Stefana, A., & Damiani, G. (2026). Cosmeticorexia: What it is, where it comes from, and why it matters. Dermatology and Therapy, 16(3), 1445-1449. doi: 10.1007/s13555-026-01685-2

Stefana, A., & Hill, C. E. (2026). Session Evaluation Scale: Psychometric evaluation and development of short versions. Psychotherapy Research. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2025.2587694

Stefana, A., Oliver, D., Estrade, A., Azis, M., Damiani, S., Fusar-Poli, L., Brondino, N., Provenzani, U., Bonoldi, I., Uhlhaas, P., & Fusar-Poli, P. (2026). The mini-CAARMS: development and validation of a short version of the comprehensive assessment of at risk mental states to facilitate preventive psychiatry. Schizophrenia Bulletin. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbaf146

Stefana, A., Békés, B., Aafjes-van Doorn, K. (Advance online publication). The common ground in in-person and telehealth psychoanalysis: Some considerations from theory of technique and empirical research. International Forum of Psychoanalysis. doi: 10.1080/0803706X.2024.2436993

Stefana, A., Fazia, T., & Nova, A. (2026). The therapeutic relationship in in-person, videoconferencing, and telephone psychotherapy sessions. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. doi: 10.1111/bjc.70050

Stefana, A., Mirabella, F., Gigantesco, A., Camoni, L., & Perinatal Mental Health Network group (Advance online publication). Stable structure, shifting links how depression–anxiety symptom networks reconfigure from pregnancy to postpartum. European Psychiatry. doi: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2026.10181

Stefana, A. (2026). How Recent psychological distress relates to session quality in psychotherapy: the mediating roles of the real relationship and working alliance. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 99(2), 751–764. doi: 10.1111/papt.70049

Fusar-Poli, P., Esposito, C. M., Estradé, A., Rosfort, R., Mancini, M., Jackman, M., Sugianto, A., Berk, E., Prawira, B., Wangui, L. N., Agaba, A., Cullen, J., O'Connor, R. R., Marsh, I., Shamsaei, F., Bonoldi, I., Stefana, A., Damiani, S., Basadonne, I., Singh, A., … Maj, M. (2026). The lived experience of persons who attempt suicide: a bottom-up review co-designed, co-produced and co-written by experts by experience and academics. World Psychiatry, 25(1), 34–49. doi: 10.1002/wps.70003

Stefana, A., Mirabella, F., Gigantesco, A., Camoni, L., & Perinatal Mental Health Network group (2026). Factor structure, measurement invariance, and clinical change benchmarks of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) in pregnancy and postpartum. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 118, 103123. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2026.103123  

Camoni, L., Mirabella, F., Gigantesco, A., Calamandrei, G., Stefana, A., & Perinatal Mental Health Network group (2026). Effects of antenatal education on maternal anxiety and depression in pregnancy and postpartum period in Italy: modest and transient symptom reductions. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, 1724202. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1724202

Stefana, A. (2026). Evidence of measurement invariance in the Working Alliance Inventory across in-person and videoconferencing psychotherapy. Psychotherapy Research, 36(3), 583-593. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2025.2495827

Stefana, A., Vieta, E., Fusar-Poli, P., & Youngstrom, E. A. (2026). Assessing the psychotherapist’s affective reactions toward their patient: validation of the Clinician Affective REsponse (CARE) scales. Psychotherapy Research, 36(2), 220-236. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2025.2465432

Stefana, A., Ünver, B., Vieta, E., Fusar-Poli, P., & Youngstrom, E. A. (2025). Therapist’s assessment of their patient’s session-level emotional processes: validation of the in-Session Patient Affective Reactions Questionnaire–Clinician form. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 81(11):1129-1142. doi: 10.1002/jclp.70023

Stefanelli, R., Estradé, A., Azis, M., Stefana, A., Bonoldi, I., Damiani, S., De Micheli, A., Floris, V., Provenzani, U., Ballan, L., Jauhar, S., Vitoratou, S., Stahl, D., Solmi, M., Correll, C. U., Pfennig, A., Young, A. H., & Fusar-Poli, P. (2025). The semi-structured interview for bipolar at-risk states (SIBARS): psychometric properties and validation. Journal of Affective Disorders, 387, 119529. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2025.119529

