Department of Neuroscience – Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology Operative Unit
Occupation or position held
Medical Psychiatrist with a permanent contract – non-exclusive employment relationship
Main activities and responsibilities DatesName and address of employerType of business or sectorOccupation or position heldMain activities and responsibilities
Psychiatrist at the Diagnosis and Care Psychiatric Service (DCPS) 16 August 2016 to the present dayTor Vergata University Hospital – RomeDepartment of Neuroscience – Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology Operative UnitMedical Psychiatrist with a permanent positionPsychiatrist at the Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital Consultation Service
Dates
1 July 2008 to the present day
Name and address of employer
Court of Rome
Type of business or sector
Ministry of Justice
Occupation or position held
Technical Consultant and Court-appointed Expert
Main activities and responsibilities Dates Name and address of employerType of business or sector Occupation or position heldMain activities and responsibilities
Technical reports and consultancy in civil and criminal matters in the field of forensic psychiatryConsultant of the Family Division of the Court of Rome in children and adolescents care matters 1 July 2008 to the present dayJuvenile Court of RomeMinistry of JusticeTechnical ConsultantAssessment of minors and problem families, adoption and foster care of children and adolescents
Dates
11 January – 15 August 2016
Name and address of employer
Umberto I University Hospital – Rome
Type of business or sector
Department of Neurology and Psychiatry – Psychiatry, Psychopharmacology and DCPS operative unit
Occupation or position held
Medical Psychiatrist with a permanent contract
Main activities and responsibilities
Psychiatrist at the Diagnosis and Care Psychiatric Service (DCPS)
Dates
18 July 2014 – 10 January 2016
Name and address of employer
Rome H – Local Health Board
Type of business or sector
Department of Mental Health – DCPS – Hospital of Albano Laziale
Occupation or position held
Medical Psychiatrist with a permanent contract
Main activities and responsibilities
Psychiatrist at the Diagnosis and Care Psychiatric Service (DCPS)
Dates
1 January 2015 – 31 December 2015
Name and address of employer
San Raffaele S.p.A. – Rome
Type of business or sector
Institute of Scientific Research and Care
Occupation or position held
Medical – Scientific advisor – Project Leader
Main activities and responsibilities
Setting up of a European database of psychiatric and neurodegenerative diseases and malignancies
DatesName and address of employerType of business or sectorOccupation or position heldMain activities and responsibilities Dates
1 January 2014 – 31 December 2014Carabinieri Corps –Carabinieri Legion LazioMinistry of DefenceConsultant PsychiatristConsultant Psychiatrist at the Special Infirmary of the Carabinieri Legion Lazio 11 August 2012 – 17 July 2014
Name and address of employer
Viterbo Local Health Board
Type of business or sector
Department of Mental Health – Diagnosis and Care Psychiatric Service –Belcolle Hospital
Occupation or position held
Medical Psychiatrist with a permanent contract
Main activities and responsibilities
Psychiatrist at the DCPS and highly professional assignment of “reviewing medical records”
Dates
8 July 2010 – 10 August 2012
Name and address of employer
Army General Staff – IV Logistics Department – Rome
Type of business or sector
Ministry of Defence
Occupation or position held
Medical Lieutenant Colonel
Main activities and responsibilities
Officer at the Military Healthcare Division
Dates
9 December 2003 -7 July 2010
Name and address of employer
Celio Military Hospital – Rome
Type of business or sector
Ministry of Defence
Occupation or position held
Medical Officer specialized in Psychiatry
Main activities and responsibilities
Assistant at the Psychiatry Ward
Dates
1 February 2003 – 20 December 2011
Name and address of employer
Italian Neurotraumatological Institute (INI) –– Grottaferrata (Rome)
Type of business or sector
Private Hospital operating within the National Health Service
Occupation or position held
Consultant Psychiatrist at the Obesity and Overweight treatment centre
Main activities and responsibilities
Psychiatrist coordinating medical rescue and psychological support services
Dates
1 May 2009 – 31 July 2009
