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Bio

Medico specialista in psichiatria e psicoterapia, PhD in Neuroscienze. E’ membro del Scientific Advisory Board dell’International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation e dell’editorial board del Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, di Clinical Neuropsychiatry
, di Psichiatria e Psicoterapia, di Cognitivismo Clinico e Associate Editor dell’International Journal of Multidisciplinary Trauma Studies.

Insegna in oltre venti scuole di specializzazione in psicoterapia, presso il Master Course on Cognitive Social Therapy, Universitat de Barcellona (Spagna) e da circa 15 anni tiene seminari clinici sui temi del trauma e della dissociazione presso istituzioni accademiche, aziende sanitarie locali e istituti di ricerca e clinica privati. E’ autore di oltre 100 pubblicazioni scientifiche.

Interessi di ricerca

Studio delle variabili neurofisiologiche delle alterazioni psicopatologiche con particolare riferimento ai network corticali. Studio dei processi dis-integrativi e dissociativi nel trauma. Studio delle basi relazionali e interpersonali della psicoterapia.

Pubblicazioni

• Imperatori C, Bersani FS, Massullo C, Carbone GA, Salvati A, Mazzi G, Cicerale G, Carrara B, Farina B. Neurophisiological correlates of religious coping to stress: a preliminary EEG power spectra investigation. Neuroscience Letters, 2020, ISSN: 0304-3940
• Imperatori C, Massullo C, Carbone GA, Panno A, Giacchini M, Capriotti C, Lucarini E, Ramella Zampa B, Murillo-Rodríguez E, Machado S, Farina B (2020). Increased Resting State Triple Network Functional Connectivity in Undergraduate Problematic Cannabis Users: A Preliminary EEG Coherence Study. BRAIN SCIENCES, vol. 10, ISSN: 2076-3425
• Farina B, Liotti M, Imperatori C. The role of attachment trauma and disintegrative pathogenic processes in the traumatic-dissociative dimension. Frontiers in Psychology, section Psychology for Clinical Settings. 2019, doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00933
• Imperatori C, Massullo C, Carbone GA, Farina B, Colmegna F, Riboldi I, Giacomo ED, Clerici M, Dakanalis A. Electroencephalographic (EEG) alterations in young women with high subclinical eating pathology levels: a quantitative EEG study. Eat Weight Disord. 2019 Oct 30.
• Farina B, Onofri A, Monticelli F, Cotugno A, Talia A, Liotti M. Giovanni Liotti (1945-2018): the Pied Noir of research in attachment and psychotherapy. Attach Hum Dev. 2019 Jul 15:1-10.
• Imperatori C, Farina B, Valenti EM, Di Poce A, D’Ari S, De Rossi E, Murgia C, Carbone GA, Massullo C, Della Marca G. Is resting state frontal alpha connectivity asymmetry a useful index to assess depressive symptoms? A preliminary investigation in a sample of university students. J Affect Disord. 2019 Oct 1;257:152-159.
• Adenzato M, Imperatori C, Ardito RB, Valenti EM, Marca GD, D’Ari S, Palmiero L, Penso JS, Farina B. Activating attachment memories affects default mode network in a non-clinical sample with perceived dysfunctional parenting: An EEG functional connectivity study. Behav Brain Res. 2019 Oct 17;372:112059.
• Brugnera, A., Zarbo, C., Farina, B., Picardi, A., Greco, A., Lo Coco, G., Tasca, G.A., Carlucci, S., Auteri, A.,, Greco, F., Compare, A. Psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Experience in Close Relationship Scale 12 (ECR-12): An exploratory structural equation modeling study. Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome. 2019 22(3), pp. 421-434
• Imperatori C, Farina B, Adenzato M, Valenti EM, Murgia C, Marca GD, Brunetti R, Fontana E, Ardito RB. Default mode network alterations in individuals with high-trait-anxiety: An EEG functional connectivity study. J Affect Disord. 2019 Mar 1;246:611-618. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.12.071
• Monticelli F, Imperatori C, Carcione A, Pedone R, Farina B. Cooperation in psychotherapy increases metacognitive abilities: a single-case study. Riv Psichiatr. 2018 Nov-Dec;53(6):336-340. doi: 10.1708/3084.30768.