Marazzi, F.,† Stefana, A.,† Vecchio, A., & Mensi, M. M. (2025). Transference assessment in psychotherapy: A systematic review. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 32(4), e70118. doi: 10.1002/cpp.70118

Stefana, A., Furuta, M., Cena, L., Trainini, A., Palumbo, G., Mirabella, F., & Gigantesco, A. (2025). Development of a short version of the Spielberger state and trait anxiety inventory (STAI) for pregnant women. Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, 13(1): 1–26. doi: 10.13129/2282-1619/mjcp-4505

Stefana, A., Youngstrom, E. A., Fristad, M. (2025). Evidence-based psychological assessment and treatment for pediatric bipolar disorder. Advances in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, 5(1), 183–192. doi: 10.1016/j.ypsc.2025.02.012

Minichino, A., Davies, C., Karpenko, O., Christodoulou, N., Ramalho, R., Nandha, S., Damiani, S., Provenzani, U., Esposito, C. M., Mensi, M. M., Borgatti, R., Stefana, A., McGuire, P., & Fusar-Poli, P. (2025). Preventing psychosis in people at clinical high risk: an updated meta-analysis by the World Psychiatric Association Preventive Psychiatry Section. Molecular Psychiatry, 30(6), 2773-2782. doi: 10.1038/s41380-025-02902-8

Stefana, A., Barlati, S., Beghini, R., & Biban, P. (2025). ‘Family’-centred care in NICU and PICU – a focus on fathers, siblings, and extended family members – Response to Butler et al. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 87, 103858. doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2024.103858

Stefana, A., Damiani, S., Granziol, U., Provenzani, U., Solmi, M., Youngstrom, E. A. & Fusar-Poli, P. (2025). Psychological, psychiatric, and behavioral sciences measurement scales: Best practice guidelines for their development and validation. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1494261. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1494261

Stefana, A. (2025). Carl Gustav Jung’s pioneering contributions to the humanization of psychiatry. American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 85(1), 57-80. doi: 10.1057/s11231-025-09497-7

Stefana, A., Fusar-Poli, P., Politi, P., Vieta, E., & Youngstrom, E. A. (2025). Sexual feelings in the psychotherapy room: Comparing their occurrence in patients with unipolar depression, bipolar disorder, and neither of these. Bipolar Disorders, 27(1), 69-71. doi: 10.1111/bdi.13511

Stefana, A., Fusar-Poli, P., Vieta, E., & Youngstrom, E. A. (2024). Evaluating the psychometric properties of the 24-item and 12-item Real Relationship Inventory-Client forms. PLoS One, 20(3), e0311411. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0311411

Stefana, A., Fusar-Poli, P., Vieta, E., Gelso, C. J., & Youngstrom, E. A. (2025). Development and validation of an 8-item version of the Real Relationship Inventory–Client form. Psychotherapy Research, 35(3):395-411. doi: 10.1080/10503307.2024.2320331

​Stefana, A., Fusar-Poli, P., Vieta, E., & Youngstrom, E. A. (2024). The effectiveness of a novel web-based intervention for enhancing therapeutic relationship and treatment outcome in adult individual psychotherapy: Randomized controlled trial and analysis of predictors of drop-out. JMIR Mental Health, 11, e63234. doi: 10.2196/63234

Stefana, A., Mirabella, F., Gigantesco, A., & Camoni, L. (2024) The screening accuracy of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) to detect perinatal depression with and without the self-harm item in pregnant and postpartum women. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, 45(1):2404967. doi: 10.1080/0167482X.2024.2404967

Stefana, A., Barlati, S., Beghini, R., & Biban, P. (2024). Fathers’ experiences of nurses’ roles and care practices during their preterm infant’s stay in the neonatal intensive care unit. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 85, 103803. doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2024.103803

