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May 2018

Summary of Curriculum Vitae

Dr. LIDIA DEL PICCOLO

Address: Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona

Section of Clinical Psychology

Policlinico G.B. Rossi,

Piazzale L.A. Scuro 10,

37134 Verona, Italy

Telephone: +39-045-8124441

Fax: +39-045-585871

E-mail: lidia.delpiccolo@.univr.it

Position: Full Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Verona (WHO Collaborating Centre for

Research and Training in Mental Health and Service Evaluation).

Chief of the Unit of Clinical Psychology at Verona University Hospital

Titles: Degree in Psychology, University of Padua, 1992.

PhD in “Psychiatric and Psychological Sciences”, 1999

Specialization in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy, 2009

Publications

Dr Lidia Del Piccolo published so far 60 full papers and four chapters, two of which by invitation in international

books. 45 full papers were published in international peer-reviewed journals.

Total impact factor: 76.015

h-index (ISI Web of Knowledge): 15

h-index (Scopus): 16

Teaching

- Undergraduate lecture course “Medical Psychology” for 2nd year medical students at the Medical School of the

University of Verona (3 CFU).

- Undergraduate lecture course “Medical Psychology” for 4th

and 6th year medical students at the Medical School of

the University of Verona (0.5 CFU).

- Lecture courses “Medical Psychology” for postgraduate students in Psychiatry, Neurology, Neuropsychiatric

Sciences and Public health, University of Verona

- Undergraduate lecture course “Clinical Psychology” for students at the Psychiatric Rehabilitation School of the

University of Verona (2 CFU).

- Undergraduate lecture course “Clinical Psychology” for students in language Rehabilitation Sciences at the

University of Verona (6 CFU).

- Undergraduate lecture course “Clinical Psychology” for students in Nursing and Rehabilitation Sciences at the

University of Verona (6 CFU).

- I and II level Master in Risk and Patient Security Management, University of Verona.

- Supervisor of PhD students at the Graduate School of Sciences Engineering Medicine of the university of Verona.

- “Summer Course for Ph.D students” organized by R-EACH – Vna, Switzerland, 4-9 September 2011, Gut

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Gremmelin, Germany 1–6 September 2013, London 4-8 September 2017.

Training courses (ECM)

- Brief courses on Communication Skills for General Practitioners and health providers.

Main Research Interests

- Anthropology and Social psychology (from 1990 to 1994), University of Padua.

- Neuropsychology and learning disabilities (from 1994 to 2000) – General Hospital “S. Maria delle Grazie”, Udine,

Scientific Institute “Eugenio Medea”, Bosisio Parini and Neurological Institute “Besta” of Milan.

- Communication in Medicine:

Standardization of measures that evaluate doctor-patient communication during medical consultations.

Development and evaluation of training courses in communication skills for general medicine physicians,

psychiatrists and other health professionals.

Development of instruments which describe and evaluate the information giving process and patient involvement in

General Medicine and Psychiatry.

Methodological attention to qualitative and quantitative approaches to the study of doctor-patient interaction.

Psycho-physiology of doctor-patient communication.

Membership of Professional Bodies

Elected Member of the Steering Committee untill September 2016 and member of the Research Committee of the

European Association for Communication in Healthcare (EACH)

Member of the American Academy of Communication in Healthcare (AACH).

Member of the Italian College of University Teachers and Researchers.

Scientific Journals

Member of the Editorial Board of Patient Education and Counseling (Elsevier)

Referee for:

Patient Education and Counseling (Elsevier) di cui è Editorial Board Member

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences (EPS) (Cambridge University Press)

European Journal of Psychiatry (EJP)

Psychotherapy and psychosomatics

Plos ONE

Psycho-oncology

Journal of Sleep Disorders and Management

Psicologia della Salute

Biological Psychology

Social Science & Medicine

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Congress organization

Starting with February 2003 annual organization of the Verona workshop on sequence analysis and coordinator of the

international group “Verona Network on Sequence Analysis” to set up new methods and procedures to analyse doctor

patient interaction.

Member of the scientific committee of the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare, promoted by

the European Association for Communication in Healthcare EACH

Member of the scientific committee of the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH),

promoted by the American Association for Communication in Healthcare AACH

2008 Each: Jozien Bensing Research Award.

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February 2016 Invited as Expert at Institute for Medical Education, Medical Faculty, University Bern.

May 2017 Invited as Visiting Professor at the Third Xiangya Hospital of Central South University (CSU), Changsha,

Hunan, China.

July 2017 Invited as Visiting Professor at Oslo University, Norway

Invited guest lecturers have been given by professor Lidia Del Piccolo in many universities and cities in Italy and abroad.

