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Alessandra Biaggi

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Articles 13
Citations 579
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Related Specialties
Psychiatry
Neurology
Psychology
Top 10 Co-Authors
Carmine M Pariante
Katie Hazelgrove
Susan Pawlby
Susan Conroy
Paola Dazzan
Gertrude Seneviratne
Maddalena Miele
Montserrat Fuste
Mitul A Mehta
Freddie Waites
Published In
J Affect Disord
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Psychol Med
BJPsych Open
Acta Psychiatr Scand
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Recent Articles
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Heart rate variability and perinatal depressive symptoms: A scoping review protocol
Singh Solorzano C, Spinoni M, Di Benedetto M, Biaggi A, Marizzoni M, Gatti E, et al.
Brain Behav Immun Health . 2024 Oct; 42:100885. PMID: 39430878
Objective: An emerging marker of depression in the perinatal period is represented by a reduction in the autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity, reflected by heart rate variability (HRV). This scoping...
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Predictors of mother-infant interaction quality in women at risk of postpartum psychosis: The role of emotion recognition
Biaggi A, Hazelgrove K, Waites F, Bind R, Lawrence A, Fuste M, et al.
J Affect Disord . 2024 Aug; 367:562-572. PMID: 39216645
Background: Limited research exists on mother-infant interaction in women at-risk-of postpartum psychosis (PP). This study aimed to investigate potential predictors of mother-infant interaction quality in women at-risk-of-PP during the first...
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Neuropsychological performance in women at risk of postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis
Cattarinussi G, Segre G, Biaggi A, Hazelgrove K, Sambataro F, Russo M, et al.
Arch Womens Ment Health . 2024 Aug; 28(1):55-65. PMID: 39214910
Purpose: While neuropsychological deficits are commonly observed in affective and psychotic disorders, this remains unexplored in these disorders when they occur during pregnancy and the postpartum period. Methods: A neuropsychological...
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Women with depression in pregnancy or a history of depression have decreased quality of mentalization in the speech to their infants
Rebecchini L, Bind R, Allegri B, Zamparelli A, Biaggi A, Hazelgrove K, et al.
Acta Psychiatr Scand . 2023 Nov; 150(5):433-445. PMID: 37931907
Background: Our study aims to understand whether depression, either in pregnancy or lifetime, affects cognitive biases (comprising the attentional focus and affective state) and mentalizing features (ability to understand children's...
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Mother-infant interaction and infant development in women at risk of postpartum psychosis with and without a postpartum relapse
Biaggi A, Hazelgrove K, Waites F, Bind R, Lawrence A, Fuste M, et al.
Psychol Med . 2023 Sep; 54(4):823-834. PMID: 37706314
Background: This study aimed to investigate mother-infant interaction and infant development in women at-risk of postpartum psychosis (PP), with and without a postpartum relapse. Methods: 103 women (and their offspring)...
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Mediators and moderators in the relationship between maternal childhood adversity and children's emotional and behavioural development: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Ma X, Biaggi A, Sacchi C, Lawrence A, Chen P, Pollard R, et al.
Psychol Med . 2022 Jun; 52(10):1817-1837. PMID: 35730541
Maternal experiences of childhood adversity can increase the risk of emotional and behavioural problems in their children. This systematic review and meta-analysis provide the first narrative and quantitative synthesis of...
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Increased maternal inflammation and poorer infant neurobehavioural competencies in women with a history of major depressive disorder from the psychiatry research and motherhood - Depression (PRAM-D) study
Osborne S, Biaggi A, Hazelgrove K, Du Preez A, Nikkheslat N, Sethna V, et al.
Brain Behav Immun . 2021 Oct; 99:223-230. PMID: 34644586
Introduction: Stress in pregnancy is associated with adverse outcomes in offspring, and developmental programming is a potential mechanism. We have previously shown that depression in pregnancy is a valid and...
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Maternal perceived bonding towards the infant and parenting stress in women at risk of postpartum psychosis with and without a postpartum relapse
Biaggi A, Hazelgrove K, Waites F, Fuste M, Conroy S, Howard L, et al.
J Affect Disord . 2021 Jul; 294:210-219. PMID: 34303299
Background: Postpartum psychosis (PP) is the most severe psychiatric disorder associated with childbirth. However, there is little research on maternal bonding towards the infant and parenting stress in this clinical...
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Mother-infant interaction in women with depression in pregnancy and in women with a history of depression: the Psychiatry Research and Motherhood - Depression (PRAM-D) study
Bind R, Biaggi A, Bairead A, Du Preez A, Hazelgrove K, Waites F, et al.
BJPsych Open . 2021 May; 7(3):e100. PMID: 34030765
Background: Little is known about the effects of depression before birth on the quality of the mother-infant interaction. Aims: To understand whether depression, either in pregnancy or in lifetime before...
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Altered dynamics of the prefrontal networks are associated with the risk for postpartum psychosis: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study
Sambataro F, Cattarinussi G, Lawrence A, Biaggi A, Fuste M, Hazelgrove K, et al.
Transl Psychiatry . 2021 May; 11(1):238. PMID: 33976106
Postpartum psychosis (PP) is a severe mental disorder that affects women in the first few weeks after delivery. To date there are no biomarkers that distinguish which women at risk...