65.
102. Ricca V, Rotella F, Mannucci E, Ravaldi C, Castellini G, Lapi F, Cangioli L, Martini P, Faravelli C. Eating behaviour and body satisfaction in mediterranean children: the role of the parents. Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health 2010; 6: 59-65.
103. Cresci B, Castellini G, Pala L, Ravaldi C, Faravelli C, Rotella CM, Ricca V. Motivational readiness for treatment in weight control programs: the treatment motivation and readiness (tre-more) test. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation 2010; 34(3):70-7.
104. Castellini G, Mannucci E, Mazzei C, Lo Sauro C, Faravelli C, Rotella CM, Maggi M, Ricca V. Sexual function in obese women with and without binge eating disorder. Journal of Sexual Medicine 2010; 7(12):3969-78.
105. La Mela C, Maglietta M, Castellini G, Amoroso L, Lucarelli S. Dissociation in eating disorders: relationship between dissociative experiences and binge-eating episodes. Comprehensive Psychiatry 2010; 51(4):393-400.
106. Ricca V, Castellini G, Lo Sauro C, Mannucci E, Ravaldi C, Rotella F, Faravelli C. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for threshold and subthreshold anorexia nervosa: a three-year follow-up study. Psychotherapy Psychosomatics 2010; 79: 238-48.
107. Cellini E, Castellini G, Ricca V, Bagnoli S, Tedde A, Rotella CM, Faravelli C, Sorbi S, Nacmias B. Glucocorticoid receptor gene polymorphisms in Italian patients with eating disorders and obesity. Psychiatry Genetic 2010, 20(6):282-8.
108. Ricca V, Castellini G, Lo Sauro C, Rotella CM, Faravelli C. Zonisamide combined with cognitive behavioral therapy in binge eating disorder: a one-year follow-up study. Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2009; 6(11): 23-8.
109. Pallanti S, Castellini G, Chamberlain RS, Quercioli L, Zaccara G, Fineberg AN. Cognitive event related potentials differentiate schizophrenia with obsessive compulsive disorder (Schizo-OCD) from OCD and schizophrenia without OC symptoms. Psychiatry Research 2009; 170: 52-60.
110. Ricca V, Castellini G, Lo Sauro C, Ravaldi C, Lapi F, Mannucci E, Rotella CM, Faravelli C. Correlations between binge eating and emotional eating in a sample of overweight subjects.  Appetite 2009; 53; 418–421.
111. Faravelli  C, Lo Sauro  C, Castellini  G, Ricca  V, Pallanti S. Prevalence and correlates of mental disorders in a school-survey sample. Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health 2009; 5:1-8.
112. Ricca V, Castellini G, Mannucci E, Monami M, Ravaldi C, Gorini AS, Lo Sauro C, Rotella CM, Faravelli C. Amphetamine derivatives and obesity. Appetite. 2009; 52: 405-409. 
113. Castellini Giovanni, Lapi Francesco, Ravaldi Claudia, Vannacci Alfredo, Rotella Carlo Maria, Faravelli Carlo, Ricca Valdo. Eating disorder psychopathology does not predict the overweight severity in subjects seeking weight loss treatment. Comprehensive Psychiatry 2008; 49: 359-63.

• Pubblicazioni su riviste nazionali

1.  Ristori J,· Fisher AD,· Maseroli E, ·Castellini G,· Ricca V, ·Maggi M. La disforia di genere in età evolutiva. L’Endocrinologo https://doi.org/10.1007/s40619-018-0440-5, 2018.
2. Castellini G. The body and the other: a crisis of the self-representation in the disorders of post-modernity.  Dialogues in Philosophy, Mental and Neuro Sciences. Volume 10, Issue 2, December 2017.
3. Castellini G. Language of self-definition in the disorders of identity. Journal of Psychopathology 2016;22:39-47.
4. Castellini G, Fisher AD, Ristori J, Ricca V, Maggi M . Il genere: informazione e disinformazione. La falsità della teoria del genere. Toscana Medica, 8, 2015.
5. Castellini G, Francesca T, Valdo R. Psychopathology of eating disorders. Journal of Psychopathology 2014;20:461-470.
6. Castellini G, Zagaglioni A, Godini L, Monami F, Dini C, Faravelli C, Ricca V.  Orientamento religioso e disturbi del comportamento alimentare. Riv Psichiatr. 2014;49(3):140-4.
7. Godini L, Castellini G, Lo Sauro C, Ricca V, Faravelli C. The night eating syndrome. Quaderni Italiani di Psichiatria. 2011; 30, (3)95-136.
8. Ricca V, Castellini G, Faravelli C. Immagine Corporea e Psicopatologia del comportamento Alimentare. Nuova Rassegna di Studi Psichiatrici. Giugno 2011.
9. Mazzei C, Castellini G, Benni L, Godini L, Lazzeretti L, Pracucci C, Talamba G A, Ricca V, Faravelli Carlo. Sexuality and eating disorders. Rivista di Psichiatria 2011;46(2):122-8.
10. Ricca V, Castellini G, Faravelli C. Binge Eating Disorder: caratteristiche psicopatologiche. In NÓOς Vol.15, N 2, 2009, 119-146.
11. Meloni D, Menichetti A, Dorrel C, Capozzi D, Bracali L, Masetti S, Castellini G, Borgioli ML,  Baldasseroni A, Ferrara M. La recidiva di ricovero in psichiatria. Salute e Territorio. N. 157, 210-215,  2006.

• Capitoli di libri nazionali e internazionali

1. Castellini Giovanni; Mario Maggi; Valdo Ricca. Childhood Sexual Abuse and Psychopathology. In Emotional, Physical and Sexual Abuse.  Edited by: Giovanni Corona, Emmanuele A. Jannini, Mario Maggi. Springer, 2023.
2. Castellini Giovanni and Milena Mancini. Gender Dysphoria. In Oxford Handbook of Phenomenological Psychology. Edited by Giovanni Stanghellini, Matthew Broome, Anthony Vincent Fernandez, Paolo Fusar-Poli, Andrea Raballo, and René Rosfort. Oxford University press (2019).
3. Castellini Giovanni and Valdo Ricca. Eating behavior and its disorders. In Oxford Handbook of Phenomenological Psychology. Edited by Giovanni Stanghellini, Matthew Broome, Anthony Vincent Fernandez, Paolo Fusar-Poli, Andrea Raballo, and René Rosfort. Oxford University press (2019).
4. Giovanni Castellini and Valdo Ricca. Eating disorders as Disorders of Embodiment and Identity, In Oxford Handbook of Phenomenological Psychology. Edited by Giovanni Stanghellini, Matthew Broome, Anthony Vincent Fernandez, Paolo Fusar-Poli, Andrea Raballo, and René Rosfort. Oxford University press (2019).
5. Livio Tarchi, Eleonora Rossi, Marco Faldi, Emanuele Cassioli, Valdo Ricca & Giovanni Castellini. Linking Embodiment Disorder and Bulimia Nervosa. In Eating Disorders. Springer (2023)
6. Castellini G. Psicoterapia della disforia di genere. In Sessuologia medica. In Trattato di psicosessuologia, medicina della sessualità e salute della coppia. Emmanuele A. Jannini,‎ Andrea Lenzi,‎ Mario Maggi 2017.
7. Castellini G. Abuso Sessuale. In Sessuologia medica. In Trattato di psicosessuologia, medicina della sessualità e salute della coppia. Emmanuele A. Jannini,‎ Andrea Lenzi,‎ Mario Maggi 2017.
8. Castellini G; Mario M; Valdo R. Childhood Sexual Abuse and Psychopathology. In Emotional, Physical and Sexual Abuse.  Edited by: Giovanni Corona, Emmanuele A. Jannini, Mario Maggi. Springer, 2015.

• Presentazioni a congressi, letture. Pubblicati come atti di convegni nazionali e internazionali

1. Castellini G. Sexual abuse and sexual disorders. Webinar for European Society of Sexual Medicine (ESSM). July 2022.
2. Castellini G. Sexuality after child sexual abuse. Workshop at the European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM). Virtual Edition. February 2022
3.  Castellini G. What We Can Learn from Sexuality in Patients with Eating. Disorders and Weight Disorder Spectrum. Presso il simposio 9. Internationales Symposium Ess- und Gewichtsstörungen, organizzato dalla professoressa Gabriella Milos. Universitätsspital Zürich. Switzerland. November 2021
4. Castellini G. The complexity behind childhood abuse in eating disorders: psychopathology, treatment outcome, and biological factors. European Chapter of Academy of Eating Disorders. Virtual Meeting. November 2021
5. Castellini G. Body image and sexuality: Anorexia and obesity trend. World Meeting on Sexual Medicine, International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM). Virtual. November 2021
6. Castellini G. Making trans health care accessible through e-health: Empirical andclinical approaches from Germany and Italy. Presso la 4 th conference of the European Professional Association for Transgender Health. 11-13 of August. Göthenburg, Sweden. August 2021
7. Castellini G. Issues in the Care of Transgender Children, Adolescents and Adults: Overcoming Health Care Barriers. 29 th European Congress of Psychiatry. Congresso della European Psychiatric Association. April 2021
8. Castellini G. Sexual abuse: psychopathology and sexual consequences. 21th Congress of European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM). Lubiana, Slovenia, February 2021.
9. Castellini G. Sex and Food: how appetites overlap. Workshop Annual Meeting of the  International Society of the Study of Women's Sexual health (ISSWSH). Virtual March 2021
10. Castellini G. Sexual satisfaction and sexual function in transgender people, do we know anything? Presso 22nd Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine. Praga, February 2020.
11. Castellini G, Ricca V. Impulsivity and Eating Disorders. 11 th Pisa Days of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology. Pisa, Italy. June 8, 2018.
12. Castellini G. Mental Helaht in Gender Dysphoria. National Institute of Health. Rome, Italy.  June 5, 2018.
13. Castellini G, Hutzinger L, La Grange D, Rienecke R, Tanifsky-Kraff M, Thomson Brenner H. How to chose your yellow brick road: exploring diverse career paths and using personal values to inform career trajectories. International Conference of Eating Disorders.  April 12, 2018. Chicago (USA).
14. Castellini G. Perceived stigma as a potential moderator of treatment outcome in persons with gender dysphoria: a two year follow up study. 26th Congress of the European Psychiatric Association Nice, France. March 3-6, 2018.