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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

A) PAPERS PUBLISHED ON INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

1. Del Piccolo L., Finset A. (2018) Patients' autonomic activation during clinical interaction: A review of

empirical studies. Patient Education and Counseling. 101(2):195-208 IF 2016 = 2.429

2. Nardelli M., Del Piccolo L., Danzi O.P., Perlini C., Tedeschi F., Greco A., Scilingo E.P., Valenza G.

Characterization of doctor-patient communication using heartbeat nonlinear dynamics: A preliminary

study using Lagged Poincaré Plots. (2017) Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS 8037604, pp. 3473-3476.

3. Del Piccolo L. (2017) VR-CoDES and patient-centeredness. The intersection points between a measure

and a concept. Patient Education and Counseling 100(11): 2135-2137. IF 2016 = 2.429

4. Del Piccolo L., Finset, A., Mellblom, A.V., Figueiredo-Braga, M., Korsvold, L., Zhou, Y., Zimmermann,

C., Humphris, G. (2017) Verona Coding Definitions of Emotional Sequences (VR-CoDES): Conceptual

framework and future directions. Patient Education and Counseling 100 (12), 2303–2311. IF 2016 = 2.429

5. Vijfhuizen M., Bok H., S.M., Matthew S.M., Del Piccolo L., McArthur M. (2017) Analysing how negative

emotions emerge and are addressed in veterinary consultations, using the Verona coding definitions of

emotional sequences (VR-CoDES). Patient Education and Counseling 100, 4, 682-689 IF 2016 = 2.429

6. Del Piccolo L., Pietrolongo E., Radice D., Tortorella C., Confalonieri P., Pugliatti M., Lugaresi A.,

Giordano A., Heesen C., Solari A., on behalf of the AutoMS project* (2015) Patient expression of

emotions and neurologist responses in first multiple sclerosis consultations. PLOS ONE 10,1-12.

IF 2015 = 3.057

7. Del Piccolo L., Danzi O., Fattori N., Mazzi M.A., Goss C. (2014) How psychiatrist’s communication

skills and patient’s diagnosis affect emotions disclosure during first diagnostic consultations. Patient

Education and Counseling 96, 151–158. IF 2014 = 2.199

8. Del Piccolo L., Goss C., Bottacini A., Rigoni V., Mazzi M.A., Deledda G., Ballarin M., Molino A., Fiorio

E., Zimmermann C. (2014) Asking questions during breast cancer consultations: Does being alone or

being accompanied make a difference? European Journal of Oncology Nursing 18, 299-304. IF 2014 = 1.426

9. Goss C., Ghilardi A., Deledda G., Buizza C., Bottacini A., Del Piccolo L., Rimondini M., Chiodera F.,

Mazzi M.A., Ballarin M., Bighelli I., Strepparava M.G., Molino A.M., Fiorio E., Nortilli R., Caliolo C.,

Zuliani S., Auriemma A., Maspero F., Simoncini E.L., Ragni F., Brown R., Zimmermann C. (2013)

INvolvement of breast CAncer patients during oncological consultations: a multicentre randomised

controlled trial—the INCA study protocol BMJ Open 3;3:e002266 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002266

IF 2011 = 2.369

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10. Del Piccolo L, Goss C. (2012). People-centred care: new research needs and methods in doctor–patient

communication. Challenges in mental health. Editorial. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 21: 145–149.

IF 2011 = 3.160

11. Del Piccolo L, Finset A. (2012) Assessment of nonverbal communication in clinical encounters: many

methodological approaches, but no gold standard. Editorial. Patient Education and Counseling, 86, 3: 279-80.

IF 2011 = 2.305

12. Del Piccolo L, Mazzi M.A., Goss C., Rimondini M., Zimmermann C. (2012). How emotions emerge and

are dealt with in first diagnostic consultations in psychiatry. Patient Education and Counseling, 88, 1: 29–35.

IF 2011 = 2.305

13. Del Piccolo L., de Haes H., Heaven C., Jansen J., Verheul W., Bensing J., Bergvik S., Deveugele M., Eide

H., Fletcher I., Goss C., Humphris G., Kim Y.M., Langewitz W., Mazzi M.A., Mjaaland T., Moretti F.,

Nübling M., Rimondini M, Salmon P, Sibbern T, Skre I, van Dulmen S, Wissow L, Young B, Zandbelt

L, Zimmermann C, Finset A (2011) Development of the Verona coding definitions of emotional

sequences to code health providers’ responses (VR-CoDES-P) to patient cues and concerns. Patient

Education and Counseling, 82, 149–155. IF 2011 = 2.305

14. Zimmermann C., Del Piccolo L., Bensing J, Bergvik S, De Haes H, Eide H, Fletcher I, Goss C, Heaven

C, Humphris G, Kim YM, Langewitz W, Meeuwesen L, Nuebling M, Rimondini M, Salmon P, van

Dulmen S, Wissow L, Zandbelt L, Finset A (2011) Coding Patient Cues And Concerns In Medical

Consultations: The Verona Coding Definitions Of Emotional Sequences (VR-CoDES). Patient Education

and Counseling, 82, 141–148. IF 2011 = 2.305

15. Rimondini M., Del Piccolo L., Goss C., Mazzi M., Paccaloni M., Zimmermann C. (2009). The evaluation

of training in patient-centred interviewing skills for psychiatric residents. Psychological Medicine 40, 467–

476. IF 2008 = 5.200

16. Del Piccolo L., Mazzi M.A., Scardoni S., Gobbi M., Zimmermann C. (2008) A theory based proposal to

evaluate Patient-Centred Communication in medical consultations: the Verona Patient-centred

Communication Evaluation scale (VR-COPE). Health Education, 108, 355-372.