Name and address of employer
Celio Military Hospital – Rome
Type of business or sector
Ministry of Defence – Civil Protection
Occupation or position held
Operation “Gran Sasso” – rescue of the population affected by the earthquake in Abruzzo
Main activities and responsibilities DatesName and address of employerType of business or sectorOccupation or position heldMain activities and responsibilities
Psychiatrist coordinating medical rescue and psychological support services 1 July 2008 – 1 July 2014Court of Santa Maria Capua VetereMinistry of Justice Technical Consultant and Court-appointed ExpertTechnical reports and consultancy in civil and criminal matters in the field of forensic psychiatry
Dates
2 January 2006 – 31 December 2006
Name and address of employer
Tosinvest – Villa dei Fiori Healthcare centre
Type of business or sector
Neuropsychiatric healthcare centre working within the National Health Service
Occupation or position held
Psychiatrist
Main activities and responsibilities
On-call doctor and ward assistant physician
Dates
14 August 2006 – 20 September 2006
Name and address of employer
North Atlantic Treaty Organization – NATO – KFOR
Type of business or sector
Peace Keeping Operation – Italian Military Contingent
Occupation or position held
Operation “Decisive Endeavour” – Kosovo
Main activities and responsibilities
Healthcare officer – assistance to the military contingent and civil population
Dates
3 March 2002 – 20 December 2005
Name and address of employer
Villa Armonia Nuova Healthcare centre
Type of business or sector
Neuropsychiatric healthcare centre working within the National Health Service
Occupation or position held
Psychiatrist
Main activities and responsibilities
On-call doctor and ward assistant physician
Dates
7 April 2004 – 2 June 2004
Name and address of employer
North Atlantic Treaty Organization – NATO – KFOR
Type of business or sector
Peace Keeping Operation – Italian Military Contingent
Occupation or position held
Operation “Joint Guardian” – Kosovo
Main activities and responsibilities
Medical Officer employed at the German hospital in Prizren
Dates
1 July 2002 – 1 July 2003
Name and address of employer
Rome B – Local Health Board
Type of business or sector
Centre Mental Health situated in Viale Morandi
Occupation or position held
Outpatient specialist
Main activities and responsibilities
Psychiatrist with a fixed-term contract working 18 hours per week
Dates
2 May 2000 – 8 December 2003
Name and address of employer
“Forte Boccea” military prison in Rome
Type of business or sector
Ministry of Defence
Occupation or position held
Healthcare officer
Main activities and responsibilities
Medical Officer in charge of healthcare for military staff and inmates
Medical Officer in charge of healthcare for military staff
Dates
4 September 1999 – 24 October 1999
Name and address of employer
North Atlantic Treaty Organization – NATO – SFOR
Type of business or sector
Peace Keeping Operation “Joint Forge” – Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina
Occupation or position held
Health Service officer – 14th Alpine Troops Regiment
Main activities and responsibilities
Medical Officer – assistance to the military contingent and civil population
Dates
1 September 1998 – 30 June 1999
Name and address of employer
School of Military Healthcare of the Army
Type of business or sector
Ministry of Defence
Occupation or position held
Technical-practical course for Medical Officers
Main activities and responsibilities
Course attendee
Dates
19 September 1991 – 31August 1998
Name and address of employer
Interforce Academy of Military Healthcare – Army unit (NEASMI)
Type of business or sector
Ministry of Defence
Occupation or position held
Attendee of the 24th NEASMI course
Main activities and responsibilities
Officer cadet – Officer candidate – Medical Lieutenant
Education and Training
DatesName and type of organisation providing education and trainingPrincipal subjects / occupational skills coveredTitle of qualification awarded Dates
November 2016 – January 2017University of Rome “La Sapienza” – 2nd level Master’s on Clinical Criminology, Forensic Psychiatry and Legal PsychologyElements of forensic psychiatry, criminology, anthropology and legal psychology 2nd Level Master’s – 110/110 with honours November 2013 – December 2014
Name and type of organisation providing education and trainingPrincipal subjects / occupational skills covered