5. Castellini G. Disforia di Genere e Psicopatologia. Congresso “Identità Sessuali: il senso di sè oltre il pregiudizio e la sofferenza. Università degli Studi Dell’Aquila. 9 Novembre 2018.
6. Castellini G, Ricca V. Impulsività e Disturbi della Condotta Alimentare. 11 th PPisa Days of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology. 8 Giugno, 2018.
7. Castellini G. La presa in carico psicologica della varianza di genere e disforia di genere in et’ adulta. Identit’ di Genere e Salute. Istituto Superiore di Sanità. Centro di Riferimento per la Medicina di Genere. Roma 5 Giugno, 2018.
8. Castellini G. Sessualità nell’anziano. Psicologia e Psicopatologia dell’anziano. Fondazione F. Turati. Gavinana, 4 Maggio, 2018.
9. Castellini G, Hutzinger L, La Grange D, Rienecke R, Tanifsky-Kraff M, Thomson Brenner H. How to chose your yellow brick road: exploring diverse career paths and using personal values to inform career trajectories. International Conference of Eating Disorders.  19-21 Aprile 2018. Chicago (USA).
10. Castellini G. Il Desiderio sessuale: il limite tra normalità e patologia. Disturbi Affettivi e Sessualità. Corso della Società Italiana di Psichiatria - Sezione Sardegna e della Sezione regionale della Società Italiana di Andrologia e Medicina della Sessualità in collaborazione con la Sezione regionale della Società Italiana di Psichiatria di Consultazione. Cagliari, 24 Marzo 2018.
11. Castellini G. L’abuso sessuale e le parafilie. Disturbi Affettivi e Sessualità. Corso della Società Italiana di Psichiatria - Sezione Sardegna e della Sezione regionale della Società Italiana di Andrologia e Medicina della Sessualità in collaborazione con la Sezione regionale della Società Italiana di Psichiatria di Consultazione. Cagliari, 24 Marzo 2018.
12. Castellini G. Perceived stigma as a potential moderator of treatment outcome in persons with gender dysphoria: a two year follow up study. 26th Congress of the European Psychiatric Association Nice (Francia), 3-6 Marzo, 2018.
13. Castellini G. Sessualità   e   corporeità   vissuta,   sessualità   e   dimensione   interpersonale   nei disturbi dell'alimentazione: implicazioni cliniche. XXII Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Psicopatologia. Roma, 21-24 Febbraio 2018.
14. Castellini G. La sessualità nell’anziano. Congresso Societá Italiana di Gerontologia e Geriatria:. Firenze, 13 Ottobre, 2017.
15. Castellini G. Aspetti Psicologici della Sindrome di Klinefelter. Primo Congresso Nazionale Klinefelter Italian Group (KING). Padova 16 Settembre 2017.
16. Castellini G, Eating Disorders who do not respond to cognitive behavioral therapy. International Conference of Eating Disorders. Praga (Repubblica Ceca), 8-10 Giugno 2017.
17. Castellini G, Fisher, Ristori J, Casale H, Cassioli E, Sensi C, Fanni, E Amato A, Bettini E, Mosconi, M Dèttore D, Ricca V, Maggi M. Cross-Sex Hormone Treatment and Psychobiological Changes in Transsexual Persons: Two-Year Follow-Up Data. 2^nd  Biennial Conference of the European Professional Association for Transgender Health. Belgrado Serbia Aprile 4-6, 2017.
18. Castellini G,Fisher AD, Ristori J, Casale H, Giovanardi G, Carone N, Fanni E, Mosconi M, Ciocca G,  Jannini E, Ricca V, Lingiardi V, Maggi M. Who has the worst attitudes toward sexual minorities? Comparison of transphobia and homophobia levels in gender dysphoric individuals, the general population and health care providers. 2nd  Biennial Conference of the European Professional Association for Transgender Health. Belgrado Serbia Aprile 4-6, 2017.
19. Castellini G. A Dimensional Perspective on Sexual Orientation and Gender. 25th Congress of the European Psychiatric Association. Firenze, 1-4- Aprile 2017.
20. Castellini G. Eating disorders and sexual dysfunctions: No way to hide. Workshop presso il 19^th Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine. Nice (Francia), 2-4 Febbraio 2017.
21. Castellini G. What sexuality tells us about long-term outcome of eating disorders: a three years follow up study. 19th Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine. Nice (Francia), 2-4 Febbraio 2017.
22. Castellini G. Psychobiological outcomes of different treatment option in gender incongruence. 19th Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine. Nice (Francia), 2-4 Febbraio 2017.
23. Castellini G. Dall’attaccamento alla psicopatologia nei disturbi dell’alimentazione XXI congresso della Società Italiana di Psicopatologia, Roma 22-25 Febbraio 2017.
24. Castellini G. Behavioral features of Klinefelter Syndrome. 9^th    European Congress of Andrology. Rotterdam (Paesi Bassi), 22-23 Settembre, 2016.
25. Castellini G. Psychological correlates of homophobia and transphobia and levels in gender dysphoria persons and general population. 24th Biennial Symposium, Amsterdam (Paesi Bassi) Giugno 17-21, 2016.
26. Castellini G. Abuso infantile e neglect nei disturbi dell’alimentazione: effetti sulla psicopatologia e decorso longitudinale. III Congresso Nazionale SIPA. Lecce 16-17 giugno 2016.
27. Castellini G. Sessualità e piacere, sessualità e sofferenza nei Disturbi dell'Alimentazione. Ventesimo Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Psicopatologia. Roma 23-26 Febbraio, 2016.
28. Castellini G. Effetti psicopatologici dell’abuso sessuale. Salute e Benessere Sessuale. Ordine dei Medici e Chirurghi di Firenze. Firenze, 4 Maggio, 2016.
29. Castellini G , Fisher AD, Vignozzi L, Lelli L, Godini L, Maggi M, Ricca V. Sexual functioning predicts long term outcome of eating disorders patients: a two years follow up study.  18 th Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine. 4-6 Febbraio, Madrid (Spagna). 2016.
30. Castellini G, Ricca V, Maggi M. Eating Disorders and Female Sexual Dysfunction. 18 th Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine. 4-6 Febbraio, Madrid (Spagna). 2016.
31. Castellini G,  Lelli L, Ricca V. Clinical characteristics of Eating Disorders patients who do not respond to cognitive behavioral therapy: a six-year follow-up study. XXI^ST Annual Meeting of the Eating Disorder Research Society. Taormina; Settembre 17-19, 2015.
32. Castellini G,  Fisher AD, Fanni E, Lasagni I, Benni L, Ricca V, Maggi M. The consequences of body uneasiness in gender dysphoric persons: pathological behaviours and eating psychopathology. Transgender Health Care in Europe Marzo 12 – 14, 2015, Ghent (Belgio).
33. Castellini G, Fisher AD; Fanni E, Casale H, Benni L, Ricca V, Maggi M.Transphobia and homophobia levels in general population, health care providers and in gender dysphoric individuals. Transgender Health Care in Europe Marzo 12 – 14, 2015, Ghent (Belgio).
34. Castellini G. Body image disturbance, sexual functioning and hormonal levels: a longitudinal study in Anorexia Nervosa patients. XVII Congress for European Society of Sexual Medicine. Copenaghen (Danimarca) Febbraio 2015.
35. Castellini G Body Uneasiness and eating disorders symptoms in Gender Dysphoria individuals . XVII Congress for European Society of Sexual Medicine. Copenaghen (Danimarca)  Febbraio, 2015.
36. Castellini G. La Vittima: epidemiologia e conseguenze; Il Compeller, profili e trattamenti psicologici; Simposio: Abuso sessuale.  XI Congresso Nazionale Società Italiana di Andrologia e Medicina della Sessualità. 13 - 15 Novembre 2014.  Thotel Cagliari, Italy.
37. Castellini G. Body uneasiness in gender dysphoria. Symposium: Sexual orientation and gender identity.  World Meeting on Sexual Medicine, which will take place in Sao Paulo, Brasile, Ottobre 8-12, 2014.
38. Castellini G. Stress e Disturbi dell’Alimentazione. Secondo Congresso Nazionale Società Italiana di Psicopatologia dell’Alimentazione. 27-28 Giugno 2014.
39. Castellini G. Eating Disorders: Diagnoses and Psychopathology. University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA Aprile 30, 2013.
40. Castellini G. Eating Disorders: The role of life events. University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA Maggio 01, 2013.
41. Castellini G, Lo Sauro C, Lelli L, Maggi M, Faravelli C, Ricca V. Sexual dysfunction in Eating Disorders: the role of psychopathology, childhood abuse and HPA functioning. 2013 International Conference on Eating Disorders (ICED) Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries in Eating Disorders. Maggio 2-4, 2013. Hilton Montréal Bonaventure, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
42. Castellini G, Faravelli C. Role of trauma and stressful life events for the pathogenesis of Eating Disorders. First Congress of the Italian Society of the Eating Disorder Psychopathology (SIPA). Vietri sul Mare – Salerno – Naples. Lloyd’s Baia Hotel, Novembre, 8-9, 2012.
43. Castellini G, Ricca V, Faravelli C. Eating Disorders: Significance of Remission and Recovery. IX Summer Course of the Tuscany School of Psychiatry, Ottobre, 19-21, 2012. Firenze, Italy.
44. Castellini G, Ricca V, Maggi M,  Faravelli C. Sexuality and Eating Habits in women. International Studies in Psychiatry. Ergife Palace Hotel, Novembre, 23-26, 2011, Rome, Italy.
45. Castellini G, Ricca V. Women Sexuality. Italian Federation of Sexuality.  Chiostro del Maglio, Settembre, 16-17, 2011, Firenze, Italy.
46. Castellini G, Lo Sauro C, Mannucci E, Ravaldi C, Rotella F, Faravelli C,  Ricca V. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa: a three year follow up study.  V Conference of the Sociaty of Italian Psychiatry. Ottobre, 13-16, 2010, Riccione, Italy.
47. Castellini G, Cresci B, Pala L, Romoli E, Dicembrini I, Ricca Vo, Rotella CM. Outcome predictors in treatment of obesity.  Italian Society of Obesity (SIO). Sheraton Hotel, Aprile, 15-17, 2010, Roma, Italy.
48. Castellini G, Mannucci E, Ricca V. Assessment of Obesity. Bologna Challange DCA ’09 Congress. Febbraio, 2009, Bologna, Italy.
49. Castellini G, Lapi F, Lo Sauro C, Ravaldi C, Faravelli C, Rotella C M, Ricca V. Threshold and subthreshold Binge Eating Disorder: psychopathology and clinical features. Italian Society of Obesity (SIO). Palazzo dei Congressi, Maggio, 23, 2008, Firenze.  

Giovanni Castellini, PhD, MD, was born in Florence, Italy in 1978. He graduated in Medicine at the University of Florence, Italy, in 2004, and he was subsequently certified in Psychiatry (2008). He holds a Post-graduate Fellow Psychiatry at the University of Florence, a Master in Affective Neuroscience from the University of Maastricht (Holland), a Master in Sexual Medicine at the University of Florence (Italy), and a Ph.D. in Methodology of Clinical Research at the University of Brescia (Italy). His training included also a special four years training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and an intensive course of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the John's Hopkins University, Baltimore (USA).

His scholarly interests range widely and include clinical assessment and research on long term outcomes of Eating Disorders, Sexual Medicine and Gender Dysphoria. He is the main investigator for the University of Florence for several multi-centric research projects in Italy (Naples, Chieti Pescara, Padua, Turin, Pisa), and with the University of Vermont (Burlington, USA).

Since 2008 he worked as a psychiatrist at the University Hospital of Florence. From 2016 and 2018 he had the role of assistant professor and then from 2018 he is associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Florence. He is the author of 97 peer-reviewed international manuscripts.

Castellini Giovanni, Ph.D, MD.

Psychiatric Unit, Department of Health Science

Florence University School of Medicine

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Positions and Employment

Other experience and Professional Memberships

Peer-reviewed journal publications (in reversed chronological order)