17. Goss C., Moretti F., Mazzi M.A., Del Piccolo L., Rimondini M., Zimmermann C. (2008). Involving

patients in decisions during psychiatric consultations. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 193: 416-421.

IF 2008 = 5.077

18. Goss C., Fontanesi S., Mazzi M.A., Del Piccolo L., Rimondini M. (2007). The assessment of patient

involvement across consultation. The Italian version of the Option Scale. Epidemiology and Psychiatric

Sciences, 16, 339-349. I.F. l 2007: 2.900

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19. Del Piccolo L. Mazzi M.A., Dunn G., Sandri M. & Zimmermann C., (2007) Sequence analysis in

multilevel models. A study on different sources of patient cues in medical consultations. Social Science and

Medicine 65, 2357–2370. I.F. 2007: 2.453

20. Goss C., Fontanesi S., Mazzi M.A., Del Piccolo L., Rimondini M. Elwin G & Zimmermann C. (2007).

Shared decision making: the reliability of the OPTION scale in Italy. Patient Education and Counseling, 66,

296-302. I.F. 2007: 1.792

21. Zimmermann C., Del Piccolo L. & Finset A. (2007) Cues and concerns by patients in medical

consultations. A literature review. Psychological Bulletin, 133, 438-463. IF 2007 = 10.905

22. Del Piccolo L., Goss C. & Bergvik S. (2006). The fourth meeting of the Verona Network on Sequence

Analysis. “Consensus finding on the appropriateness of provider responses to patient cues and concerns.

Patient Education and Counseling, 61, 473-475. I.F. 2007: 1.778

23. Rimondini M., Del Piccolo L., Goss C., Mazzi M., Paccaloni M., Zimmermann C.(2006) Communication

skills in psychiatry residents. How do they handle patient concerns? Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics,

75,161-169. IF 2006 = 4.333

24. Del Piccolo L., Goss C. & Zimmermann C. (2005). The third meeting of the Verona Network on

Sequence Analysis. Finding common grounds in defining patient cues and concerns and the

appropriateness of provider responses. Patient Education and Counseling, 57, 241-244. I.F. 2005: 1.356

25. Del Piccolo L., Mead N., Gask L., Mazzi M.A., Goss C., Rimondini M. & Zimmermann C. (2005). The

English version of the Verona Medical Interview Classification System (VR-MICS): an assessment of its

reliability and a comparative cross-cultural test of its validity. Patient Education and Counseling, 58, 252-264.

I.F. 2005: 1.356

26. Goss C., Mazzi M.A., Del Piccolo L., Rimondini M. & Zimmermann C. (2005). Information-giving

sequences in general practice consultations. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 11, 339-349.

IF 2005: 1.120

27. Rimondini M., Del Piccolo L., Goss C., Mazzi M.A. Paccaloni M. & Zimmermann C. (2004). The

handling of patient cues and expressed emotions in psychiatric interviews after a communication skills

training. Patient Education and Counseling, 55, 311-12. I.F. 2004: 1.678

28. Del Piccolo L., Putnam S.M., Mazzi M.A. & Zimmermann C. (2004). The biopsychosocial domains and

the functions of the medical interview in primary care: construct validity of the Verona Medical

Interview Classification System. Patient Education and Counseling, 53, 47-56. I.F. 2004: 1.678

29. Saltini A., Mazzi M., Del Piccolo L. & Zimmermann C. (2004). Decisional strategies for the attribution

of emotional distress in primary care. Psychological Medicine, 34, 1-11. I.F. 2004: 2.943

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30. Del Piccolo L., Mazzi M., Saltini A. & Zimmermann C. (2002) Inter and intra individual variations in

physicians’ verbal behaviour during primary care consultations. Social Science and Medicine, 55, 1871-1885.

IF 2002 =1.931

31. Del Piccolo L., Saltini A., Zimmermann C. & Dunn G. (2000). Differences in verbal behaviours of

patients with and without emotional distress during primary care consultations. Psychological Medicine, 30,

629-643. I.F. 2000: 3.412

32. Turconi A.C., Benti R., Castelli E., Pochintesta S., Felisari G., Comi G., Gagliardi C., Del Piccolo &

Bresolin N. (1999). Focal cognitive impairment in mitochondrial encephalomyopathies: a

neuropsychological and neuroimaging study. Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 170, 57-63. IF 1999: 1.685

33. Del Piccolo L., Saltini A., Zimmermann C. (1998). Which patients talk about stressful life events and

social problems to the General Practitioner? Psychological Medicine, 28, 1289-1299. I.F. 1998: 3.124

B) CHAPTERS ON INTERNATIONAL BOOKS

34. Zimmermann C., Del Piccolo L., Goss C., Deledda G., Mazzi MA., Rimondini M. (2013) Training

mental health providers in better communication with their patients. In: Thornicroft G., Ruggeri M.,

Goldberg D. (eds) Improving Mental Health Care: The Global Challenge. New York: John Wiley &

Sons, Ltd., pp. 180-192.