Stefana, A., Fusar-Poli, P., Vieta, E., & Youngstrom, E. A. (2024). Patients’ perspective on the therapeutic relationship and session quality: The central role of alliance. Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1367516. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1367516

Stefana, A., Cena, L., Trainini, A., Palumbo, G., Gigantesco, A., & Mirabella, F. (2024). A Screening for antenatal maternal depression: comparative performance of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale and Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 60(1), 55-63. doi: 10.4415/ANN_24_01_08

Stefana, A., Vieta, E., Fusar-Poli, P., & Youngstrom, E. A. (2024). Enhancing psychotherapy outcomes by encouraging patients to regularly self-monitor, reflect on, and share their affective responses toward their therapist: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 13, e55369. doi: 10.2196/55369

Stefana, A., Fusar-Poli, P., Langfus, J. A., Vieta, E., & Youngstrom, E. A. (2024). Development and initial validation of the Clinician Affective REsponse (CARE) scale. Research in Psychotherapy, 27(1):736. doi: 10.4081/ripppo.2024.736

Stefana, A., Jolić Marjanović, Z., & Dimitrijević, A. (2024). The brief version of the Mentalization Scale (MentS-12): Evidence-based assessment of mentalizing capacity. Journal of Personality Assessment, 106(6):740-749. doi: 10.1080/00223891.2024.2326884

Stefana, A., Cena, L., Trainini, A., Palumbo, G., Gigantesco, A., & Mirabella, F. (2024). The diagnostic accuracy of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale without the self-harm item: Does culture matter?. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 175(4):432-434. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.05.018

Stefana, A., Fusar-Poli, P., Vieta, E., & Youngstrom, E. A. (2024). Assessing the patients’ affective perception of their psychotherapist: Validation of the in-Session Patient Affective Reactions Questionnaire (SPARQ). Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15, 1346760. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1346760

Stefana, A., D’Imperio, D., Dakanalis, A. Vieta, E., Fusar-Poli, P., & Youngstrom, E. A. (2024). Probing the impact of psychoanalytic therapy for bipolar disorders: A scoping review. International Forum of Psychoanalysis, 33(1), 51-62. doi: 10.1080/0803706X.2022.2097307

Stefana, A., & Youngstrom, E. A. (2024). Erotic feelings towards patients in the psychotherapy session: Investigating their relationship with the characteristics of the therapist, the patient, and the treatment. Sexual Abuse, 36(6), 692-713. doi: 10.1177/10790632231190081

Stefana, A., Fusar-Poli, P., Vieta, E., & Youngstrom, E. A. (2024). Therapeutic relationship elements and therapy session outcomes: Protocol for a longitudinal study of the patient’s perspective. Open Research Europe, 3, 133. doi: 10.12688/openreseurope.16466.2

Stefana, A., Langfus, J. A., Vieta, E., Fusar-Poli, P., & Youngstrom, E. A. (2023). Development and Initial Validation of the in-Session Patient Affective Reactions Questionnaire (SPARQ) and the Rift In-Session Questionnaire (RISQ). Journal of Clinical Medicine, 12(15), 5156. doi: 10.3390/jcm12155156

Stefana, A., Fusar-Poli, P., D’Imperio, D., Choplin, E., Dakanalis, A., Vieta, E., & Youngstrom, E. A. (2023). Mapping the psychoanalytic literature on bipolar disorder: A scoping review of journal articles. Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 45(1), 71–83. doi: 10.47626/1516-4446-2022-2765

Stefana, A., Langfus, J., Palumbo, G., Cena, L., Trainini, A., Gigantesco, A., & Mirabella, F. (2023). Comparing the factor structures and reliabilities of the EPDS and the PHQ-9 for screening antepartum and postpartum depression: a multigroup confirmatory factor analysis. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 26(5):659-668. doi: 10.1007/s00737-023-01337-w

Gamba, A., & Stefana, A. (2023). Making the best in a bad job: A psychoanalytic perspective on communication with children and adolescents with severe physical conditions. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 92(3), 463-497. doi: 10.1080/00332828.2023.2269940