1. Servi M, Chiaro S, Mussi E, Castellini G, Mereu A, Volpe Y, Pisano T. Statistical and artificial intelligence techniques to identify risk factors for suicide in children and adolescents. Sci Prog. 2023 Oct-Dec;106(4):368504231199663.
2.  Garella R, Bernacchioni C, Chellini F, Tani A, Palmieri F, Parigi M, Guasti D, Cassioli E, Castellini G, Ricca V, Bani D, Sassoli C, Donati C, Squecco R. Adiponectin Modulates Smooth Muscle Cell Morpho-Functional Properties in Murine Gastric Fundus via Sphingosine Kinase 2 Activation. Life (Basel). 2023 Aug
3. Tarchi L, Merola GP, Castellini G, Ricca V. Behavior genetics: Causality as a dialectical pursuit. Behav Brain Sci. 2023 Sep 11;46:e203.
4. Solmi M, De Toffol M, Kim JY, Choi MJ, Stubbs B, Thompson T, Firth J, Miola A, Croatto G, Baggio F, Michelon S, Ballan L, Gerdle B, Monaco F, Simonato P, Scocco P, Ricca V, Castellini G, Fornaro M, Murru A, Vieta E, Fusar-Poli P, Barbui C, Ioannidis JPA, Carvalho AF, Radua J, Correll CU, Cortese S, Murray RM, Castle D, Shin JI, Dragioti E. Balancing risks and benefits of cannabis use: umbrella review of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials and observational studies. BMJ. 2023 Aug 30;382:e072348
5. Castellini G, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Marchesoni G, Cerini G, Pastore E, De Bonfioli Cavalcabo' N, Rotella F, Mezzani B, Alterini B, Lucarelli S, Magazzini S, Corazzesi P, Caini S, Ricca V. Use and misuse of the emergency room by patients with eating disorders in a matched-cohort analysis: What can we learn from it? Psychiatry Res. 2023 Oct;328:115427. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115427.
6. Tarchi L, Merola GP, Selvi G, Caprara E, Pecoraro V, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Petraglia F, Ricca V, Castellini G. Pregorexia: a systematic review and meta-analysis on the constructs of body image dissatisfaction and eating disturbances by gestational age in the peripartum. Eat Weight Disord. 2023 Aug 1;28(1):64.
7. Castellini G, Cassioli E, Vitali F, Rossi E, Dani C, Melani G, Flaccomio D, D'Andria M, Mejia Monroy M, Galli A, Cavalieri D, Ricca V, Bartolucci GL, De Filippo C. Gut microbiota metabolites mediate the interplay between childhood maltreatment and psychopathology in patients with eating disorders. Sci Rep. 2023 Jul 20;13(1):11753.
8.  Campanino C, Falone A, Rossi E, Angeletti LL, Cassioli E, Gemignani S, Brogioni G, Castellini G, Bonaccorsi G, Mannucci E, Ricca V, Rotella F. Health literacy in female patients affected by anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa: a cross-sectional study with pair-matched controls. Eat Weight Disord. 2023 Jul 13;28(1):59.
9. Cassioli E, Rossi E, Melani G, Faldi M, Rellini AH, Wyatt RB, Oester C, Vannuccini S, Petraglia F, Ricca V, Castellini G. The menstrual distress questionnaire (MEDI-Q): reliability and validity of the English version. Gynecol Endocrinol. 2023 Jun 19;39(1):2227275.
10.  Dell'Osso L, Carpita B, Nardi B, Benedetti F, Dell'Oste V, Massimetti G, Cremone IM, Barlati S, Castellini G, Luciano M, Bossini L, Rocchetti M, Signorelli MS, Ricca V, Aguglia E, Fagiolini A, Vita A, Politi P, Maj M. Autistic traits distribution in different psychiatric conditions: A cluster analysis on the basis of the Adult Autism Subthreshold Spectrum (AdAS Spectrum) questionnaire. Psychiatry Res. 2023 Aug;326:115270.
11.  Tarchi L, Merola GP, Baccaredda-Boy O, Arganini F, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Maggi M, Baldwin DS, Ricca V, Castellini G. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, post-treatment sexual dysfunction and persistent genital arousal disorder: A systematic review. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2023 Oct;32(10):1053-1067.
12.  Cassioli E, Rossi E, Martelli M, Arganini F, Giuranno G, Siviglia S, Tarchi L, Faldi M, Castellini G, Ricca V. Longitudinal Coupling between Eating Disorder Psychopathology and Depression in Patients with Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa Treated with Enhanced Cognitive Behavior Therapy: A One-Year Follow-Up Study. Brain Sci. 2023 Mar 24;13(4):535
13. Monteleone AM, Barone E, Cascino G, Schmidt U, Gorwood P, Volpe U, Abbate-Daga G, Castellini G, Díaz Marsá M, Favaro A, Fukutomi A, Guillaume S, Minařík P, Pacheco JAS, Panero M, Papežová H, Ricca V, Segura-Garcia C, Scanferla E, Tyszkiewicz-Nwafor M, Fernandez-Aranda F, Voderholzer U, Treasure J, Monteleone P. Pathways to eating disorder care: A European multicenter study. Eur Psychiatry. 2023 Apr 24;66(1):e36.
14.  Fioravanti G, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Lucherini Angeletti L, Casale S, Ricca V, Castellini G. The relationship between problematic Instagram use and eating disorders psychopathology: an explanatory structural equation model. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2023 Apr 6.
15. Tarchi L, Damiani S, Vittori PT, Frick A, Castellini G, Politi P, Fusar-Poli P, Ricca V. Progressive Voxel-Wise Homotopic Connectivity from childhood to adulthood: Age-related functional asymmetry in resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. Dev Psychobiol. 2023 Mar;65(2):e22366.
16.  Castellini G, Rossi E, Cassioli E, Sanfilippo G, Ristori J, Vignozzi L, Maggi M, Ricca V, Fisher AD. Internalized transphobia predicts worse longitudinal trend of body uneasiness in transgender persons treated with gender affirming hormone therapy: a 1-year follow-up study J Sex Med. 2023 Feb 27;20(3):388-397.
17. Castellini G, Caini S, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Marchesoni G, Rotella F, De Bonfioli Cavalcabo' N, Fontana M, Mezzani B, Alterini B, Lucarelli S, Ricca V. Response to the Editorial from Micali and Herle on the research article entitled 'Mortality and Care of Eating Disorders'. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2023 Apr;147(4):389-391.
18. Castellini G, Merola GP, Baccaredda OB, Pecoraro V, Bozza B, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Bessi V, Sorbi S, Nacmias B, Ricca V. Emotional dysregulation, alexithymia and neuroticism: a systematic review on the genetic basis of a subset of psychological traits. Psychiatr Genet. 2022 Dec 20.
19. Garella R, Cassioli E, Chellini F, Tani A, Rossi E, Idrizaj E, Guasti D, Comeglio P, Palmieri F, Parigi M, Vignozzi L, Baccari MC, Ricca V, Sassoli C, Castellini G, Squecco R. Defining the Molecular Mechanisms of the Relaxant Action of Adiponectin on Murine Gastric Fundus Smooth Muscle: Potential Translational Perspectives on Eating Disorder Management. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Jan 5;24(2):1082.
20. Silvestri C, Carpita B, Cassioli E, Lazzeretti M, Rossi E, Messina V, Castellini G, Ricca V, Dell'Osso L, Bolognesi S, Fagiolini A, Voller F; Mental Disorders Study group. Prevalence study of mental disorders in an Italian region. Preliminary report. BMC Psychiatry. 2023 Jan 5;23(1):12.
21. Carmassi C, Tosato S, Bertelloni CA, Pedrinelli V, Cappelli A, Abbate-Daga G, Albert U, Castellini G, Luciano M, Menchetti M, Pompili M, Sampogna G, Signorelli MS, Massimetti G; PsyCOVID Group†; Fiorillo A. PTSD trajectories across different mental disorders in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: a naturalistic, longitudinal, multicenter study. Int Rev Psychiatry. 2022 Nov-Dec;34(7-8):797-808.
22. Vannuccini S, Clemenza S, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Castellini G, Ricca V, Petraglia F. Uterine Fibroids, Perceived Stress, and Menstrual Distress: a Key Role of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding. Reprod Sci. 2022 Dec 5.
23. Lucherini Angeletti L, Innocenti M, Felciai F, Ruggeri E, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Rotella F, Castellini G, Stanghellini G, Ricca V, Northoff G. Anorexia nervosa as a disorder of the subcortical-cortical interoceptive-self. Eat Weight Disord. 2022 Dec;27(8):3063-3081.
24. Cocchetti C, Castellini G, Maggi M, Romani A, Vignozzi L, Greenman Y, den Heijer M, T'Sjoen G, Fisher AD. Effects of hormonal treatment on dermatological outcome in transgender people: a multicentric prospective study (ENIGI). J Endocrinol Invest. 2023 Apr;46(4):779-786. doi: 10.1007/s40618-022-01944-x.
25. Damiani S, Tarchi L, La-Torraca-Vittori P, Scalabrini A, Castellini G, Ricca V, Fusar-Poli P, Politi P. State-dependent reductions of local brain connectivity in schizophrenia and their relation to performance and symptoms: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging. 2022 Sep 6;326:111541.
26. Monteleone AM, Pellegrino F, Croatto G, Carfagno M, Hilbert A, Treasure J, Wade T, Bulik CM, Zipfel S, Hay P, Schmidt U, Castellini G, Favaro A, Fernandez-Aranda F, Il Shin J, Voderholzer U, Ricca V, Moretti D, Busatta D, Abbate-Daga G, Ciullini F, Cascino G, Monaco F, Correll CU, Solmi M. Treatment of eating disorders: A systematic meta-review of meta-analyses and network meta-analyses. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2022 Nov;142:104857.
27. Castellini G, Caini S, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Marchesoni G, Rotella F, De Bonfioli Cavalcabo' N, Fontana M, Mezzani B, Alterini B, Lucarelli S, Ricca V. Mortality and care of eating disorders. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2023 Feb;147(2):122-133
28. Pompili M, Innamorati M, Erbuto D, Luciano M, Sampogna G, Abbate-Daga G, Barlati S, Carmassi C, Castellini G, De Fazio P, Di Lorenzo G, Di Nicola M, Ferrari S, Goracci A, Gramaglia C, Martinotti G, Nanni MG, Pasquini M, Pinna F, Poloni N, Serafini G, Signorelli M, Tortorella A, Ventriglio A, Volpe U, Fiorillo A. High depression symptomatology and mental pain characterize suicidal psychiatric patients. Eur Psychiatry. 2022 Aug 31;65(1):e54.
29. Tarchi L, Damiani S, Fantoni T, Pisano T, Castellini G, Politi P, Ricca V. Centrality and interhemispheric coordination are related to different clinical/behavioral factors in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a resting-state fMRI study. Brain Imaging Behav. 2022 Dec;16(6):2526-2542.
30. Mazzoli F, Cassioli E, Ristori J, Castellini G, Rossi E, Cocchetti C, Romani A, Angotti T, Giovanardi G, Mosconi M, Lingiardi V, Speranza AM, Ricca V, Vignozzi L, Maggi M, Fisher AD. Apparent autistic traits in transgender people: a prospective study of the impact of gender-affirming hormonal treatment. J Endocrinol Invest. 2022 Nov;45(11):2059-2068.
31. Rossi E, Cassioli E, Martelli M, Melani G, Hazzard VM, Crosby RD, Wonderlich SA, Ricca V, Castellini G.Attachment insecurity predicts worse outcome in patients with eating disorders treated with enhanced cognitive behavior therapy: A one-year follow-up study. Int J Eat Disord. 2022 Aug;55(8):1054-1065.
32.  Pompili M, Erbuto D, Innamorati M, Luciano M, Sampogna G, Abbate-Daga G, Barlati S, Carmassi C, Castellini G, De Fazio P, Di Lorenzo G, Di Nicola M, Ferrari S, Gramaglia C, Nanni MG, Pasquini M, Pinna F, Poloni N, Serafini G, Signorelli M, Ventriglio A, Volpe U, Fiorillo A. The Relationship Between Mental Pain, Suicide Risk, and Childhood Traumatic Experiences: Results From a Multicenter Study. J Clin Psychiatry. 2022 Jun 15;83(4):21m14176.
33.  Castellini G, Pellegrino A, Tarchi L, Calabrese M, Boddi M, Ricca V, Costanzo G, Modesti PA. Body-Size Perception among First-Generation Chinese Migrants in Italy. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 May 17;19(10):6063.
34. Scheggi V, Castellini G, Vanni F, Menale S, Filardo C, Gironi V, Rinaldi A, Zoppetti N, Alterini B, Ricca V, Marchionni N. Echocardiographic Abnormalities in Adults With Anorexia Nervosa. Am J Cardiol. 2022 Jul 15;175:152-157.
35. Limoncin E, Ciocca G, Castellini G, Sansone A, Cavalieri F, Cavallo F, Cocchiaro T, Ricca V, di Lorenzo G, Rossi A, Fisher AD, Rochira V, Corona G, Jannini EA. Hypersexuality as a tip of the iceberg of a primary psychopathology: a joined position statement of the Italian Society of Andrology and Sexual Medicine (SIAMS) and of the Italian Society of Psychopathology (SOPSI). J Endocrinol Invest. 2022 Sep;45(9):1787-1799.
36. Castellini G, Tarchi L, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Sanfilippo G, Innocenti M, Gironi V, Scami I, Ricca V. Attachment Style and Childhood Traumatic Experiences Moderate the Impact of Initial and Prolonged COVID-19 Pandemic: Mental Health Longitudinal Trajectories in a Sample of Italian Women. Int J Ment Health Addict. 2022 Mar 17:1-20.