35. Finset and L. Del Piccolo L. (2011) Nonverbal Communication in Clinical Contexts. In (M. Rimondini Editor)

Communication in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Springer Science Business Media, Llc, pp.107-128.

C) PAPERS PUBLISHED ON INDEXED NATIONAL JOURNALS

34. Comincini V, Del Piccolo L. (2013) Il ruolo della musicoterapia nel recupero del deficit uditivo.

Un’indagine tra i professionisti che lavorano con bambini sordi e tra i fruitori. Recenti Progressi in

Medicina, 103: 59-62.

35. Del Piccolo L. (2011) Il processo informativo ai familiari di pazienti ricoverati in terapia intensiva:

situazioni critiche e suggerimenti. Recenti Progressi in Medicina, 102, 246-252.

36. Del Piccolo L. (2007) La comunicazione di tumore al paziente e ai familiari: linee guida. Recenti Progressi in

Medicina, 98, 271-278.

37. Goss C., Fontanesi S., Mazzi M.A., Del Piccolo L., Rimondini M. (2007) Valutare il grado di

coinvolgimento del paziente durante una visita: la versione italiana dello strumento OPTION.

Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale, 16: 339-349.

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38. Moretti F., Goss C. & Del Piccolo L. (2004). Strategie comunicative per motivare i pazienti a seguire i

consigli del medico. Recenti Progressi in Medicina, 2, 61-66.

39. Fara D., Seassaro U., Sorrentino AM., Cattaneo MC., Del Piccolo L., Molteni M. (2003). Fratelli sani di

bambini disabili : stili di funzionamento familiare e possibili indicatori di rischio di evoluzione

psicopatologica, Terapia familiare, 73, 35-56.

40. Mazzi M.A., Del Piccolo L., Zimmermann C. (2003). Event-based categorical sequential analyses of the

medical interview: a review. Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale (EPS), 12, 81-85.

41. Goss C. & Del Piccolo L. (2003). Informare il malato. Strategie comunicative. Recenti Progressi in Medicina,

94, 353-360.

42. Zimmermann C., Del Piccolo L., Mazzi M.A. (2003). Patient cues and medical interviewing in general

practice: examples of the application of sequence analysis. Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale (EPS), 12, 115-

123.

43. Rimondini M. & Del Piccolo L. (2002). L'approccio centrato sul paziente: dalla medicina generale alla

psichiatria. Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale (EPS), 11, 232-236.

44. Del Piccolo L., Gangemi M. (2001). Colorare di caldo la parola salutare. Occhio Clinico Pediatria, 3, 19-20.

45. Del Piccolo L. (2000). La presentazione di problemi psico-sociali durante la consultazione in medicina

generale. Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale (EPS), 9, 257-271.

46. Saltini A. & Del Piccolo L. (2000). L’intervista medica in medicina generale. Recenti Progressi in Medicina, 1,

38-42.

47. Zimmermann C., Del Piccolo L., Saltini A. (1999). Insegnare l’approccio biopsicosociale nella

conduzione dell’intervista medica prima di insegnare a riconoscere i disturbi emotivi. Epidemiologia e

Psichiatria Sociale (EPS), 8, 71-78.

48. Del Piccolo L., Benpensanti G., Bonini P., Cellerino P., Saltini A. & Zimmermann C. (1999). Il Verona-

Medical Interview Classification System/Patient (VR-MICS/P). Presentazione dello strumento e studio

di attendibilità. Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale (EPS), 8, 56-67.

49. Del Piccolo L. (1999). La conduzione dell’intervista medica secondo l’approccio “centrato sul paziente”.

Prospettive Mediche, 34, 19-21.

50. Del Piccolo L., Bonini P., Saltini A. & Zimmermann C.(1999). Parole come immagini per dirigere il

colloquio. Occhio Clinico, 9, 13-15.

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51. Saltini A., Cappellari D., Cellerino P., Del Piccolo L., Zimmermann C. (1998). Uno strumento per la

valutazione dell’intervista medica nel contesto della medicina generale: il VR-MICS/D (Verona-Medical

Interview Classification System/Doctor). Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale (EPS), 3, 210-223.

52. Del Piccolo L. (1998). Doctor-Patient Interaction: a Comparison Between Analysis Systems. Epidemiologia

e Psichiatria Sociale (EPS), 1, 52-67.

