MICHELE TANSELLA

Caring for people with depression or with schizophrenia: are the consequences different? (2009)

Van Wijngaarden, Bob, Koeter, Maarten, Knapp, Martin, Tansella, Michele, Thornicroft, Graham, Vázquez-Barquero, José-Luis, ...

Attention to caregiver consequences has been mainly restricted to caregivers of patients with schizophrenia. The few studies done in depression were conducted on small samples and/or with...

Satisfaction With Mental Health Services Among People With Schizophrenia in Five European Sites: Results From the EPSILON Study (2003)

Ruggeri, Mirella, Lasalvia, Antonio, Bisoffi, Giulia, Thornicroft, Graham, Vàzquez-Barquero, José Luis, Becker, Thomas, ...

Patient satisfaction with services is an important outcome variable that is increasingly used in mental health service evaluation. This study includes 404 people with schizophrenia in five European...

People With Schizophrenia in Five Countries: Conceptual Similarities and Intercultural Differences in Family Caregiving (2003)

Van Wijngaarden, Bob, Schene, Aart, Koeter, Maarten, Becker, Thomas, Knapp, Martin, Knudsen, Helle Charlotte, ...

The European Psychiatric Services: Inputs Linked to Outcomes and Needs (EPSILON) study was a EUBIOMED-2-funded comparative, cross-national, cross-sectional study aimed (1) to produce standardized...

Does Community Care Decrease Length of Stay and Risk of Rehospitalization in New Patients With Schizophrenia Disorders? A Comparative Case Register Study in Groningen, the Netherlands; Victoria, Australia; and South Verona, Italy (2002)

Sytema, Sjoerd, Burgess, Philip, Tansella, Michele

This was a long-term followup study of defined cohorts of new patients who met ICD-10 criteria for schizophrenia and related disorders. Three mental health service systems with psychiatric case...

Does Community Care Decrease Length of Stay and Risk of Rehospitalization in New Patients With Schizophrenia Disorders? A Comparative Case Register Study in Groningen, the Netherlands; Victoria, Australia; and South Verona, Italy (2002)

Systema, Sjoerd, Burgess, Philip, Tansella, Michele

This was a long-term followup study of defined cohorts of new patients who met ICD-10 criteria for schizophrenia and related disorders. Three mental health service systems with psychiatric case...

Effect of Second-Generation Antipsychotics on Employment and Productivity in Individuals with Schizophrenia: An Economic Perspective

Mauro Percudani, Corrado Barbui, Michele Tansella

Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness that imposes a considerable burden not only on those who are ill, but also on their families, neighbours and the wider society. Costs associated with...

Using health production functions to evaluate treatment effectiveness: an application to a community mental health service

Andrew Healey, Massimo Mirandola, Francesco Amaddeo, Paola Bonizzato, Michele Tansella

The randomized controlled trial (RCT) is the recommended means of evaluating health care effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. Whilst representing a 'gold-standard' in health services research, RCT...

Steps, challenges and lessons in developing community mental health care

THORNICROFT, GRAHAM, TANSELLA, MICHELE, LAW, ANN

This paper summarises our own accumulated experience from developing community-orientated mental health services in England and Italy over the last 20-30 years. From this we have provisionally...

Three-dimensional MRI perfusion maps: a step beyond volumetric analysis in mental disorders

Fabene, Paolo F, Farace, Paolo, Brambilla, Paolo, Andreone, Nicola, Cerini, Roberto, Pelizza, Luisa, ...

A new type of magnetic resonance imaging analysis, based on fusion of three-dimensional reconstructions of time-to-peak parametric maps and high-resolution T1-weighted images, is proposed in order to...