Stefana, A., Fusar-Poli, P., Gnisci, C., Vieta, E., & Youngstrom, E. A. (2022). Clinicians’ emotional reactions toward patients with depressive symptoms in mood disorders: A narrative scoping review of empirical research. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(22), 15403. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192215403

Stefana, A., Dakanalis, A., Mura, M., Colmegna, F., & Clerici, M. (2022). Instagram use and mental well-being: the mediating role of social comparison. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 210(12), 960-965. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000001577

La Tegola, D., Rossi, E., Colmegna, F., Riva, M. A., Paladino, M. E., Belingheri, M., Latocca, R., Sibilla, M., Dakanalis, A., Stefana, A., & Clerici, M. (2022). Health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: Focus on psychological distress and burnout. Primary Care Companion for CNS Disorders, 24(4), 41888. doi: 10.4088/PCC.22lr03298

Gigantesco, A., Palumbo, G., Cena, L.,   Camoni, L., Trainini, A., Stefana, A., & Mirabella, F. (2022). A brief depression screening tool for perinatal clinical practice: The performance of the PHQ-2 compared with the PHQ-9. Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health, 67(5), 586-592. doi: 10.1111/jmwh.13389

Cena, L., Rota, M., Calza, S., Trainini, A., Zecca, S., Zappa, S. B., Nodari, L. S., & Stefana, A. (2022). Prevalence and types of video gaming and gambling activities among adolescent public school students: findings from a cross-sectional study in Italy. Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 48(1), 108. doi: 10.1186/s13052-022-01299-2

Stefana, A., Padovani, E.M., Biban, P., & Lavelli, M. (2022). Fathers’ experiences of supporting their partners during their preterm infant’s stay in the neonatal intensive care unit: a mixed-method study. Journal of Perinatology, 42, 714–722. doi: 10.1038/s41372-021-01195-3

Cena, L., Mirabella, F., Palumbo, G., Gigantesco, A., Camoni, L., Trainini, A., & Stefana, A. (2022). Poor social support is associated with preterm birth rather than maternal prenatal anxiety and depression: A retrospective case–control study. Minerva Pediatrics, 74(2): 225-227. doi: 10.23736/s2724-5276.21.06348-5

Stefana, A., Youngstrom, E. A., & Vieta, E. (2022). Empirical support for the use and further study of the countertransference construct in the clinical care of patients with bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorders, 24(1):84-85. doi: 10.1111/bdi.13153

Cena, L., Rota, M., Trainini, A., Bonetti Zappa, S., Zecca, S., & Stefana, A. (2022). Investigating adolescents' video gaming and gambling activities, and their relationship with behavioral, emotional, and social difficulties: protocol for a multi-informant study. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(2), e33376 doi: 10.2196/33376

Marcatili, M., Stefana, A., Conti, L., Colmegna, C., Sala, C., Clerici, M., & Dakanalis, A. (2022). I meccanismi antidepressivi ad azione rapida della ketamina: stato dell’arte e nuove prospettive di ricerca sulla depressione resistente al trattamento aperte dalla tecnologia delle cellule staminali pluripotenti indotte. Rivista di Psichiatria, 57(2):57-66. doi 10.1708/3790.37737

Lavelli, M., Stefana, A., Lee, S. H., & Beebe, B. (2022). Preterm infant contingent communication in the neonatal intensive care unit with mothers versus fathers. Developmental Psychology, 58(2):270-285. doi: 10.1037/dev0001298 [2021 IF = 4.497; Q1 Psychology, Developmental]

Stefana, A., Celentani, B., Dimitrijevic, A., Migone, P., & Albasi, C. (2021). Where is psychoanalysis today? Sixty-two psychoanalysts share their subjective perspectives on the state of the art of psychoanalysis: A qualitative thematic analysis. International Forum of Psychoanalysis, 30(4), 234-246. doi: 10.1080/0803706X.2021.1991594