53. Del Piccolo L. (1998). Utilizzo della versione italiana della CBCL: prospettive e problemi metodologici.

Saggi, 2, 108-110.

54. Del Piccolo L., Moioli R., Contarello A. (1996). Specchio o invenzione? Uomini e donne nella pubblicità

di un settimanale italiano. Ricerche di Psicologia, 2, 135-168.

55. Del Piccolo L., Borgatti R., Gruppo PM (1996). Analisi epidemiologica delle difficoltà di calcolo al

termine del primo ciclo della scuola elementare. Saggi, 2, 91-104.

D) PAPERS PUBLISHED ON NON INDEXED NATIONAL JOURNALS

56. Zimmermann C., Del Piccolo L. (2001). Valutazione dello stile comunicativo dei medici di Medicina

Generale. Confronto cross-nazionale mediante un nuovo strumento, il VR-MICS in Progetto

Nazionale Salute Mentale. Rapporto Conclusivo, a cura di P. Morosini, G. de Girolamo, A. Picardi &

F. Di Fabio, Roma, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, pp. 63-68.

57. Tagliavini G., Del Piccolo L., Saltini A. & Zimmermann C. (2000). Tecniche comunicative e rapporto

medico-paziente: il problema della soddisfazione. L’Ospedale Maggiore, 94, 262-268.

58. Del Piccolo L., Robusto E., Cristante F. (1994). "QUARTILI", un Programma Automatico per il Test

dei Quartili. Applicazioni con misure psicologiche. Strumenti di Analisi degli item (a cura di F. Cristante).

Ed. PM, Padova, 1, 63-88.

59. Del Piccolo L. (1992). Il cambiamento e la sua descrizione... Come vi si introduce la spiegazione?. Il

puzzle dello sviluppo. (a cura di G. Di Stefano). Ed. Dipartimento di Psicologia dello Sviluppo e della

Socializzazione. Facoltà di Psicologia di Padova. Report N. 55, 60-67.

E) BOOKS OR CHAPTERS ON NATIONAL BOOKS

Del Piccolo L. Competenze per comunicare con i pazienti. Piccin Nuova Libraria S.P.A., 2015

L. Del Piccolo (2012) Aspetti impliciti e comunicazione non verbale nella relazione con la persona anziana. In

Comunicare con l'anziano (a cura di C. Cristini, C. Cipolli, A. Porro e M.C.Bianchi). Franco Angeli

edizioni, pp 49-70. DOI: 10.3280/RIP2012-002011.

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F) CODING MANUALS

Del Piccolo L., Saltini A., Cellerino P. & Zimmermann C. (1999). VR-MICS/P. Verona Medical Interview Classification System – Patient. Classificazione degli interventi del Paziente durante l’intervista medica (versione in lingua italiana e inglese). Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanità Pubblica, Università di Verona

Del Piccolo L., Saltini A., Cellerino P. & Zimmermann C. (1999). VR-MICS. Verona Medical Interview Classification System. Preparazione dell’intervista e divisione in unità (versione in lingua italiana e inglese). Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanità Pubblica, Università di Verona

Del Piccolo L., Saltini A., Cellerino P. & Zimmermann C. (1999). VR-MICS. Verona Medical Interview Classification System. Esercizi (versione in lingua italiana e inglese). Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanità Pubblica, Università di Verona

Saltini A., Del Piccolo L., Cellerino P. & Zimmermann C. (1999). VR-MICS/D. Verona Medical Interview Classification System – Doctor. Classificazione degli interventi del Medico durante l’intervista medica (versione in lingua italiana e inglese). Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanità Pubblica, Università di Verona

Rimondini M., Del Piccolo L:,Goss C., Tagliavini G., Zimmermann C. (2002). VR-COPSYT. Verona Communication in Psychiatriy Training. Manuale per formatori. Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanità Pubblica, Università di Verona

Del Piccolo L., Finset A. & Zimmermann C. (2008). VR-CoDES. Consensus definition of Cues and Concerns in Medical Consultations. EACH. http://www.each.nl/

Del Piccolo L., de Haes H., Heaven C., Jansen J., Verheul W. & Finset A. (2008). VR-CoDES. Coding of Health Provider Talk Related to Cues and Concerns. EACH. http://www.each.nl/

Del Piccolo L. & Zimmermann C. (2008). VR-CoDES Consensus definition of Cues and Concerns in Medical Consultations. Coding exercises and consultation transcripts. EACH. http://www.each.nl/

Del Piccolo L. & Mazzi M. (2009). VR-CoDES Rationale for dividing a consultation into units of analysis. EACH. http://www.each.nl/

G). PRESENTATIONS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

Del Piccolo L. Information and emotion handling while communicating psychiatric diagnosis. In Symposium: “New challenges for doctor-patient communication in psychiatry” XIII Congresso Nacional de Psiquiatria 24-27 Janeiro 2018, Centro de Congressos do Tivoli Marina de Vilamoura.