University of Rome “La Sapienza” – 2nd level Master’s on Forensic Psychiatry and Clinical medicine of developmental age addictionClinical and forensic Psychopathology in children, adolescents and families – relapse of substance abuse in the developmental age
Title of qualification awarded
2nd Level Master’s –110/110
Dates
January 2012 – February 2013
Name and type of organisation providing education and trainingPrincipal subjects / occupational skills covered
Vita Salute San Raffaele University of Milano – 2nd Level Master’s Clinical Psychopharmacology Psychopharmacology applied to psychiatric diseases
Title of qualification awarded
2nd Level Master’s – 110/110 with honours
Dates
January 2011 – January 2012
Name and type of organisation providing education and trainingPrincipal subjects / occupational skills covered
University of Rome “La Sapienza” – 2nd level Master’s in Criminological and Forensic Sciences Forensic Psychiatry and Criminology
Title of qualification awarded
2nd Level Master’s – 110/110 with honours
Dates
September 2009 – June 2010
Name and type of organisation providing education and trainingPrincipal subjects / occupational skills covered
Free International University of Social Studies (LUISS) in Rome – 1st Level Master’s in Economic, International and Military Strategic StudiesProject Management, international political-military scenarios, peace-keeping interventions
Title of qualification awarded
1st Level Master’s – 110/110
Dates
November 2008 – November 2009
Name and type of organisation providing education and trainingPrincipal subjects / occupational skills covered
University of Florence – 2nd Level Master’s in Toxicology and NBC Medicine (damage caused by nuclear, chemical and biological agents)Elements of clinical toxicology, diagnosis and treatment and NBC-induced diseases
Title of qualification awarded
2nd Level Master’s – 110/110 with honours
Dates
January 2008 – December 2008
Name and type of organisation providing education and trainingPrincipal subjects / occupational skills covered
Luigi Bocconi University in Milan – Specialisation course in “Healthcare improvement processes” Management and healthcare management
Title of qualification awarded
Specialisation course – full marks
N Name and type of organisation providing education and trainingPrincipal subjects / occupational skills covered
Hermann Rorschach Institute in Rome – Rorschach School Rome Rorschach projective test according to the method of the Rome School
Title of qualification awarded
Specialisation course and final exam – full marks
Dates
October 1999 – October 2003
Name and type of organisation providing education and trainingPrincipal subjects / occupational skills covered
Association of Cognitive Psychology – Rome 4-year training course in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy
Title of qualification awarded
Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist – full marks
Dates
January 1998 – 13 November 2001
Name and type of organisation providing education and trainingPrincipal subjects / occupational skills covered
University of Rome Tor Vergata – Psychiatry Specialization School Clinical psychiatry, emergency psychiatry, psychotherapy, scientific research in the field of psychiatry
Title of qualification awarded
Specialist in Psychiatry – 50/50 with honours
Dates
December 1997 – 1 June 1998
Name and type of organisation providing education and trainingPrincipal subjects / occupational skills covered
University of Florence – Faculty of Medicine and Surgery Postgraduate training and examination to practise the profession of Physician
Title of qualification awarded
Physician – 88/90
Dates
1 October 1991 – 16 October 1997
Name and type of organisation providing education and trainingPrincipal subjects / occupational skills covered
University of Florence Degree course in Medicine and Surgery
Title of qualification awarded
Degree in Medicine and Surgery – 110/110
Personal Skills and competencies Acquired in the course of my life and career but not necessarily recognised by official certificates and diplomas. MOTHER TONGUE other languages • Reading skills• Writing skills• Oral expression skills
Relational skillsLiving and working with other persons in a multicultural setting, occupying posts where communication is important and in situations where team work is essential (e.g. culture and sport), etc.
