


Some Of Our Publications
Dr. Giovanni Giaroli MD MSc PGDipCAT
Consultant Child, Adolescent & Adult Psychiatrist
Medical Director - The Giaroli Centre
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M Grigoroiu-Serbanescu, G Giaroli, J Thygesen, O Shenyan, T Bigdeli, N Bass, C C. Diaconu, A Forstner, M M. Noethen, A McQuillin (2018)
"ADHD Polygenic Risk Scores in Romanian & UK Bipolar Patients with Childhood ADHD"
XXVI World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Glasgow, UK
October, 2018
I Arican, A McQuillin, G Giaroli (2018)
"Prevalence of attention defecit hyperactivity disorder symptoms and impairment of executive function in a cohort of patients suffering from schizophrenia"
Abstract submitted to International Conference of Early Intervention in Psychosis, Boston, USA (October 2018)
Poster presented at:
26th European Congress of Psychiatry
Nice, France (March, 2018)
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L Wiltsee, G Lewis, A McQuillin, I Arican, G Giaroli (2017)
"Short questionaire on executive function: Validation of assured and easy to administer questionaire to understand executive function in individuals with bipolar disorder"
Submitted to Journal of Affective Disorders (2017)
M Al Eissa, A Fiorentino, S Sharp, N O'Brien, K Wolfe, G Giaroli, D Curtis, N Bass, A McQuillin (2017)
“Exome sequence analysis and follow up genotyping implicates rare ULK1 variants to be involvedin susceptibility to schizophrenia"
Annals of Human Genetics
L Smith, D Tracy, G Giaroli (2016)
"What future role might N-Acetyl-Cysteine have in the treatment of obsessive compulsive and grooming disorders? A systematic review"
Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology
G Giaroli, N Bass, K Wolfe, A Strydom, A McQuillin (2015)
“The effect of the burden of copy number variation on behavioral and psychiatric symptoms in adults with idiopathic intellectual disability: a methodological approach utilizing brain expression and haploinsufficiency data".
Abstract accepted to Word Congress of Psychiatric Genetics
16-20 October, 2015
K Wolfe, N Bass, G Giaroli, A McQuillin (2015)
“The diagnostic odyssey: barriers to genetic testing in UK intellectual disability psychiatry services"
Abstract accepted to Word Congress of Psychiatric Genetics
16-20 October, 2015
A McQuillin, G Giaroli, K Wolfe, N Bass (2015)
“The influence of Copy Number Variation on behavioral and p[psychiatric symptoms on ID”
Abstract accepted to SSBP 18th International Symposium
2-5 September, 2015
J Barrett & G Giaroli (2015)
"Summer sadness and winter blues: A systematic review of the use of melatonin in the treatment of seasonal affective disorder"
Submitted August 2015
A Rowe, L Mercer, V Casetti, G Giaroli, SS Shergill, DK Tracy (2015)
"Dementia praecox redux? A systematic review of the nicotinic receptor as a target for cognitive symptoms of psychosis"
Journal of Psychopharmacology 1-15
Ayorech Z, Tracy DK, Baumeister D, G Giaroli (2014)
"Taking the fuel out of the fire: Evidence for the use of anti-inflammatory agents in the treatment of bipolar disorders"
J Affect Disord. Dec 12;174C:467-478.
G Giaroli, N Bass, A Strydom, K Rantell, A McQuillin (2014)
"Does rare matter? Copy Number Variants at 16p11.2 and the risk of psychosis: A systematic review of literature and meta-analysis"
Schizophrenia Research 10 October 2014.
G Giaroli, N Bass, A Strydom, K Rantell, A McQuillin (2014)
"Copy Number Variants at 16p11.2 and the risk of psychosis: A systematic review of literature and meta-analysis"
Schizophr Ressearch Oct 10
A Rowe, L Mercer, V Casetti, G Giaroli, SS Shergill, DK Tracy (2014)
"Dementia praecox redux? A systematic review of the nicotinic receptor as a target for cognitive symptoms of psychosis"
Submitted May 2014
D Baumeister, G Barnes, G Giaroli & DK Tracy (2014)
"Classical hallucinogens as antidepressants? A review of pharmacodynamics and putative clinical roles"
The Adv Psychopharmacol. 2014 Aug;4(4):156-69
C Caddy, G Giaroli, TP White, SS Shergill, DK Tray (2014)
"Ketamine as prototipe glutammatergic antidepressant: pharmacodynamic actions and a systematic review and meta-analysis of efficacy"
The Adv Phsychopfarmacol Apr 4(2); 75-79
J. Memarzia, DK Tracy, G Giaroli (2014)
"Antipsychotics in pre-schoolers: a veto or a sensible option?"
