Valentino Pomini
University of Lausanne
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Schizophrenia Research | 2005
Grégoire Zimmermann; Jérôme Favrod; V.H. Trieu; Valentino Pomini
BACKGROUND Despite the effectiveness of anti-psychotic pharmacotherapy, residual hallucinations and delusions do not completely resolve in some medicated patients. Additional cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) seems to improve the management of positive symptoms. Despite promising results, the efficacy of CBT is still unclear. The present study addresses this issue taking into account a number of newly published controlled studies. METHOD Fourteen studies including 1484 patients, published between 1990 and 2004 were identified and a meta-analysis of their results performed. RESULTS Compared to other adjunctive measures, CBT showed significant reduction in positive symptoms and there was a higher benefit of CBT for patients suffering an acute psychotic episode versus the chronic condition (effect size of 0.57 vs. 0.27). DISCUSSION CBT is a promising adjunctive treatment for positive symptoms in schizophrenia spectrum disorders. However, a number of potentially modifying variables have not yet been examined, such as therapeutic alliance and neuropsychological deficits.
Schizophrenia Research | 2007
Yasser Khazaal; Emmanuelle Fresard; Sophie Rabia; Anne Chatton; Stéphane Rothen; Valentino Pomini; François Grasset; François Borgeat; Daniele Fabio Zullino
BACKGROUND Overweight and obesity are common concerns in individuals with severe mental disorders. In particular, antipsychotic drugs (AP) frequently induce weight gain. This phenomenon lacks current management and no previous controlled studies seem to use cognitive therapy to modify eating and weight-related cognitions. Moreover, none of these studies considered binge eating or eating and weight-related cognitions as possible outcomes. AIM The main aim of this study is to assess the effectivity of cognitive and behavioural treatment (CBT) on eating and weight-related cognitions, binge eating symptomatology and weight loss in patients who reported weight gain during AP treatment. METHOD A randomized controlled study (12-week CBT vs. Brief Nutritional Education) was carried out on 61 patients treated with an antipsychotic drug who reported weight gain following treatment. Binge eating symptomatology, eating and weight-related cognitions, as well as weight and body mass index were assessed before treatment, at 12 weeks and at 24 weeks. RESULTS The CBT group showed some improvement with respect to binge eating symptomatology and weight-related cognitions, whereas the control group did not. Weight loss occurred more progressively and was greater in the CBT group at 24 weeks. CONCLUSION The proposed CBT treatment is particularly interesting for patients suffering from weight gain associated with antipsychotic treatment.
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy | 2006
Jérôme Favrod; Pascal Vianin; Valentino Pomini; Fred W. Mast
Several studies have shown that source‐monitoring errors are related to verbal hallucinations in schizophrenia. An exploratory pilot study has been carried out to investigate the possibility of training patients in how to avoid errors in source‐monitoring. One patient with paranoid schizophrenia and persistent thought insertions was trained for 6 hours to use mnemonic techniques to compensate specific deficits in source‐monitoring. Results show that the patient was able to improve his performance and maintain the acquired progress at a 1‐month follow‐up assessment. These preliminary results are interesting for developing a larger controlled study of cognitive remediation of source‐monitoring deficits.
International Review of Psychiatry | 1998
Jérôme Favrod; A Mcquillan; Valentino Pomini; F.P Ferrero
Summary The instrument, Assessment of Interpersonal Problem-Solving Skills (AIPSS), and the rehabilitation intervention, Training in Interpersonal Problem-Solving Skills (TIPSS), which were developed at UCLA in the USA, were adapted for a French-speaking cultural setting in Geneva, Switzerland. Pilot studies replicated the original USA findings on the AIPSS and the TIPSS. These methods were practicable with French-speaking patients and fit readily into a French cultural setting with little adaptation.
Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy | 2015
Tanja Bellier-Teichmann; Valentino Pomini
Empirical evidence suggests that concentrating on patients’ internal and external strengths serves a preventative function against psychopathology. However, standardized tools assessing strengths of patients suffering from mental disorders are rare and often limited to research purposes. As current practice in mental health rarely stresses the importance of patients’ personal resources, the feasibility of strengths-based assessments has rarely been validated within such a population. We designed a new instrument, the Strengths Q-sort Self-Assessment Scale, aimed at identifying patients’ strengths profile. This new scale measures 30 strengths classified in three sections: (i) personal characteristics, (ii) hobbies/passions, (iii) environmental/social strengths. In order to be adjusted for patients with cognitive or language impairments, this instrument is based on a Q-Sort method with figurative items. The aim of this study was to test the feasibility and acceptability of this scale in a sample of 21 psychiatric patients. Preliminary results showed that this tool can easily be administered and is well appreciated by patients. Feedback from clinicians highlight the benefits of identifying the strengths profiles in order to help defining realistic shared clinical objectives based on patients’ strengths.
