Paolo C. Testa

Community Services for Psychiatric Adolescents: When Planning a Residential or Semi-residential Treatment

Michela Gatta, Paola Tomadini, Lara Del Col, Paolo C. Testa, Andrea Spoto & Pier Antonio Battistella · International Neuropsychiatric Disease Journal · 2016

Background: Adolescence psychopathology often represents a challenge in regards of the way it is treated, due to the shortage of public mental health resources like Wellbeing Centers and daily Services, that differ from hospitals. From our experience in a daily Semi-residential S...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/INDJ/2016/23329

A Clinical Practice Experience: Focus Groups for Prevention Activities with Adolescents

Michela Gatta, Lorenza Svanellini, Sofia Pertile, Paolo C. Testa, Giovanni Ceranto, Manuela J. Difronzo & Pier Antonio Battistella · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2016

Aims: This study had three main objectives:   -   To identify the principal risk factors in psychiatric adolescents attending a Neuropsychiatric Unit in Padua (Italy) that provides daily psychiatric services for children and adolescents;   -   To elucidate the thinking and reason...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/22441