• Farina B, Della Marca G, Maestoso G, Amoroso N, Valenti EM, Carbone GA, Massullo C, Contardi A, Imperatori C The Association among Default Mode Network Functional Connectivity, Mentalization, and Psychopathology in a nonclinical Sample: An eLORETA Study. Psychopathology. 2018 Jan 13. doi: 10.1159/000485517
• Farina B. Il PDM-2: un passo verso una psicoterapia senza aggettivi. Giornale Italiano di Psicologia. 2018, Dic, 15(4): 171-176
• Imperatori C, Farina B, Todini F, Di Blasi C, Mazzucchi E, Brunetti V, Della Marca G. Abnormal EEG Power Spectra in Acute Transient Global Amnesia: A Quantitative EEG Study. Clin EEG Neurosci. 2018 Jun 1:1550059418780780. doi: 10.1177/1550059418780780.
• Imperatori C, Mancini M, Della Marca G, Valenti EM, Farina B. Feedback-Based Treatments for Eating Disorders and Related Symptoms: A Systematic Review of the Literature. Nutrients. 2018 Nov 20;10(11)
• Farina B. Gianni Liotti: il pied noire del cognitivismo clinico. Psicoterapia Cognitiva e Comportamentale. 2018, 24: 227-229, ISSN: 1126-1072
• Imperatori C, Innamorati M, Lamis DA, Farina B, Fabbricatore M, Contardi A. Body uneasiness is associated with food addiction symptoms: A cross-sectional study. Eur Eat Disord Rev. 2018 Nov;26(6):638-644
• Farina B. Meno male che qualcuno studia e laicizza la relazione terapeutica in psicoterapia cognitiva. Psicoterapia Cognitiva e Comportamentale. 2018, 24, 3: 94-96
• Farina B, Liotti G. La svolta relazionale in psicoterapia cognitiva: origini e prospettive della psicoterapia cognitivo-evoluzionista. Quaderni di Psicoterapia Cognitiva. 2018, 42: 11-34. doi: 10.3280/QPC2018-042002
• Brunetti R, Del Gatto C, Cavallina C, Farina B, Delogu F. Did I see your hand moving? The effect of movement-related information on the Corsi block tapping task. Psychol Res. 2018 May;82(3):459-467
• Quintiliani MI, Imperatori C, Testani E, Losurdo A, Tamburello S, Contardi A, Della Marca G, Farina B. Usefulness of psychoeducational intervention in chronic insomnia: an actigraphic study. J Ment Health. 2017 Dec 22:1-7
• Farina B, Monticelli F, Mantione MG, Pancheri L, Speranza AM, Brasini M, Imperatori C. Harmony of transitions in Assessing Interpersonal Motivations in Transcripts analysis can discriminate between Adult Attachment Interview secure and disorganized individuals. Rivista di Psichiatria. 2017 May-Jun;52(3):117-119.
• Imperatori C, Valenti EM, Della Marca G, Amoroso N, Massullo C, Carbone GA, Maestoso G, Quintiliani MI, Contardi A, Farina B. (2017) Coping food craving with neurofeedback. Evaluation of the usefulness of alpha/theta training in a non-clinical sample. Int J Psychophysiol. Feb. pii: S0167-8760(16)30794-2.
• Farina B, Imperatori C (2017). Diagnostic challenges leading to underdiagnosis of dissociative disorders. NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISEASE AND TREATMENT, vol. 13, p. 409-410, ISSN: 1176-6328, doi: 10.2147/NDT.S131439
• Imperatori C, Innamorati M, Bersani FS, Imbimbo F, Pompili M, Contardi A, Farina B. The association among childhood trauma, pathological dissociation and gambling severity in casino gamblers. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 2017, Gen 24. doi: 10.1002/cpp.