Excellent relational skills occupations and roles in work organisation
Organisational skills E.g. coordination and management of persons, projects, budgets; on the job, in voluntary work (e.g. culture and sport), at home, etc.
Highly professional assignment to assess and check the clinical and forensic appropriateness of the medical records at the Diagnosis and Care Psychiatric Service of the Belcolle Hospital in Viterbo from 11 August 2012 to 17 July 2014
Technical skillswith computers, equipment, specifications, machinery, etc.
Good knowledge of systems, excellent use of Office software, use of databases and statistics software. Good understanding of the Ministry of Health’s accreditation system of CME training activities.
Artistic skillsMusic, writing, drawing, etc.
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driving license(s)
Driving license cat. A and B
Other skills and competencies Competencies not listed previously.
 RESEARCH ACTIVITIES In psychiatry and clinical psychology, forensic psychiatry and criminology and developmental age psychology  SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS Listed below are the articles published in journals present on PubmedIndexed MEDLINE or other databases: La Malfa G.P., Bertelli M., Bartelli M., Conte M., D’Argenio A., Cabras P.: Psychopathological and neurophysiological assessment of schizophrenic patients treated with Risperidone. Rivista di Psichiatria. 1999, 34:1; 42-48. Troisi A., D’Argenio A., Peracchio., Petti P.; Insecure attachment and alexithymia in young men men with mood symptoms. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease. 2001. 189: 311-316. Troisi A., D’Argenio A.: Relationships between and depression: the role of insecure attachment. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2004. 123, 413-418. Troisi A., D’Argenio A.: Apolipoprotein A-I/apolipoprotein B ratio and aggression in violent and nonviolent young adult males. Journal of Psychiatry Research. 2006 Aug. 40:5, 499-472. D’Argenio A., Mazzi C., Pecchioli L., Di Lorenzo G., Siracusano A. Trosi A.: Early trauma and adult obesity: is psychological dysfunction the mediating mechanism? Physiol. Behav. 2009 Dec 7; vol. 98(5) p. 543-6 Pomilla A., D’Argenio A., Mastronardi V. Stalking: clinical and criminological considerations through the results of a research contribution. Rivista di Psichiatria 2012 Jul-Aug; 47(4): 46-51. Castellini G, Polito C, Bolognesi E, D’Argenio A, Ginestroni A, Mascalchi M, Pellicanò G,Mazzoni LN, Rotella F, Faravelli C, Pupi A, Ricca V. : Looking at my body. Similarities and differences between anorexia nervosa patients and controls in body image visual processing.European Psychiatry. 2012 Sep 19.  Mastronardi V.M., Pomilla A., Ricci S., D’Argenio A.: Stalking of psychiatrist: psychopathological characteristics and gender differences in an Italian sample, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 2012 Nov 19. D’Argenio A., Catania G., Marchetti M.: Murder followed by suicide: homicide – suicide mothers in Italy from 1992 to 2010. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2013 – Jan 14. D’Argenio A., Croce Nanni R., Troisi A.: The convergence between RQ and the ASQ in a clinical sample of young men with mood symptoms. Attachment and Complex Systems.                           Vol. 1, No 1 Jan 2014 Talamo A., Di Michele F., Brogna P., D’Argenio A., Paterniti A.M., Facchi A, Infante V, Bianchi F,, Di Lorenzo G., Pomilio A., , Riconi A., Amodeo A., ,  Di Taranto C.,   Loppi E.,   Palazzetti C., I, Speranza A.R., ,  Siracusano A., ,  Niolu C. : The new Diagnosis and Care Psychiatric Service: integrating pharmacological treatment and rehabilitation in the acute setting. Noos 3 2017. Lo Iacono L, Catale C, Martini A, Valzania A, Viscomi MT, ChiurchiĂą V, Guatteo E, Bussone S, Perrone F, Di Sabato P, Aricò E, D’Argenio A, Troisi A, Mercuri NB, Maccarrone M, Puglisi-Allegra S, Casella P, Carola V.: From Traumatic Childhood to Cocaine Abuse: The Critical Function of the Immune System. Biol Psychiatry. 