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Giovanni Santone
Researcher at United Hospitals
Publications - 31
Citations - 845
Giovanni Santone is an academic researcher from United Hospitals. The author has contributed to research in topics: Public health & Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 31 publications receiving 784 citations. Previous affiliations of Giovanni Santone include Marche Polytechnic University.
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The current state of mental health care in Italy: problems, perspectives, and lessons to learn.
Giovanni de Girolamo,Mariano Bassi,Giovanni Neri,Mirella Ruggeri,Giovanni Santone,Angelo Picardi +5 more
TL;DR: In conclusion, the Italian reform law led to the establishment of a broad network of facilities to meet diverse care needs and further efforts are required to improve quality of care and to develop a more effectively integrated system.
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Benzodiazepine exposure in pregnancy and risk of major malformations: a critical overview
TL;DR: Benzodiazepines (BDZs) safety profiles in pregnancy suggest that the risk of major malformations (MMs) cannot be considered simply as a "class effect", and Diazepam and chlordiazepoxide should be considered drugs of first choice.
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Characteristics and activities of acute psychiatric in-patient facilities: national survey in Italy
Giovanni de Girolamo,Angelo Barbato,Renata Bracco,Andrea Gaddini,Rossella Miglio,Pierluigi Morosini,Bruno Norcio,Angelo Picardi,Elisabetta Rossi,Paola Rucci,Giovanni Santone,Giuseppe Dell'Acqua +11 more
TL;DR: The survey has provided evidence of two parallel systems of in-patient care, a public one and a private one, which are not fully interchangeable, and one of the lowest number of acute beds per 10,000 inhabitants in Europe.
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Violent behavior in acute psychiatric inpatient facilities: a national survey in Italy.
Bruno Biancosino,Sara Delmonte,Luigi Grassi,Giovanni Santone,Antonio Preti,Rossella Miglio,Giovanni de Girolamo +6 more
TL;DR: Light is shed on a need for the careful assessment of clinical and treatment variables, and greater effort aimed at improving specific prevention and treatment programs of violent behavior, for acute psychiatric inpatients.
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The severely mentally ill in residential facilities: a national survey in Italy.
Giovanni de Girolamo,Angelo Picardi,Giovanni Santone,Ian R. H. Falloon,Pierluigi Morosini,Angelo Fioritti,Rocco Micciolo +6 more
TL;DR: In Italy, Residential Facilities have completely replaced Mental Hospitals for the residential care of mentally ill patients, and cater for a large patient population of severely mentally ill requiring residential care.