This issue of Psychomed continues the journal’s quarterly publication with articles covering a wide range of topics, from sociocultural to psychobiological. The first, “STIGMA IN MENTAL HEALTH: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY IN THE OUTSKIRTS OF ROME,” by Alice Norami and Anna Rita Colasanti, explores the presence, forms, and sociodemographic determinants of public stigma toward mental illness through a […]
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Stigma in mental health: an exploratory study in the suburbs of Rome
Objective. To explore the presence, forms, and sociodemographic determinants of public stigma toward mental illness among residents of peripheral districts of Rome.
Methods. An exploratory study was conducted with 200 participants aged 18–30 and 45–65 years using the CAMI questionnaire and a demographic survey. Statistical analyses included frequency distributions, cross-tabulations, principal component analysis (PCA), ANOVA, t-tests, chi-square tests, and Pearson correlations.
Results
The PCA identified five macro-areas of stigma investigation. The responses indicate an absence of explicit stigma but reveal widespread ambivalence, particularly in the social representations of mental illness. Young adults, women, and individuals with higher levels of education expressed more inclusive attitudes.
Conclusions
Stigma appears in latent rather than overt forms, while the role of the community in care is widely acknowledged. These findings highlight the need for targeted psychoeducational programs and further research on stigma dynamics in peripheral urban contexts.
Promoting Well-Being in Adolescence: The Effectiveness of a Self-Help Program
Abstract: The article presents the results of a study aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of a self‑help intervention designed to promote adolescent well‑being. The sample consisted of 22 high‑school students, divided into an experimental group and a control group. The main objectives of the study were: (1) to assess the effectiveness of the manual In viaggio […]
AI Alignment Issues and Ethical Challenges in Mental Health
The article develops from the lecture held by Prof. Neri Accornero, “Dynamic Modelling of the Nervous System (Artificial Neural Networks) and Interactions between Natural and Artificial Intelligence”, delivered on 18/03/2025 as part of the Research Methodology in Psychotherapy Course 2025, at the Specialisation School in Cognitive-Behavioural Psychotherapy and Psychosocial Intervention.
Considering the evolution of recent AI systems, current scenarios, and the problem of AI value alignment, the article opens up questions that prompt ethical reflection on the challenges of interaction between mental health professionals and advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI). It is argued here that these reflections should address ethical aspects connected to the competencies of mental health practitioners, professional stress, and the impact on the people they assist.
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Dear Editor, we appreciated Borgo and colleagues’ correspondence proposing Gilbert’s syndrome as a potential biological vulnerability state in which non-specific somatic symptoms, including fatigue, autonomic arousal and lowered pain threshold, may be experienced as clinically meaningful and, in some patients, potentially patterned over time. This perspective is valuable because it invites a shift from static […]
Historical Archive – 2026 – Year XXI – No. 1
The Value of Time in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease. An Instrumental Approach.