37. Castellini G, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Mancini M, Ricca V, Stanghellini G. Bridging cognitive, phenomenological and psychodynamic approaches to eating disorders. Eat Weight Disord. 2022 Oct;27(7):2273-2289.
38. Cassioli E, Rossi E, Vizzotto C, Malinconi V, Vignozzi L, Ricca V, Castellini G. Avoidant Attachment Style Moderates the Recovery of Healthy Sexuality in Women With Anorexia Nervosa Treated With Enhanced Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT-E): A 2-Year Follow-Up Study. J Sex Med. 2022 Feb;19(2):347-355.
39. Gramaglia C, Gattoni E, Ferrante D, Abbate-Daga G, Baldissera E, Calugi S, Cascino G, Castellini G, Collantoni E, Favaro A, Marzola E, Monteleone AM, Monteleone P, Oriani MG, Renna C, Ricca V, Salvo P, Santonastaso P, Segura-Garcia C, Volpe U, Zeppegno P. What do Italian healthcare professionals think about orthorexia nervosa? Results from a multicenter survey. Eat Weight Disord. 2022 Aug;27(6):2037-2049.
40. Cassioli E, Rossi E, D'Anna G, Martelli M, Hazzard VM, Crosby RD, Wonderlich SA, Ricca V, Castellini G. A 1-year follow-up study of the longitudinal interplay between emotion dysregulation and childhood trauma in the treatment of anorexia nervosa. Int J Eat Disord. 2022 Jan;55(1):98-107.
41. Castellini G, Rossi E, Ricca V. Are There Common Pathways for Eating Disorders and Female Sexual Dysfunction? J Sex Med. 2022 Jan;19(1):8-11..
42. Vannuccini S, Rossi E, Cassioli E, Cirone D, Castellini G, Ricca V, Petraglia F. Menstrual Distress Questionnaire (MEDI-Q): a new tool to assess menstruation-related distress. Reprod Biomed Online. 2021 Dec;43(6):1107-1116.
43. Romani A, Mazzoli F, Ristori J, Cocchetti C, Cassioli E, Castellini G, Mosconi M, Meriggiola MC, Gualdi S, Giovanardi G, Lingiardi V, Vignozzi L, Maggi M, Fisher AD. Psychological Wellbeing and Perceived Social Acceptance in Gender Diverse Individuals. J Sex Med. 2021 Nov;18(11):1933-1944.
44. Tarchi L, Damiani S, La Torraca Vittori P, Marini S, Nazzicari N, Castellini G, Pisano T, Politi P, Ricca V. The colors of our brain: an integrated approach for dimensionality reduction and explainability in fMRI through color coding (i-ECO). Brain Imaging Behav. 2022 Jun;16(3):977-990.
45. Maseroli E, Rastrelli G, Di Stasi V, Cipriani S, Scavello I, Todisco T, Gironi V, Castellini G, Ricca V, Sorbi F, Fambrini M, Petraglia F, Maggi M, Vignozzi L. Physical Activity and Female Sexual Dysfunction: A Lot Helps, But Not Too Much. J Sex Med. 2021 Jul;18(7):1217-1229.
46. Monteleone AM, Cascino G, Marciello F, Abbate-Daga G, Baiano M, Balestrieri M, Barone E, Bertelli S, Carpiniello B, Castellini G, Corrivetti G, De Giorgi S, Favaro A, Gramaglia C, Marzola E, Meneguzzo P, Monaco F, Oriani MG, Pinna F, Rania M, Redaelli CA, Renna C, Ricca V, Salvo P, Baldissera E, Segura-Garcia C, Todisco P, Volpe U, Zeppegno P, Monteleone P. Risk and resilience factors for specific and general psychopathology worsening in people with Eating Disorders during COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective Italian multicentre study. Eat Weight Disord. 2021 Dec;26(8):2443-2452.
47. Idrizaj E, Garella R, Nistri S, Dell'Accio A, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Castellini G, Ricca V, Squecco R, Baccari MC. Adiponectin Exerts Peripheral Inhibitory Effects on the Mouse Gastric Smooth Muscle through the AMPK Pathway. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Dec 17;21(24):9617.
48. D'Anna G, Lazzeretti M, Castellini G, Ricca V, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Silvestri C, Voller F. Risk of eating disorders in a representative sample of Italian adolescents: prevalence and association with self-reported interpersonal factors. Eat Weight Disord. 2021 May 20.
49. Rossi E, Cassioli E, Gironi V, Idrizaj E, Garella R, Squecco R, Baccari MC, Maggi M, Vignozzi L, Comeglio P, Ricca V, Castellini G. Ghrelin as a possible biomarker and maintaining factor in patients with eating disorders reporting childhood traumatic experiences. Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2021 May 3.
50. Cocchetti C, Castellini G, Iacuaniello D, Romani A, Maggi M, Vignozzi L, Schreiner T, den Heijer M, T'Sjoen G, Fisher AD. Does Gender-Affirming Hormonal Treatment Affect 30-Year Cardiovascular Risk in Transgender Persons? A Two-Year Prospective European Study (ENIGI). J Sex Med. 2021 Apr;18(4):821-829.
51. Ristori J, Rossi E, Cocchetti C, Mazzoli F, Castellini G, Vignozzi L, Ricca V, Maggi M, Fisher AD. Sexual habits among Italian transgender adolescents: a cross-sectional study. Int J Impot Res. 2021 Mar 16.
52. Hazzard VM, Crosby RD, Crow SJ, Engel SG, Schaefer LM, Brewerton TD, Castellini G, Trottier K, Peterson CB, Wonderlich SA. Treatment outcomes of psychotherapy for binge-eating disorder in a randomized controlled trial: Examining the roles of childhood abuse and post-traumatic stress disorder. Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2021 Mar 4.  
53. Monteleone AM, Marciello F, Cascino G, Abbate-Daga G, Anselmetti S, Baiano M, Balestrieri M, Barone E, Bertelli S, Carpiniello B, Castellini G, Corrivetti G, DE Giorgi S, Favaro A, Gramaglia C, Marzola E, Meneguzzo P, Monaco F, Oriani MG, Pinna F, Rania M, Renna C, Ricca V, Salvo P, Segura-Garcia C, Scarabel F, Todisco P, Volpe U, Zeppegno P, Monteleone P. The impact of COVID-19 lockdown and of the following "re-opening" period on specific and general psychopathology in people with Eating Disorders: the emergent role of internalizing symptoms. J Affect Disord. 2021 Apr 15;285:77-83.
54. Rossi E, Castellini G, Cassioli E, Sensi C, Mancini M, Stanghellini G, Ricca V. The role of embodiment in the treatment of patients with anorexia and bulimia nervosa: a 2-year follow-up study proposing an integration between enhanced cognitive behavioural therapy and a phenomenological model of eating disorders. Eat Weight Disord. 2021 Feb 3:1-10.
55. Monteleone AM, Cascino G, Marciello F, Abbate-Daga G, Baiano M, Balestrieri M, Barone E, Bertelli S, Carpiniello B, Castellini G, Corrivetti G, De Giorgi S, Favaro A, Gramaglia C, Marzola E, Meneguzzo P, Monaco F, Oriani MG, Pinna F, Rania M, Redaelli CA, Renna C, Ricca V, Salvo P, Baldissera E, Segura-Garcia C, Todisco P, Volpe U, Zeppegno P, Monteleone P. Risk and resilience factors for specific and general psychopathology worsening in people with Eating Disorders during COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective Italian multicentre study. Eat Weight Disord. 2021 Jan 10:1-10.
56. Idrizaj E, Garella R, Nistri S, Dell'Accio A, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Castellini G, Ricca V, Squecco R, Baccari MC. Adiponectin Exerts Peripheral Inhibitory Effects on the Mouse Gastric Smooth Muscle through the AMPK Pathway. Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Dec 17;21(24):9617.
57. Castellini G, Rossi E, Cassioli E, Sanfilippo G, Innocenti M, Gironi V, Silvestri C, Voller F, Ricca V. A longitudinal observation of general psychopathology before the COVID-19 outbreak and during lockdown in Italy. J Psychosom Res. 2021 Feb;141:110328.
58. Solmi M, Radua J, Stubbs B, Ricca V, Moretti D, Busatta D, Carvalho AF, Dragioti E, Favaro A, Monteleone AM, Shin JI, Fusar-Poli P, Castellini G. Risk factors for eating disorders: an umbrella review of published meta-analyses. Braz J Psychiatry. 2020 Sep 28;43(3):314-23.
59. Castellini G, D'Anna G, Rossi E, Cassioli E, Appignanesi C, Monteleone AM, Rellini AH, Ricca V. Dysregulated Sexuality in Women with Eating Disorders: The Role of Childhood Traumatic Experiences. J Sex Marital Ther. 2020;46(8):793-806.  
60. Castellini G, Rossi E, Ricca V.The relationship between eating disorder psychopathology and sexuality: etiological factors and implications for treatment. Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2020 Nov;33(6):554-561
61. Castellini G, Cassioli E, Rossi E, Innocenti M, Gironi V, Sanfilippo G, Felciai F, Monteleone AM, Ricca V. The impact of COVID-19 epidemic on eating disorders: A longitudinal observation of pre versus post psychopathological features in a sample of patients with eating disorders and a group of healthy controls.Int J Eat Disord. 2020 Nov;53(11):1855-1862
62. Castellini G, Rossi E, Cassioli E, Giardinelli L, Fanelli A, Fisher AD, Vignozzi L, Ricca V. Predictors of Resumption of Menses in Anorexia Nervosa: A 4-Year Longitudinal Study. Psychosom Med. 2020 Oct;82(8):782-786.
63. Fisher AD, Ristori J, Castellini G, Cocchetti C, Cassioli E, Orsolini S, Sensi C, Romani A, Mazzoli F, Cipriani A, Ricca V, Vignozzi L, Viggiano MP, Mascalchi M, Maggi M, Gavazzi G. Neural Correlates of Gender Face Perception in Transgender People. J Clin Med. 2020 Jun 3;9(6):1731.
64. Cassioli E, Rossi E, Squecco R, Baccari MC, Maggi M, Vignozzi L, Comeglio P, Gironi V, Lelli L, Rotella F, Monteleone AM, Ricca V, Castellini G. Reward and psychopathological correlates of eating disorders: The explanatory role of leptin. Psychiatry Res. 2020 Aug;290:113071.
65. Holbrook HM, Voller F, Castellini G, Silvestri C, Ricca V, Cassioli E, Ivanova MY, Hudziak JJ.Sport participation moderates association between bullying and depressive symptoms in Italian adolescents.J Affect Disord. 2020 Jun 15;271:33-38.
66. Santangelo A, Monteleone AM, Casarrubea M, Cassioli E, Castellini G, Crescimanno G, Aiello S, Ruzzi V, Cascino G, Marciello F, Ricca V. Recurring sequences of multimodal non-verbal and verbal communication during a human psycho-social stress test: A temporal pattern analysis.Physiol Behav. 2020 Jul 1;221:112907.
67. Defreyne J, Elaut E, Kreukels B, Fisher AD, Castellini G, Staphorsius A, Den Heijer M, Heylens G, T'Sjoen G.Sexual Desire Changes in Transgender Individuals Upon Initiation of Hormone Treatment: Results From the Longitudinal European Network for the Investigation of Gender Incongruence. J Sex Med. 2020 Apr;17(4):812-825
68. Ristori J, Cocchetti C, Castellini G, Pierdominici M, Cipriani A, Testi D, Gavazzi G, Mazzoli F, Mosconi M, Meriggiola MC, Cassioli E, Vignozzi L, Ricca V, Maggi M, Fisher AD. Hormonal Treatment Effect on Sexual Distress in Transgender Persons: 2-Year Follow-Up Data. J Sex Med. 2020 Jan;17(1):142-151
69. Cassioli E, Rossi E, Castellini G, Sensi C, Mancini M, Lelli L, Monteleone AM, Ricca V, Stanghellini G. Sexuality, embodiment and attachment style in anorexia nervosa. Eat Weight Disord. 2020 Dec;25(6):1671-1680.
70. Cascino G, Castellini G, Stanghellini G, Ricca V, Cassioli E, Ruzzi V, Monteleone P, Monteleone AM. The Role of the Embodiment Disturbance in the Anorexia Nervosa Psychopathology: A Network Analysis Study. Brain Sci. 2019 Oct 15;9(10):276.
71. Idrizaj E, Garella R, Castellini G, Francini F, Ricca V, Baccari MC, Squecco R.Adiponectin Decreases Gastric Smooth Muscle Cell Excitability in Mice.Front Physiol. 2019 Aug 6;10:1000.  
72. Monteleone AM, Ruzzi V, Patriciello G, Pellegrino F, Cascino G, Castellini G, Steardo L Jr, Monteleone P, Maj M. Parental bonding, childhood maltreatment and eating disorder psychopathology: an investigation of their interactions.  Eat Weight Disord. 2019 Feb 7.  
73. Maseroli E, Scavello I, Campone B, Di Stasi V, Cipriani S, Felciai F, Camartini V, Magini A, Castellini G, Ricca V, Maggi M, Vignozzi L. Psychosexual Correlates of Unwanted Sexual Experiences in Women Consulting for Female Sexual Dysfunction According to Their Timing Across the Life Span. J Sex Med. 2018 Nov 13. pii: S1743-6095(18)31221-9.  
74. Lelli L, Castellini G, Cassioli E, Monteleone AM, Ricca V. Cortisol levels before and after cognitive behavioural therapy in patients with eating disorders reporting childhood abuse: A follow-up study. Psychiatry Res. 2019 May;275:269-275.
75. Maseroli E, Scavello I, Campone B, Di Stasi V, Cipriani S, Felciai F, Camartini V, Magini A, Castellini G, Ricca V, Maggi M, Vignozzi L. Psychosexual Correlates of Unwanted Sexual Experiences in Women Consulting for Female Sexual Dysfunction According to Their Timing Across the Life Span. J Sex Med. 2018 Nov 13
76. Idrizaj E, Garella R, Castellini G, Mohr H, Pellegata NS, Francini F, Ricca V, Squecco R, Baccari MC. Adiponectin affects the mechanical responses in strips from the mouse gastric fundus.  World J Gastroenterol. 2018 Sep 21;24(35):4028-4035.
