Cristina Colombo
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
226 Papers
1.9K Citations
Cristina Colombo is an academic researcher from Vita-Salute San Raffaele University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bipolar disorder & Mood disorders. The author has an hindex of 53, co-authored 211 publications. Previous affiliations of Cristina Colombo include University of Milan & Università telematica San Raffaele.
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Papers
Dissecting the determinants of depressive disorders outcome: an in depth analysis of two clinical cases.
TL;DR: A comprehensive assessment of patients is suggested that may overcome the limitation of standardized assessments and detecting the factors that plausibly contribute to so marked differences in depressive disorders outcome is suggested.
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Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS): theoretical model, clinical application, and preliminary efficacy data in a sample of inpatients with personality disorders in comorbidity with mood disorders
Silvia Boccalon,R. Alesiani,L. Giarolli,Linda Franchini,Cristina Colombo,N. Blum,Andrea Fossati +6 more
TL;DR: The STEPPS (Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving) is a manualized, cognitive-behavioral, skills-based group treatment program originally developed in the USA for adults with borderline personality disorder (BPD) as discussed by the authors.
Neuropsychological deficits in bipolar depression persist after successful antidepressant treatment.
TL;DR: This is the first study of the effect of TSD treatment on cognitive performance and bipolar patients did not experience the well known worsening of performance observed in healthy controls after sleep loss.
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Different neural responses to a moral valence decision task in unipolar and bipolar depression.
Daniele Radaelli,Sara Dallaspezia,Sara Poletti,Enrico Smeraldi,Andrea Falini,Cristina Colombo,Francesco Benedetti +6 more
TL;DR: The results are in agreement with hypotheses of dysfunctions in corticolimbic circuitries regulating affects and emotions in mood disorders and suggest that specific abnormalities, particularly in ventrolateral PFC, are not the same in UP and BP depression.
Selective association of cytokine levels and kynurenine/tryptophan ratio with alterations in white matter microstructure in bipolar but not in unipolar depression
Stefano Comai,Elisa Melloni,Cristina Lorenzi,Irene Bollettini,Benedetta Vai,Raffaella Zanardi,Cristina Colombo,Flavia Valtorta,Francesco Benedetti,Sara Poletti +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a pro-inflammatory state was suggested to activate indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase which, in turn, increases the amount of tryptophan (Trp) converted into kynurenine (Kyn).
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