Guerrera, Claudia Savia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3744-8306
Platania, Giuseppe Alessio http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1927-6288
Boccaccio, Francesco Maria http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9637-3156
Sarti, Pierfrancesco http://orcid.org/0009-0009-4342-8641
Varrasi, Simone http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1273-8419
Colliva, Chiara http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1638-5614
Grasso, Margherita
De Vivo, Simona
Cavallaro, Davide
Tascedda, Fabio http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3422-004X
Pirrone, Concetta http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1519-7988
Drago, Filippo
Di Nuovo, Santo
Blom, Johanna M. C. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4974-1964
Caraci, Filippo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9867-6054
Castellano, Sabrina
Article History
Received: 14 June 2023
Accepted: 23 October 2023
First Online: 28 November 2023
Declarations
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: Patients were recruited at the Psychiatric Clinic “Villa dei Gerani” (Catania, Italy). All patients received oral and written information on the planned use of the data and provided written informed consent. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.The study was approved by the ethical committee of the “Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale 3 (ASP3) of Catania of which the “Villa dei Gerani Clinic” (clinical coordinator of the study) is part (Approval date of the extended study July 24, 2012). The study met the ethical administrative requirements under Italian legislation in force when the study’s administrative process started (03.06.2012) according to CM 6 02.09.2002, GU 214 12.09.2002 and D 29.03.2008 of the Italian Medicine Agency (Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco, AIFA) and GU 76 31.03.2008, Art 10 (Procedures for Observational Studies).
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.