Cena, L., Rota, M., Calza, S., Massardi, B., Trainini, A., & Stefana, A. (2021). Mental health states experienced by perinatal healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(12), 6542. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18126542

Cena, L., Rota, M., Calza, S., Janos, J., Trainini, A., & Stefana, A. (2021). Psychological distress in healthcare workers between the first and second COVID-19 waves: the role of personality traits, attachment style, and metacognitive functioning as protective and vulnerability factors. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(22), 11843. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182211843

Cena, L., Mirabella, F., Palumbo, G., Gigantesco, A., Trainini, A., & Stefana, A. (2021). Prevalence of maternal antenatal and postnatal depression and their association with sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors: A multicentre study in Italy. Journal of Affective Disorders, 279, 217-221. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.09.136

Cena, L., Gigantesco, A., Mirabella, F., Palumbo, G., Camoni, L., Trainini, A., & Stefana, A. (2021). Prevalence of comorbid anxiety and depressive symptomatology in the third trimester of pregnancy: Analysing its association with sociodemographic, obstetric, and mental health features. Journal of Affective Disorders, 295, 1398-1406. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.09.015

Cena, L., Rota, M., Calza, S., Massardi, B., Trainini, A., & Stefana, A. (2021). Estimating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and perinatal health care services in Italy: results of a self-administered survey. Frontiers in Public Health, 9, 701638. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.701638

Cena, L., Gigantesco, A., Mirabella, F., Palumbo, G., Trainini, A., & Stefana, A. (2021). Prevalence of maternal postnatal anxiety and its association with demographic and socioeconomic factors: a multicentre study in Italy. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12, 737666. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.737666

Gigantesco, A., Palumbo, G., Cena, L., Camoni, L., Trainini, A., Stefana, A., & Mirabella, F. (2021). The limited screening accuracy of the Patient Health Questionnaire-2 in detecting depression among perinatal women in Italy. PLoS One, 16(11), e0260596. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0260596

Stefana, A., Hinshelwood, R. D., Borensztejn, C. L. (2021). Racker and Heimann on countertransference: similarities and differences. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 90(1), 105-137. doi: 10.1080/00332828.2021.1851136

Santambrogio, J., Colmegna, F., Biagi, E., Casalini, M., di Giacomo, E., Stefana, A., Dakanalis, A., & Clerici, M. (2021). Intimate partner violence (IPV) e fattori associati: uno studio trasversale nella psichiatria di comunità. Rivista di Psichiatria, 56(1), 26-35. doi 10.1708/3546.35217

Cena, L., Biban, P., Janos, J., Lavelli, M., Langfus, J., Tsai, A., Youngstrom, E. A., & Stefana, A. (2021). The collateral impact of COVID-19 emergency on neonatal intensive care units and family-centered care: Challenges and opportunities. Frontiers in Psychology, 12: 630594. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.630594

Bottesi, G., Candini, V., Ghisi, G., Bava, M., Bianconi, G., Bulgari, B., Carrà, G., Cavalera, C., Conte, G., Cricelli, M., Ferla, M. T., Ferrari, C., Iozzino, L., Macis, A., Stefana, A., & de Girolamo, G., for the VIORMED-2 Group (2021). Personality, schizophrenia, and violence: A longitudinal study. the 2nd wave of the VIORMED project. Journal of Personality Disorders, 35(2), 236-254. doi: 10.1521/pedi_2019_33_436

Cena, L., Lazzaroni, S., & Stefana, A. (2021). The psychological effects of stillbirth on parents: A qualitative evidence synthesis of psychoanalytic literature. Zeitschrift für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, 67(3), 329-350. doi: 10.13109/zptm.2021.67.3.329

Marcatili, M., Stefana, A., Colmegna, F., di Giacomo, E., D’Amico, E., Capuzzi, E., Dakanalis, A., & Clerici, M. (2021). Consultation Psychiatry in COVID-19 patients: Lopinavir-Ritonavir interactions with main psychiatric drugs. Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 75(4):145-146. doi: 10.1111/pcn.13205