2018 Dec 15;84(12):905-916 Acquadro Maran D., Loera B., D’Argenio A.: Health Care Professionals’ Knowledge of Stalking Perpetrators, Victims, Behaviors, and Coping Strategies: A Preliminary Study among Italian Hospitals.  The Scientific World Journal, Volume 2019, Article ID 9190431  Raddi S., Baralla F., D’Argenio A., Sarchiapone M, Marchetti M: Homicide-delayed suicide: a new path for homicide-suicide? Data from a sample of the inmate population in Italy. Frontiers in Psychiatry section Psychopathology.  Article in press. 2020  Presentations at conferences Bartelli M., D’Argenio A., Cabras P., La Malfa G.P.: Disturbance of intentionality between schizophrenia and major depression. XL National congress of the Italian Society of Psychiatry, Palermo 18-24 October 1997 Troisi A., D’Argenio A.: Depression, anger and unsecure attachment. Poster session at the VII National Congress of the Italian Society of Psychopathology. Roma, 19-23 February 2002. Troisi A., D’Argenio A.: Lipid profile and aggressiveness in young males with varying propensity for violent behaviour. 9th Congress of the Italian Society of Biological Psychiatry. Naples, 22-26 October 2002. Marchetti M., D’Argenio A.: Murder in the mother-child relationship: analysis of 14 cases.          VIII Congress of the Italian Society of Psychopathology. Rome, 25 February – 1 March 2003. D’Argenio A.: Predictive value of attachment styles on affective disorders: clinical and experimental evidence. X National Congress of the Italian Society of Psychopathology.Rome, 22-26 February 2015 D’Argenio A., Marchetti M., Homicide-suicide committed by the mother in Italy, 1192 – 2007.VII congress of the European Society of Criminology. Bologna 2007 D’Argenio A., Stalking in the psychiatric setting: psychopathological characteristics and considerations. XXXIII Congress of the International Academy of Law and Mental Health. Amsterdam, 13 July 2013 D’Argenio A. Involuntary treatment and restraint measures in Protected Medicine Wards. Congress of the Italian Society of Penitentiary Medicine and Healthcare. Rome, 23-24 September 2014. D’Argenio A. : Risk for HCPs and effects of aggression on healthcare staff. International Pathways of Psychiatry – 10th Meeting. Rome, November 2017 D’Argenio A.: Social Dangerousness from a psychiatric viewpoint and treatment. State of the Art of Drug Therapy. XXII National Congress of the Italian Society of Psychopathology, Rome, February 2018 D’Argenio A. : Psychopathological correlates of social dangerousness and changes in security measures. International Pathways of Psychiatry – 11th Meeting. Rome, November 2018. D’Argenio A. : “Observatory” of data on security measures in the Lazio Region. International Pathways of Psychiatry – 12th Meeting. Rome, November 2019.   TEACHING ACTIVITIESA.A. 2004/2005: Professor of pedagogy at the degree course in Nursing – Petty Officers School of the Italian Army – University of Rome Tor Vergata. From academic year 2017/2018 to the present day: Professor of Forensic Psychiatry at the Psychiatry Specialization School – Faculty of Medicine and Surgery – University of Rome Tor Vergata From academic year 2019/2020 to the present day: Professor and Tutor at the 2nd Level Master’s in Clinical Criminology, Legal Psychology and Forensic Psychiatry – Sapienza , University of Rome SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIESMember of the International Society for Affective Disorders (ISAD) since May 2006 International Member of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) since June 2015 Ordinary member of the Italian Society of Psychopathology (SOPSI) and the Society of Psychiatry (SIP) since January 2007 Member of the Italian Society of Criminology since 26 October 2012. Ordinary member of the Italian Society of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy (SITCC) since 2003 Member of the Italian Association of Legal Psychology (AIPG) since March 2016Â
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