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Maria Luigia Crosta

Researcher at Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Publications -  7
Citations -  81

Maria Luigia Crosta is an academic researcher from Catholic University of the Sacred Heart. The author has contributed to research in topics: Psoriasis & Psychological intervention. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 5 publications receiving 45 citations.

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Childhood trauma and resilience in psoriatic patients: A preliminary report.

TL;DR: A multidisciplinary approach is helpful to investigate clinical aspects, trigger factors and psychophysiological stress response in psoriatic subjects to improve resilience with an early psychological intervention focused on self-motivation and strengthening of self-efficacy.
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Psychopathology and eating disorders in patients with psoriasis

TL;DR: Psoriasis is associated with psychopathological traits, which are frequently found in EDs, and since obesity makes psoriasis less susceptible to therapy and weight loss improves drug response, dermatologists should be alert to suspect the presence of this condition.
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Psychological well-being and distress in patients with generalized anxiety disorder: The roles of positive and negative functioning

TL;DR: The results suggest that an integrated and balanced focus on both positive and negative functioning will be useful in future clinical psychology research to predict, understand, and treat anxiety as well as to examine the antecedents and characteristics of positivity in individuals with GAD and promote their PWB.
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2553 – Eating disorders in psoriatic patients

TL;DR: Psoriasis is associated with psychopathological traits and symptoms commonly associated with eating disorders, and a multidisciplinary approach could have an important role to reduce the loss of control over food, to loss weight and to improve the drug response.