Stefana, A., Youngstrom, E. A., Jun, C., Hinshaw, S., Maxwell, V., Michalak, E., & Vieta, E. (2020). The COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis and opportunity for bipolar disorder. Bipolar Disorders, 22(6), 641-643. doi: 10.1111/bdi.12949

Stefana, A., Youngstrom, E. A., Hopwood, C. J., & Dakanalis, A. (2020). The COVID-19 pandemic brings a second wave of social isolation and disrupted services. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 270, 785–786. doi: 10.1007/s00406-020-01137-8

Bulgari, V., Bava, M., Gamba, G., Bartoli, F., Ornaghi, A., Candini, V., Ferla, M. T., Cricelli, M., Bianconi, G., Cavalera, C., Conte, G., Stefana, A., Picchioni, M., Iozzino, L., Crocamo, C., & Carrà G., for the VIORMED-2 Group (2020). Facial emotion recognition in people with schizophrenia and a history of violence: a mediation analysis. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 270(6), 761-769. doi: 10.1007/s00406-019-01027-8

Youngstrom, E. A., Hinshaw, S. P., Stefana, A., Chen, J., Michael, K., Van Meter, A., Maxwell, V., Michalak, E., Choplin, E., Smith, L., Vincent, C., Loeb, A., & Vieta, E. (2020). Working with bipolar disorder during the covid-19 pandemic: Both crisis and opportunity. WikiJournal of Medicine, 7(1), 6. doi: 10.15347/WJM/2020.004

Stefana, A., Bulgari, V., Youngstrom, E., Bordin, C., Dakanalis, A., & Hopwood, C. (2020). Patient personality and psychotherapist reactions in individual psychotherapy setting: a systematic review. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 27(5), 697-713. doi: 10.1002/cpp.2455

Cena, L., & Stefana, A. (2020). Psychoanalytic perspectives on the psychological effects of stillbirth on parents: a protocol for systematic review and qualitative synthesis. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 1216. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01216

Cena, L., Mirabella, F., Palumbo, G., Gigantesco, A., Trainini, A., & Stefana, A. (2020). Prevalence of maternal antenatal anxiety and its association with demographic and socioeconomic factors: A multicentre study in Italy. European Psychiatry, 63(1), E84. doi:10.1192/j.eurpsy.2020.82

Stefana, A., Ornaghi, A., de Girolamo, G., & VIORMED-2 Group (2020). Substance use disorders and violent behaviour in patients with severe mental disorders: A prospective, multicentre study. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 54(12):1212-1223. doi: 10.1177/0004867420963732

Candini, V., Ghisi, M., Bianconi, G., Bulgari, V., Carcione, A., Cavalera, C., Conte, G., Cricelli, M., Ferla, M. T., Ferrari, C., Iozzino, L., Macis, A., Nicolò, G., Stefana, A., de Girolamo, G., & VIORMED-2 Group (2020). Aggressive behavior and metacognitive functions: a longitudinal study on patients with mental disorders. Annals of General Psychiatry, 19, 36. doi: 10.1186/s12991-020-00286-3  

Cena, C., Palumbo, G., Mirabella, F., Gigantesco, A., Stefana, A., Trainini, A., Tralli, N., & Imbasciati, A., for the Observatory of Perinatal Clinical Psychology Group (2020). Perspectives on early screening and prompt intervention to identify and treat maternal perinatal mental health. Protocol for a prospective multicentre study in Italy. Frontiers in Psychology, 11: 365. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00365

Stefana, A., Lavelli, M., Rossi, G., & Beebe, B. (2020). Interactive sequences between fathers and preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. Early Human Development, 140, 104888. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2019.104888

di Giacomo, E., Stefana, A., Candini, V., Bianconi, G., Canal L., Clerici, M., Conte, G., Cricelli, M., Ferla, M. T., Iozzino, L., Ornaghi, A., Sbravati G., Tura, G., Micciolo, R., & de Girolamo, G. for the VIORMED-2 Group (2020). Prescribing patterns of psychotropic drugs and risk of violent behaviour: A prospective, multicentre study in Italy. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 23(5), 300-310. doi: 10.1093/ijnp/pyaa005​