77. Castellini G, Rellini AH, Appignanesi C, Pinucci I, Fattorini M, Grano E, Fisher AD, Cassioli E, Lelli L, Maggi M, Ricca V. Deviance or Normalcy? The Relationship Among Paraphilic Thoughts and Behaviors, Hypersexuality, and Psychopathology in a Sample of University Students. J Sex Med. 2018 Sep;15(9):1322-1335.
78. Monteleone AM, Patriciello G, Ruzzi V, Fico G, Pellegrino F, Castellini G, Steardo L Jr, Monteleone P, Maj M. Insecure Attachment and Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Functioning in People With Eating Disorders. Psychosom Med. 2018 Oct;80(8):710-716.
79. Giardinelli L, Lelli L, Ugolini V, Lazzeretti L, Burian I, Lino G, Lunardi C, Castellini G, Ricca V. Comparison of two different treatments in depressed pregnant women: fetal growth characteristics and neonatal outcomes. J Perinat Med. 2018 Jul 19. pii: /j/jpme.ahead-of-print/jpm-2017-0367/jpm-2017-0367.xml. doi: 10.1515/jpm-2017-0367.
80. Castellini G, Lelli L, Cassioli E, Ciampi E, Zamponi F, Campone B, Monteleone AM, Ricca V. Different outcomes, psychopathological features, and comorbidities in patients with eating disorders reporting childhood abuse: A 3-year follow-up study.  European  Eating Disorder Review. 2018 Mar 15. doi: 10.1002/erv.2586.
81. Monteleone AM, Castellini G, Volpe U, Ricca V, Lelli L, Monteleone P, Maj M. Neuroendocrinology and brain imaging of reward in eating disorders: A possible key to the treatment of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry. 2018 3;80(Pt B):132-142.  
82. Dell'Osso L, Carpita B, Gesi C, Cremone IM, Corsi M, Massimetti E, Muti D, Calderani E, Castellini G, Luciano M, Ricca V, Carmassi C, Maj M. Subthreshold autism spectrum disorder in patients with eating disorders. Comprehensive Psychiatry. 2017, 28;81:66-72. IF: 2,19.
83. Monteleone AM, Cardi V, Volpe U, Fico G, Ruzzi V, Pellegrino F, Castellini G, Monteleone P, Maj M. Attachment and motivational systems: Relevance of sensitivity to punishment for eating disorder psychopathology. Psychiatry Research. 2017, 5;260:353-359.
84. Castellini G, Lelli L, Corsi E, Campone B, Ciampi E, Fisher AD, Mallardo L, Monteleone AM, Rotella F, Tofani T, Vignozzi L, Zamponi F, Maggi M, Ricca V. Role of Sexuality in the Outcome of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa: A 3-Year Follow-Up Study. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 2017, 3;86(6):376-378.
85. Monteleone AM, Castellini G, Ricca V, Volpe U, De Riso F, Nigro M, Zamponi F, Mancini M, Stanghellini G, Monteleone P, Treasure J, Maj M. Embodiment Mediates the Relationship between Avoidant Attachment and Eating Disorder Psychopathology. European Eating Disorder Review. 2017, 31.
86. Castellini G, Lo Sauro C, Ricca V, Rellini AH Body Esteem as a Common Factor of a Tendency Toward Binge Eating and Sexual Dissatisfaction Among Women: The Role of Dissociation and Stress Response During Sex. Journal of Sexual Medicine. 2017;14(8):1036-1045.
87. Fisher Alessandra Daphne, Ristori Jiska, Castellini Giovanni, Sensi C, Cassioli E, Prunas A, Mosconi M, Vitelli R, Dèttore D, Ricca V, Maggi M. Psychological characteristics of Italian gender dysphoric adolescents: a case-control study. J Endocrinol Invest. 2017 Mar 29. doi: 10.1007/s40618-017-0647-5.
88. Castellini Giovanni, Franzago Marica, Bagnoli Silvia, Lelli Lorenzo, Balsamo M, Mancini Milena, Nacmias Benedetta, Ricca Valdo, Sorbi Sandro, Antonucci Ilaria, Stuppia Liborio, Stanghellini Giovanni. Fat mass and obesity-associated gene (FTO) is associated to eating disorders susceptibility and moderates the expression of psychopathological traits. PLoS One. 2017 Mar 10;12(3):e0173560.
89. Monteleone Alessio Maria, Castellini Giovanni, Volpe Umberto, Ricca Valdo, Lelli Lorenzo, Monteleone Palmiero, Maj Mario. Neuroendocrinology and brain imaging of reward in eating disorders: A possible key to the treatment of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2017 Mar 1.
90. Dell'Osso Liliana, Gesi Camilla, Massimetti Enrico, Cremone IM, Barbuti M, Maccariello G, Moroni I, Barlati S, Castellini G, Luciano M, Bossini L, Rocchetti M, Signorelli M, Aguglia E, Fagiolini A, Politi P, Ricca V, Vita A, Carmassi C, Maj M.Adult Autism Subthreshold Spectrum (AdAS Spectrum): Validation of a questionnaire investigating subthreshold autism spectrum. Compr Psychiatry. 2017 Feb;73:61-83.
91. Monteleone Alessio Maria, Monteleone Palmiero, Marciello Francesco, Pellegrino Francesco, Castellini Giovanni, Maj Mario. Differences in Cortisol Awakening Response between Binge-Purging and Restrictive Patients with Anorexia Nervosa. Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2017 Jan;25(1):13-18.
92. Fisher Alessandra Daphne, Ristori Jiska, Fanni Egidia, Castellini Giovanni, Forti Gianni, Maggi Mario. Gender identity, gender assignment and reassignment in individuals with disorders of sex development: a major of dilemma. J Endocrinol Invest. 2016 Nov;39(11):1207-1224.
93. Lotti Francesco, Corona Giovanni, Castellini Giovanni, Maseroli Elisa, Fino MG, Cozzolino M, Maggi Mario. Semen quality impairment is associated with sexual dysfunction according to its severity. Hum Reprod. 2016 Oct 12.
94. Fisher Alessandra Daphne, Castellini Giovanin, Ristori Jiska, Casale Helen, Cassioli Emanuele, Sensi Carolina, Fanni Egidia, Amato AM, Bettini E, Mosconi M, Dèttore Davide, Ricca Valdo, Maggi Mario. Cross-Sex Hormone Treatment and Psychobiological Changes in Transsexual Persons: Two-Year Follow-Up Data. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Oct 4:jc20161276.
95. Fisher Alessandra Daphne, Castellini Giovanni, Ristori Jiska, Casale Helen, Giovanardi Giovani, Carone Nicola, Fanni Egidia, Mosconi Manuela, Ciocca Giacomo, Jannini Emmanuele A, Ricca Valdo, Lingiardi Valerio, Maggi Mario. Who has the worst attitudes toward sexual minorities? Comparison of transphobia and homophobia levels in gender dysphoric individuals, the general population and health care providers.  Endocrinol Invest. 2016 Sep 17.
96. Castellini Giovanni, Pecchioli Silvia, Cricelli Iaopo, Mazzoleni Fabio, Cricelli Claudio, Ricca Valdo, Hudziak James, Brignoli Ovidio, Lapi Francesco. How to early recognize mood disorders in primary care: A nationwide, population-based, cohort study. Eur Psychiatry. 2016 Sep;37:63-9. doi: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.04.003.
97. Fanni Egidia, Castellini Giovanni, Corona Giacomo, Boddi Valentina, Ricca Valdo, Rastrelli Giulia, Fisher Alessandra Daphne, Cipriani Sandra, Maggi Mario. The Role of Somatic Symptoms in Sexual Medicine: Somatization as Important Contextual Factor in Male Sexual Dysfunction. J Sex Med. 2016 Sep;13(9):1395-407. doi: 10.1016/j.jsxm.2016.07.002.
98. Dell'Osso ilianaL, Abelli M, Carpita B, Pini S, Castellini Giovanni, Carmassi Claudia, Ricca Valdo. Historical evolution of the concept of anorexia nervosa and relationships with orthorexia nervosa, autism, and obsessive-compulsive spectrum. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2016 Jul 7;12:1651-60. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S108912.
99. Castellini Giovanni, Lelli Lorenzo, Tedde Andrea, Piaceri Irene, Bagnoli Silvia, Lucenteforte Ersilia, Sorbi Sandro, Monteleone AlessioM, James HJ, Nacmias B, Ricca V. Analyses of the role of the glucocorticoid receptor gene polymorphism (rs41423247) as a potential moderator in the association between childhood overweight, psychopathology, and clinical outcomes in Eating Disorders patients: A 6 years follow up study.Psychiatry Res. 2016 Jun 25;243:156-160.
100. Fisher Alessandra D, Ristori Jiska, Fanni Egidia, Castellini Giovanni, Forti Gianni, Maggi Mario. Gender identity, gender assignment and reassignment in individuals with disorders of sex development: a major of dilemma. J Endocrinol Invest. 2016 Jun 10.
101. Castellini Giovanni, Wu Frederich C, Finn Jospeh D, OʼNeill Terence W, Lean Michael E, Pendleton Neil, Rastrelli Giulia, Rutter Martin K, Gacci Mauro, Ricca Valdo, Maggi Mario; EMAS Study Group. Interactions Between Depression and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: The Role of Adverse Life Events and Inflammatory Mechanisms. Results From the European Male Ageing Study. Psychosom Med. 2016 Apr 7.
102. Castellini Giovanni, Fanni Egidia, Corona Giovanni, Maseroli Elisa, Ricca Valdo, Maggi Mario. Psychological, Relational, and Biological Correlates of Ego-Dystonic Masturbation in a Clinical Setting. Sex Med. 2016 Apr 1.
103. Castellini Giovanni, Lelli Llorenzo, Ricca Valdo, Maggi Mario. Sexuality in eating disorders patients: etiological factors, sexual dysfunction and identity issues. A systematic review. Horm Mol Biol Clin Investig. 2016 Feb 1;25(2):71-90.
104. Fisher Alessandra D, Castellini Giovanni, Casale Helen, Fanni Egidia, Bandini Elisa, Campone Beatrice, Ferruccio Naika, Maseroli Elisa, Boddi Valentina, Dèttore Davide, Pizzocaro Alessandro, Balercia Giancarlo, Oppo Alessandro, Ricca Valdo, Maggi Mario. Hypersexuality, Paraphilic Behaviors, and Gender Dysphoria in Individuals with Klinefelter's Syndrome. Journal of Sexual Medicine. 2015 12(12):2413-24.
105. Boddi Valentina, Fanni Egidia, Castellini Giovanni, Fisher Alessandra D, Corona Giovanni, Maggi Mario. Conflicts Within the Family and Within the Couple as Contextual Factors in the Determinism of Male Sexual Dysfunction. Journal of Sexual Medicine. 2015 12(12):2425-35.
106. Boddi Valentina, Castellini Giovanni, Casale Helen, Rastrelli Giulia, Boni Lorenzo, Corona Giovanni, Maggi Mario. An integrated approach with vardenafil orodispersible tablet and cognitive behavioral sex therapy for treatment of erectile dysfunction: a randomized controlled pilot study. Andrology. 2015;3(5):909-18.
107. Lelli Lorenzo, Rotella Francesco, Castellini Giovanni, Benni Laura, Lo Sauro Carolina, Barletta Gabriele, Mannucci Edoardo, Castellani Sergio, Di Tante Valentina, Galanti Giorgio, Ricca Valdo. Echocardiographic findings in patients with eating disorders: A case-control study. Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease. 2015;25(7):694-6.
108. Calugi Silvia, Ricca Valdo, Castellini Giovanni, Lo Sauro Carolina, Ruocco A, Chignola E, El Ghoch M, Dalle Grave R. The eating disorder examination: reliability and validity of the Italian version. Eating and Weight Disorders . 2015;20(4):505-11
109. Castellini Giovanni, Stanghellini Giovanni, Godini Lucia, Lucchese Marcello, Trisolini Francesca, Ricca Valdo. Abnormal Bodily Experiences Mediate the Relationship between Impulsivity and Binge Eating in Overweight Subjects Seeking Bariatric Surgery. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 2015 21;84(2):124-126.
110. Stanghellini Giovanni, Trisolini Francecsa, Castellini Giovanni, Ambrosini Alice, Faravelli Carlo, Ricca Valdo. Is Feeling Extraneous from One's Own Body a Core Vulnerability Feature in Eating Disorders? Psychopathology. 2015;48(1):18-24.
111. Lelli Lorenzo, Castellini Giovanni, Gabbani Tommaso, Godini Lucia, Rotella Francesco, Ricca Valdo. Associations between Liver Enzymes, Psychopathological and Clinical Features in Eating Disorders. European Eating Disorder Review. 2014;22(6):443-7.
112. Faravelli Carlo, Castellini Giovanni, Fioravanti Giulia, Lo Sauro Carolina, Pietrini Francesco, Lelli Lorenzo, Rotella Francesco, Ricca Valdo. Different Childhood Adversities Are Associated with Different Symptom Patterns in Adulthood. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 2014 6;83(5):320-321.
113. Rotella Francesco, Lazzeretti Lisa, Barbaro Valeria, Castellini Giovanni, Bigiarini Michela, Cresci Barbara, Ricca Valdo, Rotella Carlo Maria, Mannucci Edoardo. All roads bring to Rome: a different way for predicting success in the therapy of obesity through psychological features. Journal of  Endocrinological  Investigation.  2014;37(12):1187-94.
114. Castellini Giovanni, Castellani Walter, Lelli Lorenzo, Lo Sauro Carolina, Dini Carla, Lazzeretti Lisa, Bencini Lorenza, Mannucci Edoardo, Ricca Valdo. Association between resting energy expenditure, psychopathology and HPA-axis in eating disorders. World Journal of  Clinical Cases. 2014 16;2(7):257-64.
115. Fioravanti Giulia, Castellini Giovanni, Lo Sauro Carolina, Ianni Sirio, Montanelli Luca, Rotella Francesco, Faravelli Carlo, Ricca Valdo. Course and moderators of emotional eating in anorectic and bulimic patients: a follow-up study.  Eating Behaviors. 2014;15(2):192-6.