• Imperatori C, Della Marca G, Amoroso N, Maestoso G, Valenti EM, Massullo C, Carbone GA, Contardi A, Farina B. Alpha/Theta Neurofeedback Increases Mentalization and Default Mode Network Connectivity in a Non-Clinical Sample. Brain Topogr. 2017 Nov;30(6):822-831
• Imperatori C, Della Marca G, Brunetti R, Carbone GA, Massullo C, Valenti EM, Amoroso N, Maestoso G, Contardi A, Farina B (2016). Default Mode Network alterations in alexithymia: an EEG power spectra and connectivity study. Scientific Report. Nov 15;6:36653.
• Contardi A, Imperatori C, Penzo I, Del Gatto C, Farina B (2016). The Association among Difficulties in Emotion Regulation, Hostility, and Empathy in a Sample of Young Italian Adults. Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 7, p. 1-9
• Liotti G, Farina B. (2016) Painful Incoherence: The Self in Borderline Personality Disorder. In Kyrios, M., Moulding, R., Nedeljkovic, M., Bhar, S.S., Doron, G., Mikulincer, M. The Self in Understanding and Treating Psychological Disorders. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, p. 169-178, ISBN: 9781107079144
• Imperatori C, Innamorati M, Lamis DA, Farina B, Pompili M, Contardi A, Fabbricatore M. (2016). Childhood trauma in obese and overweight women with food addiction and clinical-level of binge eating. Child Abuse Negl. 2016 Aug;58:180-90.
• Mazzotti E, Farina B, Imperatori C, Mansutti F, Prunetti E, Speranza AM, Barbaranelli C (2016). Is the Dissociative Experiences Scale able to catch detachment and compartmentalization symptoms? Factor structure of the Dissociative Experiences Scale in a large sample of psychiatric and nonpsychiatric patients. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, , vol. 12, p. 1-8, ISSN: 1176-6328
• Imperatori C, Fabbricatore M, Farina B, Innamorati M, Quintiliani MI, Lamis DA, Speranza AM (2015). Alterations of EEG functional connectivity in resting state obese and overweight patients with binge eating disorder: A preliminary report. Neuroscience Letters, vol. 607, p. 120-124, ISSN: 0304-3940
• Imperatori C, Innamorati M, Bersani FS, Imbimbo F, Pompili M, Contardi A, Farina B. The association among childhood trauma, pathological dissociation and gambling severity in casino gamblers. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 2015 Dec 21. doi: 10.1002/cpp.1997
• Farina B. The Importance of Understanding Hierarchical Relations Between High Order Mental Functions in Clinical Practice. Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia. 2015 (6) 2: 325-334
• Farina B, Speranza AM, Imperatori C, Quintiliani I, Della Marca G. Heart rate variability modification after Adult Attachment Interview in Dissociative Patients. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation 2015;16(2):170-80
• Farina B, Simoncini Malucelli G. (2015). Il ruolo della guerra nella storia del trauma psichico. In: (a cura di): Lenzi F., Features of the Great War Identità e volti del mutamento sociale nel primo conflitto mondiale. p. 77-90, Roma:IF Press
• Imperatori C, Fabbricatore M, Innamorati M, Farina B, Quintiliani MI, Lamis DA, Mazzucchi E, Contardi A, Vollono C, Della Marca G. Modification of EEG functional connectivity and EEG powercspectra in overweight and obese patients with food addiction: an eLORETA study. Brain Imaging and Behavior 2014 Oct 21
• Farina B, Speranza AM, Imperatori C, Quintiliani I, Della Marca G. Heart rate variability modification after Adult Attachment Interview in Dissociative Patients. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation 2014 Dec 9
• Farina B, Imperatori C, Quintiliani I, Catelli Gattinara P, Onofri A, Lepore M, Brunetti R, Losurdo A, Testani E, Della Marca G.Neurophysiological correlates of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing sessions: preliminary evidence for traumatic memories integration. Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging. 2014 Aug 15
• Farina B, Speranza AM, Dittoni S, Gnoni V, Trentini C, Maggiora Vergano C, Liotti G, Brunetti R, Testani E, Della Marca G. Memories of attachment hampers EEG cortical connectivity in dissociative patients. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, 2014 Aug;264(5):449-58
• Farina B, Dittoni S, Colicchio S, Testani E, Gnoni V, Di Blasi C, Brunetti R, Contardi A, Quintiliani I, Mazza S, Della Marca G. Heart rate and heart rate variability modifications in chronic insomnia patients.. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 2014;12(4):290-306.