Del Piccolo L., Danzi O.P., Perlini C., Tedeschi F., Nardelli M., Greco A., Scilingo E.P., Valenza G. Supportive communication during bad news consultation: effect on patients’ heartbeat linear dynamics and recall. XIX National Congress Italian Psychological Association - Clinical and Dynamic Section, Turin - September 29-October 01 2017. Pub. Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology MJCP, ISSN: 2282-1619, VOL. 5, n.2 A Suppl. 2017

Del Piccolo L., Mazzi M.A., De Felice M., Danzi O., Bottacini A., Goss C. Factors related to the expression of emotions and their handling by oncologists in patients newly diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. XIX National Congress Italian Psychological Association - Clinical and Dynamic Section, Turin - September 29-October 01 2017. Pub. Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology MJCP, ISSN: 2282-1619, VOL. 5, n.2 A Suppl. 2017

Del Piccolo L., De Felice M., Mazzi M.A., Danzi O., Bottacini A., Goss C. Factors associated to the expression of emotions and their management by oncologists in patients newly diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. 5th Annual Scientific Conference of the European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine – EAPM, 28 June-1-July 2017 Barcelona, Spain

Del Piccolo L. Psychology and Medicine: a new spring time for integrating research, teaching and clinical practice. Invited speech. Oslo, 20 June 2017

Del Piccolo L. The Verona Coding Definitions of Emotional Sequences (VR-CoDES) Introduction to the coding system VR-CODES Workshop (8hours) 26th May 2017 CHANGSHA, China.

Del Piccolo L. Issues related to the study of communication in cancer care and ICU. CMB-OC Project: The Effects Of Family-Clinician Shared Decision-Making Model on Patient-Centered Care in Advanced Critical Illness. CHANGSHA, China, 23th

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Del Piccolo L. Clinical psychology teaching based on experiential training for students in Medicine Hunan Rongjun Hospital China, 27th May 2017.

Del Piccolo L. Combining VR-CoDES and CA to analyse sequences of interaction on emotional issues in oncology. September 7 - 10, 2016 EACH Conference, Heidelberg, Germany.

Del Piccolo L. chair of the symposium “Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches to Analyse Emotional Talk in Medical Consultations” September 7 - 10, 2016 EACH Conference, Heidelberg, Germany

Del Piccolo L., Finset A., Humphris G. (2014). Preconference workshop (8 hours): Coding Cues and Concerns with VR-CoDES. EACH Conference, Amsterdam, 28 September – 1 october, 2014, The Netherlands

Del Piccolo L. (2014) Psycho‐physiological correlates of communication in healthcare setting Symposium at the EACH Conference, Amsterdam, 28 September – 1 october, 2014, The Netherlands

E. Pietrolongo, L. Del Piccolo, A. Lugaresi, P. Confalonieri, M. Pugliatti, A. Giordano, C. Tortorella, D. Radice, A. Solari, on behalf of the AutoMS project (www.automsproject.org) Patterns in patients' expression of emotions and neurologists' response in first outpatient consultations at multiple sclerosis centers”. Rehabilitation in Multiple Sclerosis (RIMS) Conference. 6-7 July, 2014 Brighton, Uk Multiple Sclerosis Journal Volume: 20, Issue: 7, Meeting Abstract: P-75: 1006-1007. Published: JUN 2014.

Del Piccolo L., Bottacini A., Rossi F., Goss C. Patients’ concerns and health provider responses during medical consultations. Communicating in health settings: analysing interaction between doctors and patients, Università La Sapienza, Roma, 4 dicembre 2014.

Del Piccolo L. Discorrere sulle emozioni: il colloquio e le sue patologie. Convegno SOPSI, Torino 12-15 febbraio 2014

Deledda G., Rimondini M., Goss C., Del Piccolo L., Bottacini A., Zimmermann C. “What would you do in my shoes?” Information exchange among patient and psychiatrist in early psychosis” Xth ENMESH International Conference. October 3 – 5, 2013 Verona, Italy

Goss C., Ghilardi A., Deledda G., Buizza C., Chiodera F., Bottacini A., Irene B., Mazzi M.A., Del Piccolo L., Zimmermann C. and the INCA Group (2013) “The INvolvement of breast CAncer patients during oncological consultations. A multi-centre randomized control trial. The INCA study protocol”. IPOS 15th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Psycho-Oncology, 22, Special Issue: Supplement: 3: 351-352.

Goss C., Bottacini A., Deledda G., Del Piccolo L., Bighelli I., Mazzi M.A., Molino A., Zimmermann C., and INCA group (2013), "The Information Needs Of Italian Breast Cancer Patients During A First Oncological Consultation", IPOS 15th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Psycho-Oncology, 22, Special Issue: Supplement: 3: 54-55.