Frontiers in Public Health | 2016
Tanja Bellier-Teichmann; Philippe Golay; Charles Bonsack; Valentino Pomini
Purpose Needs assessment is recognized to be a key element of mental health care. Patients tend to present heterogeneous profiles of needs. However, there is no consensus in previous research about how patients’ needs are organized. This study investigates both general and specific dimensions of patients’ needs for care. Methods Patients’ needs were assessed with ELADEB, an 18-domain self-report scale. The use of a self-assessment scale represents a unique way of obtaining patients’ perceptions. A patient-centered psychiatric practice facilitates empowerment as it is based on the patients’ personal motivations, needs, and wants. Four seventy-one patients’ profiles were analyzed through exploratory factor analysis. Results A four-factor bifactor model, including one general factor and three specific factors of needs, was most adequate. Specific factors were (a) “finances” and “administrative tasks”; (b) “transports,” “public places,” “self-care,” “housework,” and “food”; and (c) “family,” “children,” “intimate relationships,” and “friendship.” Conclusion As revealed by the general factor, patients expressing urgent needs in some domains are also more susceptible to report urgent needs in several other domains. This general factor relates to high versus low utilizers of public mental healthcare. Patients also present specific needs in life domains, which are organized in three dimensions: management, functional disabilities, and familial and interpersonal relationships. These dimensions relate to the different types of existing social support described in the literature.
International Journal of Psychology | 2006
Marc Richelle; Esteve Freixa i Baqué; Jean‐Luc Lambert; Valentino Pomini
The influence and development of behaviour analysis in French‐speaking Europe has been different in the different countries, as can be seen when comparing developments in France and in the French‐speaking parts of Belgium and Switzerland. French psychology has shown persistent reluctance towards behaviour analysis, except for a few individuals in a few institutional circles. On the other hand, Belgium has been the main centre from which behaviour analysis has propagated to the French‐speaking area as a whole. Territorial specificities both in experimental analysis and in applied behaviour analysis are described and placed in context. In general, French‐speaking Europe has not been especially receptive to Skinners radical analysis of behaviour. Few of Skinners books have been translated into French, as compared with other major Western languages. In none of the geographical areas being considered was psychology prepared to integrate radical behaviourism, in spite of its having important experimental deve...
BMC Psychiatry | 2017
Philippe Golay; Imane Semlali; Hélène Beuchat; Valentino Pomini; Benedetta Silva; Laurent Loutrel; Jacques Thonney; Sylfa Fassasi Gallo; Stéphane Morandi; Charles Bonsack
BackgroundThe MacArthur Admission Experience Survey (AES) is a widely used tool to evaluate the level of perceived coercion experienced at psychiatric hospital admission. The French-language AES was prepared using a translation/back-translation procedure. It consists of 16 items and 3 subscores (perceived coercion, negative pressures and voice). This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the French-language AES.Methods152 inpatients were evaluated. Reliability was estimated using internal consistency coefficients and a test–retest procedure. Internal validity was assessed using a two-parameter logistic item response model. Convergent validity was estimated using correlations between the AES scores and the Coercion Ladder (CL), the Coercion Experience Scale (CES) and the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale. Discriminatory power was evaluated by comparing the scores of patients undergoing voluntary or compulsory admission.ResultsThe French-language AES showed good internal consistency and test–retest reliability. Internal validity of the three-factor model was excellent. Correlations between AES and CL, CES and GAF scores suggested good convergent validity. AES scores were significantly higher among patients subject to compulsory psychiatric hospital admission than among those admitted voluntarily.ConclusionsOverall, the French-language version of the AES demonstrated very good psychometric proprieties.
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry | 2008
Jérôme Favrod; Grégoire Zimmermann; Stéphane Raffard; Valentino Pomini; Yasser Khazaal
BMC Psychiatry | 2006
Yasser Khazaal; Jérôme Favrod; Joël Libbrecht; Sophie Claude Finot; Silke Azoulay; Laetitia Benzakin; Myriam Oury-Delamotte; Christian Follack; Valentino Pomini