• Imperatori C, Brunetti R, Farina B, Speranza AM, Losurdo A, Testani E, Contardi A, Della Marca G. Modification of EEG power spectra and EEG connectivity in autobiographical memory: a sLORETA study. Cogn Process. 2014 Mar 9. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24610490.
• Farina B, Tombolini L, Onofri A. Come sulle montagne russe: le oscillazioni nella relazione terapeutica nel caso di Giulio. In Liotti G, Monticelli F (Eds) Teoria e clinica dell’alleanza terapeutica. Raffaello Cortina, Milano, 2014: 179-192
• La Mela C, Cosci F, Farina B. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder. In Guglielmo R, Janiri L, Pozzi G. New Perspectives on Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Nova Science Publishers, New York, 2014
• Imperatori C, Farina B, Quintiliani MI, Onofri A, Castelli Gattinara P, Lepore M, Gnoni V, Mazzucchi E, Contardi A, Della Marca G. Aberrant EEG functional connectivity and EEG power spectra in resting state post-traumatic stress disorder: a sLORETA study. Biological Psychology. 2014 Oct;102:10-7
• Imperatori C, Farina B, Bossa, C. Il dolore degli altri: il trauma vicario negli psicoterapeuti. In Farretta E, Trauma e malattia: l’EMDR in psiconcologia edizioni Mimesis, Milano, 2014
• Liotti G., Farina B. La psicotraumatologia contemporanea e le teorie sui rapporti fra processi mentali coscienti e inconsci. Sistemi Intelligenti. 2013 (25) 3: 553-564
• Liotti G., Farina B. Un’esplorazione neuroscientifica della dissociazione post-traumatica e la sua rilevanza per l’etica della psicoterapia. Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia. 2013 (4) 3: 325-337
• Ceccarelli M, Pugliatti M, Avallone E, Brescia G, Cimmino M, Valente M, Farina B. L’organizzazione gerarchica dei processi empatici. Dalle social neurosciences alla pratica clinica. Psicobiettivo, 2013, 23 (2):107-129.
• Farina B., Liotti G. Does a dissociative psychopathological dimension exist? A review on dissociative processes and symptoms in developmental trauma spectrum disorders. Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 2013, 10, 1:11-18
• Farina B, Liotti G. La nature intersubjective de la dissociation. In Georgieff N, Speranza M. Psychopathologie de l’intersubjectivité: cliniques et modèles. Elsevier Masson, Paris 2013
• Contardi A, Farina B, Fabbricatore M, Tamburello S, Scapellato P, Penzo I, Tamburello A, Innamorati M. [Difficulties in emotion regulation and personal distress in young adults with social anxiety]. Riv Psichiatr. 2013 Mar-Apr;48(2):155-61. doi: 10.1708/1272.14040. Italian. PubMed PMID: 23748726.
• Imperatori C, Farina B, Brunetti R, Gnoni V, Testani E, Quintiliani MI, Del Gatto C, Indraccolo A, Contardi A, Speranza AM, Della Marca G. Modifications of EEG power spectra in mesial temporal lobe during n-back tasks of increasing difficulty. A sLORETA study. Frontiers in Human Neurosciences. 2013;7:109. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2013.00109.
• Dittoni S, Mazza M, Losurdo A, Testani E, Di Giacopo R, Marano G, Di Nicola M, Farina B, Mariotti P, Mazza S, Della Marca G. Psychological functioning measures in patients with primary insomnia and sleep state misperception. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 2013 Jul;128(1):54-60. doi: 10.1111/ane.12078.