Deledda G., Mandragona R., Mazzi M.A., Goss C., Del Piccolo L., Bissoli L., Fiorio E., Lenotti M., Filippi E., Parolin V., Ballarin M. , Barutti C., Nalini A., Zamboni M. & Molino A. (2013), "Effect of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on weight loss and the acceptance of body image in breast cancer patients", IPOS 15th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Psycho-Oncology, 22, Special Issue: Supplement: 3: 64-65.

Deledda G., Goss C., Bottacini A., Mazzi M.A., Del Piccolo L., Bighelli I., Ballarin M., Fiorio E., Molino A.,

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Zimmermann C. (2013) "The Recall of Information after First Oncological Consultations in Female Patients with Breast Cancer", IPOS 15th World Congress of Psycho-Oncology, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Psycho-Oncology, 22, Special Issue: Supplement: 3: 183-183.

Goss C., Deledda G., Bottacini A ., Molino A.,Fiorio E., Bighelli I., Ballarin M., Del Piccolo L., Mazzi M.A., Zimmermann C. (2012) The informative needs of breast cancer patients’ s during a first oncological consultation. An observational study. EACH, St. Andrews, 4-7 September.

M.G. Cherry, I. Fletcher, H. O'Sullivan, A. Finset, L. Del Piccolo. (2012) A systematic review of cues and concerns in primary care: 1975-2012. EACH, St. Andrews, 4-7 September

Del Piccolo L. and Hilde Eide (2012). Preconference workshop (6 hours). Coding Cues and Concerns with VR-CoDES. EACH conference in St. Andrews, 3 September

Arnstein Finset & Lena Heyn, Del Piccolo L., Helen Riess, Ellen Smets, William Verheul & Jozien Bensing. (2011) New Developments in the Psychophysiological Study of Clinical Communication. The International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH) October 16-19, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Goss C., Deledda G., Chiodera F., Bottacini A, Fiorio E., Mazzi M.A., Rimondini M., Del Piccolo L., Zimmermann C. (2011) Informative needs of Family members of breast cancer patients’ during a first oncological consultation. The International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH) October 16-19, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Del Piccolo L., Deledda G., Zimmermann C. Un colloquio, tante prospettive: emozioni, informazioni e relazione. Workshop Conferenza sulla Comunicazione per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, 24 novembre 2011

Del Piccolo L. (2010). When patients cry… . International Conference on Communication in Health Care (EACH), Verona 5-8 September.

Del Piccolo L., Silvia Fontanesi, Maria Angela Mazzi, Claudia Goss, Michela Rimondini, Francesca Moretti, Christa Zimmermann. Dialogo sulle emozioni: come si esprimono i pazienti e come rispondono gli psichiatri. Conferenza sulla Comunicazione per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano 27 novembre 2009

Moretti F., Goss C., Mazzi M.A., Del Piccolo L., Rimondini M., Zimmermann C. L’approccio decisionale consiviso nel contesto psichiatrico Conferenza sulla Comunicazione per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano 27 novembre 2009.

Del Piccolo L., Silvia Fontanesi, Maria Angela Mazzi, Claudia Goss, Michela Rimondini, Francesca Moretti, Christa Zimmermann (2009). What kind of cues and concerns do psychiatric patients express during a first consultation? How do psychiatrists respond? International Conference on Communication in Health Care (AACH), Miami 4-7 October.

Del Piccolo L., Mazzi MA, Goss C, Rimondini M, Moretti F, Zimmermann C. (2008). A theoretically based proposal to evaluate medical consultations: the Verona Patient-Centred Communication Rating Scale (VR-CoPe). International Conference on Communication in Health Care (EACH), Oslo 2- 5 September.

Del Piccolo L. & Zimmermann C. (2008). Symposium: Defining patient Cues and Concerns and related Health Provider responses: a Consensus proposal by the Verona Network on Sequence Analysis. IPOS (International Psycho-Oncology Society) Congress in Madrid, 9-13 June.

Zimmermann C, Del Piccolo L., Rimondini M. Cosa dire quando il paziente esprime preoccupazioni o emozioni spiacevoli. Workshop. Conferenza sulla Comunicazione per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano 9 novembre 2007.

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Goss C., Del Piccolo L., Mazzi MA, Rimondini M., Zimmermann C. (2006) Essential physician skills for the information giving process. A survey among experts. International Conference on Communication in Health Care (EACH), Basel 5-8 September.

Del Piccolo L, Zimmermann C. (2006). Reliability and validity of the consensus criteria for patient expression of cues and concerns and provider responses. Data from the Verona workshops on sequence analysis. International Conference on Communication in Health Care (EACH), Basel 5-8 September.

Finset A, Del Piccolo L., Zimmermann C. (2006) “Patient expression of cues and concerns and provider responses. Data from the Verona workshops on sequence analysis”, International Conference on Communication in Health Care ( EACH), Basel 5-8 September.

Goss C., Moretti F., Austoni G., Paccaloni M., Del Piccolo L., Mazzi MA, Rimondini M., Zimmermann C. (2006) The use of the OPTION scale as a measure for patient involvement in a sample of Psychiatrist in Italy. International Conference on Communication in Health Care ( EACH) , Basel 5-8 September.