Stefana, A. (2019). Revisiting Marion Milner’s work on creativity and art. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 99(6), 128–147. doi: 10.1080/00207578.2018.1533376

Barlati, S., Stefana, A., Bartoli, F., Bianconi, G., Bulgari, V., Candini, V., Carrà, G., Cavalera, C., Clerici, M., Cricelli, M., Ferla, M. T., Ferrari, C., Iozzino, L., Macis, A., Vita, A., de Girolamo, G., for the VIORMED-2 Group (2019). Violence risk and mental disorders (VIORMED-2): A prospective multicenter study in Italy. PLoS One, 14(4), e0214924. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0214924

Scocco, P., Macis, A., Ferrari, C., Bava, M., Bianconi, G., Bulgari, V., Candini, V., Carrà, G., Cavalera, C., Clerici, M., Conte, G., Cricelli, M., Teresa Ferla, M., Iozzino, L., Stefana, A., & de Girolamo, G. (2019). Self-harm behaviour and externally-directed aggression In psychiatric outpatients: a multicentre, prospective study (viormed-2 study). Scientific Reports, 9(1), 17857. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-53993-7

Stefana, A. (2018). From Die Traumdeutung to the squiggle game: A brief history of an evolution. American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 72(2), 182–194. doi: 10.1057/s11231-018-9138-5

Stefana, A., & Gamba, A. (2018). From ‘squiggle game’ to ‘reciprocity game’.  For a creative co-construction of a working space with adolescents. International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 99(2), 355–379. doi: 10.1080/00207578.2017.1416270

Stefana, A., Padovani, E. M., Biban, P., & Lavelli, M. (2018). Fathers’ experiences with their preterm babies admitted to neonatal intensive care unit: A multi-method study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 74(5), 1090–1098. doi: 10.1111/jan.13527

Stefana, A., & Lavelli, M. (2018). What is hindering research on psychological aspects of fathers of premature infants? Minerva Pediatrica, 70(2), 204–206. doi: 10.23736/S0026-4946.16.04618-1

Stefana, A. (2018). Die Rolle der ästhetischen Erfahrung im künstlerischen Schaffensprozess nach Marion Milner. Psyche - Zeitschrift für Psychoanalyse und ihre Anwendungen, 72(1), 50–71. doi: 10.21706/ps-72-1-50

Stefana, A. (2017). Erotic transference. British Journal of Psychotherapy, 33(4), 505–513. doi: 10.1111/bjp.12231

Stefana, A. (2017). The (inter)-subjective truth about clinical hypotheses. Minerva Psichiatrica, 58(1), 74. doi: 10.23736/S0391-1772.17.01919-7

Stefana, A., & Lavelli, M. (2017). Parental engagement and early interactions with preterm infants during the stay in the neonatal intensive care unit: protocol of a mixed-method and longitudinal study. BMJ Open, 7, e013824. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013824

Stefana, A. (2017). Mourning the death of a foreign child. Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 84(3) 245. doi: 10.1007/s12098-016-2264-2

Stefana, A. (2016). Body talks: psychosomatic disorders during the developmental years. Minerva Pediatrica, 68(4), 312–313.

Stefana, A., & Gamba, A. (2016). On the listening to the dreams of children affected by serious physical illness. Minerva Pediatrica, 68(1), 74–75.

Nicolini, V., & Stefana, A. (2015). The impact of commercial communication on children’s behaviour: a literature review and opportunities for future research. Review of Business Research, 15(2), 51–62. doi: 10.18374/RBR-15-2.7

Stefana, A. (2015). The origins of the notion of countertransference. Psychoanalytic Review, 102(4), 437–460. doi: 10.1521/prev.2015.102.4.437

Stefana, A. (2015). Adolph Stern, father of term “borderline personality”. Minerva Psichiatrica, 56(2), 95.

Stefana, A. (2014). A clarification on the use of the term “compliance”. Minerva Psichiatrica, 55(2), 105.