• Farina B, Mazzotti E, Farina F, Della Marca G, Savoja V, Kotzalidis G, Chemtob CM, Di Giannantonio M, Tatarelli R. Relationship Between Handedness and Persistent Emotional Distress in Adults Experiencing an Earthquake. Rivista di Psichiatria, 2012;47(4):309-312
• Farina B., Mazzotti E., Pasquini P., Mantione G. Somatoform and Psychoform Dissociation among Women with Orgasmic and Sexual Pain Disorders. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation, 2011, 12(5):526-34
• Farina B., Liotti G. L’incontro con la teoria dell’attaccamento e la svolta relazionale della psicoterapia cognitiva. Psiche, settembre, 1, 2011
• Farina B., Mazzotti E., Pasquini P., Di Giannatonio M. Somatoform and Psychoform Dissociation among university students. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2011, Jul;67(7):665-72.
• Mazzotti E, Mastroeni S, Lindau J, Lombardo G, Farina B, Pasquini P. Psychological distress and coping strategies in patients attending a dermatology outpatient clinic. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology. 2011, 28, ….
• Liotti G., Farina B. Sviluppi Traumatici: etiopatogenesi, clinica e terapia della dimensione dissociativa. Raffaello Cortina, Milano, 2011.
• Farina B., Liotti G. Dimensione Dissociativa e Trauma dello Sviluppo. Cognitivismo Clinico, 2011, 8, 1: 3-17
• Scatena M, Dittoni S, Maviglia R, Frusciante R, Testani E, Vollono C, Losurdo A, Colicchio S, Gnoni V, Labriola C, Farina B, Pennisi MA, Della Marca G. An integrated video-analysis software system designed for movement detection and sleep analysis. Validation of a tool for the behavioural study of sleep. Clinical Neurophysiology. 2011 Aug 26.
• Della Marca G, Frusciante R, Scatena M, Testani E, Vollono C, Losurdo A, Scarano E, Colicchio S, Farina B, Gnoni V, Mazza S, Tonali PA, Ricci E. Heart rate variability in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. Funct Neurol. 2010;25(4):211-6.
• Luigetti M, Losurdo A, Dittoni S, Testani E, Colicchio S, Gnoni V, Farina B, Scarano E, Zampino G, Mariotti P, Rendeli C, Di Rocco C, Massimi L, Della Marca G. Improvement of obstructive sleep apneas caused by hydrocephalus associated with Chiari malformation Type II following surgery. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2010 Oct;6(4):336-9.
• De Berardis D, Conti CM, Serroni N, Moschetta FS, Olivieri L, Carano A, Salerno RM, Cavuto M, Farina B, Alessandrini M, Janiri L, Pozzi G, Di Giannantonio M. The effect of newer serotonin-noradrenalin antidepressants on cytokine production: a review of the current literature. Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol. 2010 Apr-Jun;23(2):417-22.
• Della Marca G, Pantanali F, Frusciante R, Scarano E, Cianfoni A, Calò L, Dittoni S, Vollono C, Losurdo A, Testani E, Colicchio S, Gnoni V, Iannaccone E, Farina B, Pirronti T, Tonali PA, Ricci E. Cephalometric findings in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy patients with obstructive sleep apneas. Sleep Breath. 2010 Feb 20.
  De Berardis D, Conti CM, Serroni N, Moschetta FS, Carano A, Salerno RM, Cavuto M, Farina B, Alessandrini M, Janiri L, Pozzi G, Di Giannantonio M. The role of cholesterol levels in mood disorders and suicide. J Biol Regul Homeost Agents. 2009 Jul-Sep;23(3):133-40.