J Psychopharmacol. Apr 28 (4): 303-19
S. Molteni, G. Giaroli, R. Comelli, U. Balottin (2014)
"Subjective Experience in a cohort of adolescents treated with antipsychotics"
J Clin Psychopharmacol. Feb;34(1):99-108
J R Barrett, D K Tracy, G Giaroli (2013)
"To sleep or not to sleep: a systematic review of literature of pharmacological treatments of insomnia in Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder children and adolescents"
Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychopharmacology Dec (10) 640-7
K V Sendt, G Giaroli, DK Tracy (2012)
"Beyond dopamine: glutamate as a target for future antipsychotics"
International Scholarly Research Network ISRN Pharmacology Volume 2012
Article ID 427267, 9 pages doi:10.5402/2012/427267
L Loyd, G Giaroli, D Taylor and D Tracy (2011)
"Bipolar Depression: Clinically missed, pharmacologically mismanaged. Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology"
M Balestrieri, G Giaroli, M Mazzi, C Bellantuono (2006)
"Performance of the Italian version of Subjective Well Being Under Neuroleptic (SWN) Scale in Schizophrenic Outpatients"
Pharmacopsychiatry May 39(3) 81-84.
GM Galeazzi, S Ferrari, G Giaroli, A Mackinnon, E Merelli, L Motti, M Rigatelli (2005) "Psychiatric Disorders, Depression, Disability, and Interferon Beta Therapy in Multiple Sclerosis Outpatients"
Neurological Sciences 26(4):255-62.
Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
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Fusar-Poli P, Oliver D, Spada G, Patel R, Stewart R, Dobson R, McGuire P
"Real World Implementation of a Transdiagnostic Risk Calculator for the Automatic Detection of Individuals at Risk of Psychosis in Clinical Routine: Study Protocol"
Front Psychiatry 2019 Mar 13;10:109. doi:
10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00109. eCollection 2019.
Oliver D, Kotlicka-Antczak M, Minichino A, Spada G, McGuire P., Fusar-Poli P
"Meta-analytical prognostic accuracy of the Comprehensive Assessment of at Risk Mental States (CAARMS): The need for refined prediction"
European Psychiatry. 49: 62-68; 2018
Fusar-Poli P and Spada G
"Early intervention in psychosis. Child psychology and psychiatry: frameworks for clinical and training and practice" Third edition. Wiley; 2017
Spada G, Molteni S, Pistone C, Chiappedi M, McGuire P, Fusar-Poli P & Balottin U
“Identifying children and adolescents at ultra high risk of psychosis in Italian neuropsychiatry services: a feasibility study”
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 25:91–106; 2016
Ferner HS, Pillai E, Badger SJ , Kralj A, Kefford C, Ajagbe JC, Patel R, Spada G, Zugman A, Fusar-Poli P, McGuire PK, Bonoldi I
“Setting up a new prodromal service in South London: feasibility study”
Early Intervention in Psychiatry; 8 (Suppl. 1): 63–168; 2014
E Fazzi, M Zaccagnino, C Capsoni, S Orcesi, G Spada, A Cavallini, L Caffi, L Bianchini, V Montarsio
“A questionnaire on sleep behavior in the first years of life: preliminary results from a normative samples”
Zambonin. Funct Neurol. Jul-Sep; 21(3):151-8; 2006
“L’Amaurosi congenita di Leber”
Italian Association Leber Congenital Amaurosis; in collaboration with Regione Lombardia – Famiglia e solidarietà Sociale – IRCCS Fondazione C. Mondino, Pavia. IAPB Sezione Italiana onlus.
“Amaurosi Congenita di Leber: ieri , oggi e domani. Stato della ricerca e prospettive future”
Pavia, 2009