116. Castellini Giovanni, Godini Lucia, Amedei Silvia, Faravelli Carlo, Lucchese Marcello, Ricca Valdo. Psychological effects and outcome predictors of three bariatric surgery interventions: a 1-year follow-up study. Eating and Weight Disorders 2014;19(2):217-24.
117. Castellini Giovanni, Montanelli Luca, Faravelli Carlo, Ricca Valdo. Eating Disorder Outpatients Who Do Not Respond to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Follow-Up Study. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics. 2014; 22;83(2):125-127.
118. Fisher Alessandra Daphne, Castellini Giovanni, Bandini Elisa, Casale Helen, Fanni Egidia, Benni Laura, Ferruccio Naika, Meriggiola Maria, Manieri Carla, Gualerzi Anna, Jannini Emmanuele, Oppo A, Ricca Valdo, Maggi Mario, Rellini H Alessandra. Cross-Sex Hormonal Treatment and Body Uneasiness in Individuals with Gender Dysphoria. Journal of Sexual Medicine 2014;11(3):709-19.
119. Castellini Giovanni, Godini Lucia, Gorini Amedei Silvia, Galli Valentina, Alpigiano Giovanna, Mugnaini Eelena, Veltri Marco, Rellini Alessandra H, Rotella Carlo Maria, Faravelli Carlo, Lucchese Marcello, Ricca Valdo. Psychopathological similarities and differences between obese patients seeking surgical and non-surgical overweight treatments. Eating and Weight Disorder; 2014 ;19(1):95-102.
120. Faravelli Carlo, Alessandra Scarpato, Castellini Giovanni, Lo Sauro Carolina. Gender differences in depression and anxiety: The role of age. Psychiatry Research. 2013;  30;210(3):1301-3.
121. Buscemi Silvio, Castellini Giovanni, Batsis JA, Ricca V, Sprini D, Galvano F, Grosso G, Rosafio G, Caravello M, Rini GB. Psychological and behavioural factors associated with long-term weight maintenance after a multidisciplinary treatment of uncomplicated obesity. Eating and Weight Disorders. 20138(4):351-8.
122. Cresci Barbara, Castellini Giovanni, Pala Laura, Bigiarini Michela, Romoli Ester, Poggiali Roberta,  Guarnieri Cosetta, Biffi Barbara, La Ferlita Teresa, Ricca Valdo, Mannucci Edoardo, Rotella Carlo Maria. Fit and Motivated: Outcome Predictors in Patients Starting a Program for Lifestyle Change. Obesity Facts 2013;6:279–287.
123. Rotella Francesco, Castellini Giovanni, Montanelli Luca, Rotella Carlo M, Faravelli Carlo, Ricca Valdo. Comparison between normal-weight and overweight bulimic patients. Eating and Weight Disorders 2013;18(4):389-93.
124. Giovanni Castellini, Giulia Fioravanti, Claudia Ravaldi, Sara Masetti,  Alfredo Vannacci, Edoardo Mannucci, Carlo Faravelli, Valdo Ricca. The eating disorders well-being questionnaire (EDwell), a new measure of quality of life in eating disorders. Eating and Weight Disorders ; 2013, 18(1):11-22.
125. Castellini Giovanni, Lo Sauro Carolina, Lelli Lorenzo, Godini Lucia, Vignozzi Linda, Rellini H Alessandra, Faravelli Carlo, Maggi Mario, Ricca Valdo. Childhood sexual abuse moderates the relationship between sexual functioning and Eating Disorder psychopathology in Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa: A one year follow-up study. Journal of Sexual Medicine; 2013; 10(9):2190-200.
126. Bandini Elisa, Fisher Alessandra Daphne, Castellini Giovanni, Lo Sauro Carolina, Lelli Lorenzo, Meriggiola Maria Cristina, Casale Helen, Benni Laura, Ferruccio Naika, Faravelli Carlo, Dettore Davide, Maggi Mario,  Ricca Valdo. Gender identity disorder and eating disorders: similarities and differences in terms of body uneasiness. Journal of Sexual Medicine 2013; 10(4):1012-23.
127. Valenti Raffaella, Salvadori Elena, Pescini Federica, Poggesi Anna, Castellini Giovanni, Antonini Sarah, Bianchi Silvia, Inzitari Domenico, Pallanti Stefano, Pantoni Leonardo. Facial affect recognition in CADASIL patients. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 2013; 28(1):65-71.
128. Castellini Giovanni, Fioravanti Giulia, Lo Sauro Carolina, Rotella Francesco, Lelli Lorenzo, Ventura Leonardo, Faravelli Carlo, Ricca Valdo. Latent profile and latent transition analyses of eating disorder phenotypes in a clinical sample: a 6 year follow-up study. Psychiatry Research; 2013; 15;207(1-2):92-9.
129. Castellini Giovanni, Polito Cristina, Bolognesi Enrica, D'Argenio Antonella, Ginestroni Andrea, Mascalchi Mario, Pellicanò Giannantonio, Mazzoni Lorenzo Nicola, Rotella Francesco, Faravelli Carlo, Pupi Alberto, Ricca Valdo. Looking at my body. Similarities and differences between anorexia nervosa patients and controls in body image visual processing. European Psychiatry; 2013; 28(7):427-35.
130. Castellini Giovanni, Lelli Lorenzo, Lo Sauro Carolina, Vignozzi Linda, Maggi Mario, Faravelli Carlo, Ricca Valdo. Childhood abuse, sexual function and cortisol levels in eating disorders. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics;  2012;81(6):380-2.
131. Castellini Giovanni, Lelli Lorenzo, Lo Sauro Carolina, Fioravanti Giulia, Vignozzi Linda, Maggi Mario, Faravelli Carlo, Ricca Valdo. Anorectic and bulimic patients suffer from relevant sexual dysfunctions. Journal of Sexual Medicine; 2012;9(10):2590-9.
132. Faravelli Carlo, Lo Sauro Carolina, Lelli Lorenzo, Pietrini Francesco, Lazzeretti Lisa, Godini Lucia, Benni Laura, Fioravanti Giulia, Talamba Gabriela Alina, Castellini Giovanni, Ricca Valdo. The role of life events and HPA Axis in anxiety disorders: a review. Current Pharmaceutical Design 2012; 18(35):5663-74.
133. Faravelli Carlo, Castellini Giovanni, Benni Laura, Brugnera Andrea, Landi Monica, Lo Sauro Carolina, Pietrini Francesco, Rotella Francesco, Ricca Valdo. Generalized anxiety disorder: is there any specific symptom? Comprehensive Psychiatry 2012; 53(8):1056-62.
134. Carolina Lo Sauro, Giovanni Castellini, Lorenzo Lelli, Carlo Faravelli, Valdo Ricca Psychopathological and clinical features of remitted anorexia nervosa patients: a six-year follow-up study. European Eating Disorders Review 2012; 21(1):78-83. 
135. Castellini Giovanni, Ricca Valdo, Lelli Lorenzo, Bagnoli Silvia, Lucenteforte Ersilia, Faravelli Carlo, Sorbi Sandro, Nacmias Benedetta. Association between serotonin transporter gene polymorphism and eating disorders outcome: a 6-year follow-up study. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2012; 159B(5): 491-500.
136. Faravelli Carlo, Castellini Giovanni, Landi Monica, Brugnera Andrea. Are psychiatric diagnoses an obstacle for research and practice? Reliability, validity and the problem of psychiatric diagnoses. The case of GAD. Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health 2012; 8:12-5.
137. Stanghellini  Giovanni,  Castellini  Giovanni, Brogna  Patrizia, Faravelli  Carlo, Ricca  Valdo. Identity and eating disorders (IDEA): a questionnaire evaluating identity and embodiment in eating disorder patients. Psychopathology 2012; 45(3):147-58.
138. Giardinelli Lisa, Innocenti Alice, Benni Laura, Stefanini Maria Cristina, Lino Giuliana, Lunardi Clara, Svelto Valentina, Afshar Sara, Bovani Roberto, Castellini Giovanni, Faravelli Carlo. Depression and anxiety in perinatal period: prevalence and risk factors in an Italian sample. Archives of Women’s Mental Health 2012; 15(1): 21-30.
139. Castellini Giovanni, Mannucci Edoardo, Lo Sauro Carolina, Benni Laura, Lazzeretti Lisa, Ravaldi Claudia, Rotella Carlo M., Faravelli Carlo, Ricca Valdo. Different moderators of cognitive behavioral therapy on subjective and objective binge eating in bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder: a three-year follow-up study.  Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 2012; 81(1):11-20.
140. Ricca Valdo, Castellini Giovanni, Fioravanti Giulia, Lo Sauro Carolina, Rotella Francesco,  Ravaldi Claudia, Lazzeretti Lisa, Faravelli Carlo. Emotional eating in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Comprehensive Psychiatry 2011; 53(3):245-51.
141. Valenti Raffaella, Pescini Francesca, Antonini Sarah, Castellini Giovanni, Poggesi Anna, Bianchi Silvia, Inzitari Domenico, Pallanti Stefano, Pantoni Leonardo. Major depression and bipolar disorders in CADASIL: a study using the DSM-IV semi-structured interview. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica 2011; 124(6):390-5.
142. Castellini Giovanni, Lo Sauro Carolina, Mannucci Edoardo, Ravaldi Claudia, Rotella Carlo Maria, Faravelli Carlo, Ricca Valdo. Diagnostic Crossover and Outcome Predictors in Eating Disorders According to DSM-IV and DSM-V Proposed Criteria: A 6-Year Follow-Up Study. Psychosomatic Medicine 2011; 173(3):270-9.
143. Pietrini Francesco, Castellini Giovanni, Ricca Valdo, Polito Cristina, Pupi Alberto, Faravelli Carlo. Functional neuroimaging in anorexia nervosa: a clinical approach. European Psychiatry 2011; 26(3):176-82.
144. Ricca Valdo, Castellini Giovanni, Mannucci Edoardo, Lo Sauro Carolina, Ravaldi Claudia, Rotella Carlo Maria, Faravelli Carlo. Comparison of individual and group cognitive behavioral therapy for binge eating disorder. A randomized, three-year follow-up study. Appetite 2010; 55(3): 656-65.
145. Ricca Valdo, Rotella Francesco, Mannucci Edoardo, Ravaldi Claudia, Castellini Giovanni, Lapi Francesco, Cangioli Linda, Martin Paolo, Faravelli Carlo. Eating behaviour and body satisfaction in mediterranean children: the role of the parents. Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health 2010; 6: 59-65.
146. Cresci Barbara, Castellini Giovanni, Pala Laura, Ravaldi Claudia, Faravelli Carlo, Rotella Carlo Maria, Ricca Valdo. Motivational readiness for treatment in weight control programs: the treatment motivation and readiness (tre-more) test. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation 2010; 34(3):70-7.
147. Castellini Giovanni, Mannucci Edoardo, Mazzei Chiara, Lo Sauro Carolina, Faravelli Carlo, Rotella Carlo Maria, Maggi Mario, Ricca Valdo. Sexual function in obese women with and without binge eating disorder. Journal of Sexual Medicine 2010; 7(12):3969-78.
148. La Mela Carmelo, Maglietta Marzio, Castellini Giovanni, Amoroso Luca, Lucarelli Stefano. Dissociation in eating disorders: relationship between dissociative experiences and binge-eating episodes. Comprehensive Psychiatry 2010; 51(4):393-400.
149. Ricca Valdo, Castellini Giovanni, Lo Sauro Carolina, Mannucci Edoardo, Ravaldi Claudia, Rotella Francesco, Faravelli Carlo. Cognitive-behavioral therapy for threshold and subthreshold anorexia nervosa: a three-year follow-up study. Psychotherapy Psychosomatics 2010; 79: 238-48.  
150. Cellini Elena, Castellini Giovanni, Ricca Valdo, Bagnoli Silvia, Tedde Andrea, Rotella Carlo Maria, Faravelli Carlo, Sorbi Sandro, Nacmias Benedetta. Glucocorticoid receptor gene polymorphisms in Italian patients with eating disorders and obesity. Psychiatry Genetic 2010, 20(6):282-8.
151. Ricca Valdo, Castellini Giovanni, Lo Sauro Carolina, Rotella Carlo Maria, Faravelli Carlo. Zonisamide combined with cognitive behavioral therapy in binge eating disorder: a one-year follow-up study. Psychiatry (Edgemont) 2009; 6(11): 23-8.
152. Pallanti Stefano, Castellini Giovanni, Chamberlain R Samuel, Quercioli Leonardo, Zaccara Gaetano, Fineberg A Naomi. Cognitive event related potentials differentiate schizophrenia with obsessive compulsive disorder (Schizo-OCD) from OCD and schizophrenia without OC symptoms. Psychiatry Research 2009; 170: 52-60.
153. Ricca Valdo, Castellini Giovanni, Lo Sauro Carolina, Ravaldi Claudia, Lapi Francesco, Mannucci Edoardo, Rotella Carlo Maria, Faravelli Carlo. Correlations between binge eating and emotional eating in a sample of overweight subjects.  Appetite 2009; 53; 418–421.
154. Faravelli  Carlo, Lo Sauro  Carolina, Castellini  Giovanni, Ricca  Valdo, Pallanti Stefano. Prevalence and correlates of mental disorders in a school-survey sample. Clinical Practice & Epidemiology in Mental Health 2009; 5:1-8.
155. Ricca Valdo, Castellini Giovanni, Mannucci Edoardo, Monami Matteo, Ravaldi Claudia, Gorini Amedei Silvia, Lo Sauro Carolina, Rotella Carlo Maria, Faravelli Carlo. Amphetamine derivatives and obesity. Appetite. 2009; 52: 405-409. 
156. Castellini Giovanni, Lapi Francesco, Ravaldi Claudia, Vannacci Alfredo, Rotella Carlo Maria, Faravelli Carlo, Ricca Valdo. Eating disorder psychopathology does not predict the overweight severity in subjects seeking weight loss treatment. Comprehensive Psychiatry 2008; 49: 359-63.