• D. De Berardis, N. Serroni, M. Cavuto, G. Martinotti, D. Campanella, A. D’Albenzio, A. Carano, M. Alessandrini, B. Farina, G. Di Iorio, F.S. Moschetta, M. Di Giannantonio. The emerging role of C-reactive protein in affective and psychotic disorders. Giornale Italiano di Psicopatologia. 2009;15:231-242
• Liotti G, Cortina M, Farina B. Attachment Theory and the Multiple Integrated Treatments of Borderline Patients. Journal of the American Academy of Pyschoanalysis. 2008, 36 (2): 295-315
• Farina B. Il presente dissociato. In PF Pieri (a cura di) Il Presente, ATQUE, Moretti e Vitali, Bergamo, 2008
• Farina B, Venturi P, Onofri A, Raja M, Di Giannantonio M. The usefulness of a dsm criteria shaped inventory for the screening of post traumatic stress disorder., Prehospital and Disaster Medicine. 2007, 22 (5) :454-456
• Farina B, Ceccarelli M, Di Giannantonio M. Henri Ey’s neojacksonism and the psychopathology of dis-integrated mind. Psychopathology. 2005 Sep-Oct;38(5):285-90
• Bruni O, Ferri R, Miano S, Verrillo E, Vittori E, Farina B, Smerieri M, Terzano MG. Cyclic Alternating Pattern in normal pre-school age children. Sleep, 2005 Feb 1;28(2):220-30.
• Farina B, Liotti G. Two therapists for one patient: the attachment theory as a framework for co-therpies in borderline patients treatments. Clinical Neuropsychiatry. 2005, 2, 5: 260-269
• Liotti G, Farina B, Rainone A. Due terapeuti per un paziente. Laterza, Roma, 2005
• Farina B, Della Marca G, Mennuni GF, Mazza S, Di Giannatonio M, Spadini V, Mazza M, Ciocca A, De Risio S. Microstructure of Sleep in Eating Disorders: Preliminary Results. Journal of Eating and Weight Disorders, 2004 Mar; 9(1):77-80
• Farina B, Venturi P, Onofri A, Raja M, Di Giannantonio M, Pasquini P. Screening del disturbo post-traumatico da stress nelle popolazioni a rischio: il caso del disastro civile di via ventotene a Roma del 27 novembre del 2001. Rivista di Psichiatria, 2004, 39(4), p. 265-269
• Farina B. Il destino dei trattamenti integrati e la nuova cornice teorica per la psichiatria. Psicobbiettivo, 2004, 3:39
• Di Giannantonio M, Brocco C, Farina B, Ferro FM. Terapia integrata della schizofrenia: uno studio controllato sull’uso di sedute d’ascolto. Rivista di Psichiatria, 2004, in stampa
• Ceccarelli M., Farina B., Di Giannantonio M. Per una psicopatologia neurobiologicamente fondata: un confronto tra la psicopatologia di Ey e le neuroscienze contemporanee. Psichiatria e Psicoterapia. 2004, 23,
• Farina B., Annunziata. Psicoterapeuti a confronto: assonanze e riletture nel caso clinico di valeria. Psicobbiettivo, 2004
• Farina B, D.J. Kupfer, G. Della Marca, E. Frank, V.J. Grochocinski, M.E. Thase, S. Mazza, D.J. Buysse, M. Di Giannantonio, G. Mennuni, Microstructure of EEG sleep in depression. Journal of Affective Disoders, 2003, 77(3):227-235
• Farina B, Di Giannantonio M. Reboxetine in cocaine withdrawal treatment: three cases report. Drug and alcohol Review , 2003, Sept 22: 371-372.
• Farina B., Della Marca G., Mazza M., Mennuni G., De Risio S., Di Giannantonio M. Effect of reboxetine on sleep of depressed patients. Journal of Affective Disoders, 2002, 71(1-3):273-275
• Bruni O, Ferri R, Miano S, Verrillo E, Vittori E, Della Marca G, Farina B, Mennuni GF. Cyclic Alternating Pattern in normal sleep of school-age children. Clinical Neurophisiology, 2002 Nov;113(11):1806-14.
• Farina B. Il Dèjà vu e la Coscienza. Franco Angeli, Milano, 1998
• Farina, B., Verrienti, D. Deja vu: A phenomenon between psychopathology and artistic literature [Il fenomeno ‘deja vu’ tra psicopatologia ed opera letteraria]. Minerva Psichiatrica. 1996, 37(2), pp. 99-106