Italian publications

1. Castellini Giovanni, Francesca Trisolini, Valdo Ricca. Psychopathology of eating disorders. Journal of Psychopathology 2014;20:461-470.
2. Castellini Giovanni, Zagaglioni Alice, Godini Lucia, Monami Francesca, Dini Carla, Faravelli Carlo, Ricca Valdo.  [Orientamento religioso e disturbi del comportamento alimentare]. Riv Psichiatr. 2014 May-Jun;49(3):140-4. doi: 10.1708/1551.16911. Italian.
3. Godini Lucia, Castellini Giovanni, Lo Sauro Carolina, Ricca Valdo, Faravelli Carlo. The night eating syndrome. Quaderni Italiani di Psichiatria. 2011; 30, (3)95-136.
4. Ricca Valdo, Castellini Giovanni, Faravelli Carlo. Immagine Corporea e Psicopatologia del comportamento Alimentare. Nuova Rassegna di Studi Psichiatrici. June 2011.
5. Mazzei C, Castellini Giovanni, Benni L, Godini L, Lazzeretti L, Pracucci C, Talamba GA, Ricca V, Faravelli C. Sexuality and eating disorders. Rivista di Psichiatria 2011;46(2):122-8. doi: 10.1708/626.7312.
6. Ricca Valdo, Castellini Giovanni, Faravelli Carlo. Binge Eating Disorder: caratteristiche psicopatologiche. In NÓOς Vol.15, N 2, Maggio Agosto 2009, 119-146.
7. Meloni D., Menichetti A., Dorrel C., Capozzi D., Bracali L., Masetti S., Castellini Giovanni, Borgioli M. L.,  Baldasseroni A., Ferrara M. La recidiva di ricovero in psichiatria. Salute e Territorio. N. 157, 210-215,  2006.

Chapters for International books

1. Castellini Giovanni; Mario Maggi; Valdo Ricca. Childhood Sexual Abuse and Psychopathology. In Emotional, Physical and Sexual Abuse.  Edited by: Giovanni Corona, Emmanuele A. Jannini, Mario Maggi. Springer, 2015.
2. Castellini Giovanni and Milena Mancini. Gender Dysphoria. In Oxford Handbook of Phenomenological Psychology. Edited by Giovanni Stanghellini, Matthew Broome, Anthony Vincent Fernandez, Paolo Fusar-Poli, Andrea Raballo, and René Rosfort. Oxford University press (2019).
3. Castellini Giovanni and Valdo Ricca. Eating behavior and its disorders.In Oxford Handbook of Phenomenological Psychology. Edited by Giovanni Stanghellini, Matthew Broome, Anthony Vincent Fernandez, Paolo Fusar-Poli, Andrea Raballo, and René Rosfort. Oxford University press (2019).
4. Giovanni Castellini and Valdo Ricca. Eating disorders as Disorders of Embodiment and Identity, In Oxford Handbook of Phenomenological Psychology. Edited by Giovanni Stanghellini, Matthew Broome, Anthony Vincent Fernandez, Paolo Fusar-Poli, Andrea Raballo, and René Rosfort. Oxford University press (2019).
5. Livio Tarchi, Eleonora Rossi, Marco Faldi, Emanuele Cassioli, Valdo Ricca & Giovanni Castellini. Linking Embodiment Disorder and Bulimia Nervosa. In Eating Disorders. Springer (2023)
6. Giovanni Castellini, Eleonora Rossi, Emanuele Cassioli, Valdo Ricca. I disturbi dell’alimentazione. In Manuale di Psichiatria, terza Edizione. Edited by Alberto Siracusano e Cinzia Niolu (2023).

Main Invited Talks, Presentations, and Lectures

1. Castellini G. Eating Disorders and Depression. Annual Conference of the Eating Disorders Research Society. Boston, September 2023.
2. Castellini G. Sexual Health in Transgender people. Annual Conference of the European Society of Sexual Medicine (ESSM). January, 2023.
3. Castellini G. Sexual abuse and sexual disorders. Webinar for European Society of Sexual Medicine (ESSM). July 2022.
4. Castellini G. Sexuality after child sexual abuse. Workshop at the European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM). Virtual Edition. February 2022
5.  Castellini G. What We Can Learn from Sexuality in Patients with Eating. Disorders and Weight Disorder Spectrum. Presso il simposio. Internationales Symposium Ess- und Gewichtsstörungen, organizzato dalla professoressa Gabriella Milos. Universitätsspital Zürich. Switzerland. November 2021
6. Castellini G. The complexity behind childhood abuse in eating disorders: psychopathology, treatment outcome, and biological factors. European Chapter of Academy of Eating Disorders. Virtual Meeting. November 2021
7. Castellini G. Body image and sexuality: Anorexia and obesity trend. World Meeting on Sexual Medicine, International Society for Sexual Medicine (ISSM). Virtual. November 2021
8. Castellini G. Making trans health care accessible through e-health: Empirical andclinical approaches from Germany and Italy. Presso la 4 th conference of the European Professional Association for Transgender Health. 11-13 of August. Göthenburg, Sweden. August 2021
9. Castellini G. Issues in the Care of Transgender Children, Adolescents and Adults: Overcoming Health Care Barriers. 29 th European Congress of Psychiatry. Congresso della European Psychiatric Association. April 2021
10. Castellini G. Sexual abuse: psychopathology and sexual consequences. 21th Congress of European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM). Lubiana, Slovenia, February 2021.
11. Castellini G. Sex and Food: how appetites overlap. Workshop Annual Meeting of the  International Society of the Study of Women's Sexual health (ISSWSH). Virtual March 2021
12. Castellini G. Sexual satisfaction and sexual function in transgender people, do we know anything? Presso 22nd Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine. Praga, February 2020.
13. Castellini G, Ricca V. Impulsivity and Eating Disorders. 11 th Pisa Days of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychopharmacology. Pisa, Italy. June 8, 2018.
14. Castellini G. Mental Helaht in Gender Dysphoria. National Institute of Health. Rome, Italy.  June 5, 2018.
15. Castellini G, Hutzinger L, La Grange D, Rienecke R, Tanifsky-Kraff M, Thomson Brenner H. How to chose your yellow brick road: exploring diverse career paths and using personal values to inform career trajectories. International Conference of Eating Disorders.  April 12, 2018. Chicago (USA).
16. Castellini G. Perceived stigma as a potential moderator of treatment outcome in persons with gender dysphoria: a two year follow up study. 26th Congress of the European Psychiatric Association Nice, France. March 3-6, 2018.
17. Castellini G, Eating Disorders who do not respond to cognitive behavioral therapy. International Conference of Eating Disorders. Praga (Chech Republic), June, 8-9, 2017.
18. Castellini G, Fisher, Ristori J, Casale H, Cassioli E, Sensi C, Fanni, E Amato A, Bettini E, Mosconi, M Dèttore D, Ricca V, Maggi M. Cross-Sex Hormone Treatment and Psychobiological Changes in Transsexual Persons: Two-Year Follow-Up Data. 2nd  Biennial Conference of the European Professional Association for Transgender Health. Belgrado Serbia April 4-6, 2017.
19. Castellini G,Fisher AD, Ristori J, Casale H, Giovanardi G, Carone N, Fanni E, Mosconi M, Ciocca G,  Jannini E, Ricca V, Lingiardi V, Maggi M. Who has the worst attitudes toward sexual minorities? Comparison of transphobia and homophobia levels in gender dysphoric individuals, the general population and health care providers. 2nd  Biennial Conference of the European Professional Association for Transgender Health. Belgrado Serbia April 4-6, 2017.
20. Castellini G. A Dimensional Perspective on Sexual Orientation and Gender. 25th Congress of the European Psychiatric Association. Florence, Italy April 1-4, 2017.
21. Castellini G. Eating disorders and sexual dysfunctions: No way to hide. Nice France, February 2-4, 2017.
22. Castellini G. What sexuality tells us about long-term outcome of eating disorders: a three years follow up study. 19th Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine. Nice France, February 2-4, 2017.
23. Castellini G. Psychobiological outcomes of different treatment option in gender incongruence. 19th
24. Giovanni Castellini. Behavioral features of Klinefelter Syndrome. 9th    European Congress of Andrology. Rotterdam, 22-23 Settembre, 2016.
25. Giovanni Castellini. Psychological correlates of homophobia and transphobia and levels in gender dysphoria persons and general population. 24th Biennial Symposium, June 17-21, 2016 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
26. Giovanni Castellini. Abuso infantile e neglect nei disturbi dell’alimentazione: effetti sulla psicopatologia e decorso longitudinale. III Congresso Nazionale SIPA. Lecce 16-17 giugno 2016.
27. Giovanni Castellini, Alessandra D Fisher, Linda Vignozzi, Lorenzo Lelli, Lucia Godini, Mario Maggi, Valdo Ricca. Sexual functioning predicts long term outcome of eating disorders patients: a two years follow up study.  18 th Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine. 4-6 Febbraio, Madrid, Spain.
28. Giovanni Castellini, Valdo Ricca, Mario Maggi. Eating Disorders and Female Sexual Dysfunction. 18 th Congress of the European Society for Sexual Medicine. 4-6 Febbraio, Madrid, Spain.
29. Giovanni Castellini,  Lorenzo Lelli, Valdo Ricca. Clinical characteristics of Eating Disorders patients who do not respond to cognitive behavioral therapy: a six-year follow-up study. XXI^ST Annual Meeting of the Eating Disorder Research Society. Taormina, Sicily; September 17-19, 2015.
30. Giovanni Castellini,  Alessandra D. Fisher, E. Fannie, I. Lasagni, L. Benni, V. Ricca & Mario Maggi . The consequences of body uneasiness in gender dysphoric persons: pathological behaviours and eating psychopathology. Transgender Health Care in Europe March 12 – 14, 2015, Ghent (Belgium).
31. Giovanni Castellini, Alessandra D. Fisher; Egidia Fanni, Helen Casale, Laura Benni, Valdo Ricca, Mario Maggi.Transphobia and homophobia levels in general population, health care providers and in gender dysphoric individuals. Transgender Health Care in Europe March 12 – 14, 2015, Ghent (Belgium).
32. Giovanni Castellini. Body image disturbance, sexual functioning and hormonal levels: a longitudinal study in Anorexia Nervosa patients. XVII Congress for European Society of Sexual Medicine. Copenaghen February 2015.
33. Giovanni Castellini. Body Uneasiness and eating disorders symptoms in Gender Dysphoria individuals . XVII Congress for European Society of Sexual Medicine. Copenaghen February 2015.
34. Castellini G. La Vittima: epidemiologia e conseguenze; Il Compeller, profili e trattamenti psicologici; Simposio: Abuso sessuale.  XI Congresso Nazionale Società Italiana di Andrologia e Medicina della Sessualità. 13 - 15 novembre 2014.  Thotel Cagliari, Italy.
35. Castellini G. Body uneasiness in gender dysphoria. Symposium: Sexual orientation and gender identity.  World Meeting on Sexual Medicine, which will take place in Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 8-12, 2014.
36. Castellini Giovanni. Stress e Disturbi dell’Alimentazione. Secondo Congresso Nazionale Società Italiana di Psicopatologia dell’Alimentazione. 27-28 Giugno 2014
37. Castellini G. Eating Disorders: Diagnoses and Psychopathology. University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA April 30, 2013.
38. Castellini G. Eating Disorders: The role of life events. University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA May 01, 2013.
39. Castellini G, Lo Sauro C, Lelli L, Maggi M, Faravelli C, Ricca V. Sexual dysfunction in Eating Disorders: the role of psychopathology, childhood abuse and HPA functioning. 2013 International Conference on Eating Disorders (ICED) Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries in Eating Disorders. May 2-4, 2013. Hilton Montréal Bonaventure, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
40. Castellini G, Faravelli C. Role of trauma and stressful life events for the pathogenesis of Eating Disorders. First Congress of the Italian Society of the Eating Disorder Psychopathology (SIPA). Vietri sul Mare – Salerno – Naples. Lloyd’s Baia Hotel, November, 8-9, 2012.
41. Castellini G, Ricca V, Faravelli C. Eating Disorders: Significance of Remission and Recovery. IX Summer Course of the Tuscany School of Psychiatry, October, 19-21, 2012. Firenze, Italy.
42. Castellini G, Ricca V, Maggi M,  Faravelli C. Sexuality and Eating Habits in women. International Studies in Psychiatry. Ergife Palace Hotel, November, 23-26, 2011, Rome, Italy.
43. Castellini G, Ricca V. Women Sexuality. Italian Federation of Sexuality.  Chiostro del Maglio, September, 16-17, 2011., Firenze, Italy.
44. Castellini G, Lo Sauro C, Mannucci E, Ravaldi C, Rotella F, Faravelli C,  Ricca V. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa: a three year follow up study.  V Conference of the Sociaty of Italian Psychiatry. October, 13-16, 2010, Riccione, Italy.
45. Castellini G, Cresci B, Pala L, Romoli E, Dicembrini I, Ricca Vo, Rotella CM. Outcome predictors in treatment of obesity.  Italian Society of Obesity (SIO). Sheraton Hotel, April, 15-17, 2010, Roma, Italy.
46. Castellini G, Mannucci E, Ricca V. Assessment of Obesity. Bologna Challange DCA ’09 Congress. February, 2009, Bologna, Italy.
47. Castellini G, Lapi F, Lo Sauro C, Ravaldi C, Faravelli C, Rotella C M, Ricca V. Threshold and subthreshold Binge Eating Disorder: psychopathology and clinical features. Italian Society of Obesity (SIO). Palazzo dei Congressi, May, 23, 2008, Firenze, Italy.  

Research Support

Active Research Support

• Research Award form University of Florence (2016)  “Effect of adipokines in Eating Disorders” (40.996,00 euro).
• Research Award from the European Society for Sexual Medicine (2016; code: RG16-05) entitled Neurobiological correlates of Gender Dysphoria: a longitudinal study” (30.000,00 euro).
• Research Award for the best poster (250 euro) at the 9th European Congress of Andrology. Rotterdam, September, 2016. Interactions Between Depression and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms: The Role of Adverse Life Events and Inflammatory Mechanisms. Results From the European Male Ageing Study.
• Research Award by Lundbeck, Italy for the research entitled: Escitalopram in Binge Eating Disorder, 2009 (EU 20,000).
• Research award by the Company of San Paolo, Italy (Grant No. 2007.0992) for the study entitled: Morphological, functional and genetic correlates of Anorexia Nervosa Psychopathology.  2008 (EU 40,000).

Teaching Experience

2018 – now: Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Florence for Medical School, Psychology School.

2016 – now: Professor at the Basic Course in Phenomenology. Director Professor Giovanni Stanghellini. Florence.

2021 – now: Professor at Master in Microbiome. Director Dott. Lorenzo Emmi. University of Florence.

2014 – now: Professor at Master in Sexual Medicine. Director Professor Mario Maggi. University of Florence.

2014- now: Assistant Professor at Florence Medical School at University of Florence, Italy:  Lessons of Psychiatry for Academic Course in Medicine. 

2011–2012: Visiting Professor at University G. D’Annunzio of Chieti, Italy: PhD Course in Methodology of Research in Psychotherapy.

2011-2012: Assistant Professor at University of Florence, Italy:  Lessons of Psychiatry for Academic Course in Nutritional Science. 

2009-2013:  Professor at Florence School of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Eating Disorders Course.

2009-2011: Assistant Professor at University of Florence, Italy:  Lessons of Psychiatry for Endocrinology Fellowship.

2008-2012:  Assistant Professor at University of Florence, Italy:  Lessons of Psychiatry for Academic Course in Psychology Faculty. 

Training and certifications

2011:  Course on Linear Mixed Models; Summer School of Italian Psychology Association. Bertinoro University Center (supervisor Prof Marcello Gallucci).

2011: Course on “Structured equation modelling”; School of Methodology and Research (supervisor Prof Luigi Leone); Centro Studi città di Orvieto.   

2009: Course of Statistical Medicine ISPO (Institute for prevention and treatment of cancer), Firenze.

2009: Certificate in Clinical Psychopharmacology Core Module "Schizophrenia". British Association of Psychopharmacology, Manchester, Great Britain.

2008: Doctorate in Methodology of Clinical Trials. Department of Biomedical Technology Medical School of University of Brescia, Italy.

2008: Course of Principle of Epidemiology; Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; John's Hopkins University; Baltimore; USA.

2008: Course of Statistical Reasoning in Public Health I, II; Graduate Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics; John's Hopkins University; Baltimore; USA.

2008: Winter Session Master in Affettive Neuroscience; University of Maastricht, University of Florence.

2007: Course in Cognitive Remediation Therapy for Anorexia Nervosa; Maudsley Hospital; Kings College; London; Great Britain.

2007: Maudsley Forum Core Course; Maudsley Hospital; Kings College; London; Great Britain.

2005: Assessment of depression with Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale, Second Annual Course of the Tuscany School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, Firenze.

Languages & Other Skills

Native language: Italian. Good knowledge in written and spoken English. Fluent in written and spoken Spanish.

Familiar with SPSS, STATA, Comprehensive Meta-analysis, Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM2, SPM5). 

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