Zimmermann C, Del Piccolo L. Workshop “gestione di “incidenti critici” Conferenza sulla Comunicazione per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano 18 novembre 2005

Del Piccolo L., Rimondini M., Paccaloni M., Goss C., Zimmermann C. (2005). “Consensus derived criteria for the definition of cues and concerns expressed by patients in medical consultations” Simposium AAPP Forum, International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (AACH) , Chicago October 6-8

Rimondini M., Del Piccolo L., Goss C., Mazzi M., Paccaloni, M, Zimmermann C (2005). The effects of a training in communication skills in a group of residents. AAPP Forum, II International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (AACH), Chicago October 6-8

Finset A., Del Piccolo L., Zimmermann C. (2005). Cues and concerns in medical consultations. AAPP Forum., II International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (AACH) , Chicago October 6-8

Goss C., Fontanesi S., Mazzi M., Del Piccolo L., Rimondini M Zimmermann C. (2005) The use of the OPTION scale as a measure for patient involvement in a sample of General Practitioners in Italy. 3rd International Shared Decision Making Conference, Ottawa 14-16 giugno.

Rimondini M., Del Piccolo L., Goss C., Mazzi M., Paccaloni M., Zimmermann C. (2004). Responding to patients’ cues and expressed emotions after a communication skills training. Sequence analyses of patient-provider interaction. Work in progress, Verona 6-7 febbraio.

Rimondini M., Del Piccolo L., Goss C., Grosso L., Mazzi M.A., Paccaloni M., Perlini S., Zimmermann C. (2004). The art of being a simulated psychiatric patient. The effect of gender, symptoms, and different interviews on actors’ performance. International Conference on Communication in Health Care ( EACH), Bruges 14-17 settembre.

Zimmermann C., Brigo E., Del Piccolo L., Goss C., Mazzi M.A., Paccaloni M., Rimondini M. (2004). The effects of repeated practice on interview performances of residents in psychiatry. International Conference on Communication in Health Care ( EACH), Bruges 14-17 settembre.

Zimmermann C., Del Piccolo L., Goss C., Mazzi M., Paccaloni M. & Rimondini M (2004). The effects of repeated practice on the interview performance of residents in psychiatry. International Conference Health & Communication ( EACH), Bruges 14-17 settembre

Rimondini M., Del Piccolo L., Goss C., Mazzi M., Paccaloni M. & Zimmermann C. (2004). The art of being a

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simulated patient: the effect of gender, symptoms and different interviewers on actors’ performance. International Conference Health & Communication ( EACH), Bruges 14-17 settembre.

Del Piccolo L., Finset A., Zimmermann C. (2004). Quantitative approaches to the study of cues and concerns. International Conference Health & Communication ( EACH),. Bruges 14-17 settembre.

Rimondini M., Del Piccolo L., Goss C., Mazzi M., Paccaloni M. & Zimmermann C. (2004). Responding to patients’ cues and expressed emotions after a communication skills training. Verona Network on Sequence Analysis, Work in Progress, Verona 6-7 febbraio.

Goss C., Mazzi M.A., Del Piccolo L., Zimmermann C. (2003). Information giving in general practice. Association with antecedent and subsequent patient talk. The 2nd International Shared Decision Making Conference, Swansea 2-4 settembre

Tagliavini G., Paccaloni M., Cordioli E., Mazzi M.A., Rimondini M., Del Piccolo L. (2002). Development and evaluation of a training on patient-centred interviewing for General Practitioners. Preliminary results. International Conference Health & Communication ( EACH) , Warwick 18-21 settembre.

Del Piccolo L., Mazzi M., Putnam S.M.; Zimmermann C. (2002) Physician-patient interaction sequences. Do patient-centred behaviours really make a difference? International Conference Health & Communication ( EACH) , Warwick 18-21 settembre.

Del Piccolo L., Gask L., Mead N., Comegna C., O’Sullivan F.A., Zimmermann C. (2002). General practice consultations in Verona and Manchester: a cross national comparison. International Conference Health & Communication ( EACH), Warwick 18-21 settembre.

Del Piccolo L., Saltini A., Pozzoli. U..; Zimmerman C. (2002) The Verona Medical Interview Classification System: A new teaching and research coding scheme of patient-physician verbal interactions. Research and Teaching Forum on Doctor-Patient Communication, Maritime Institute Baltimore-Washington Maryland, 8-9 marzo

Del Piccolo L., Putnam S. M., Mazzi M. A.; Zimmerman C. (2002) Using The Verona Medical Interview Classification System to characterize Patient-Physician interactions. Research and Teaching Forum on Doctor-Patient Communication, Maritime Institute Baltimore-Washington Maryland 8-9 marzo

Tagliavini G., Del Piccolo L., Saltini A., Bonini P. & Rimondini M. (2000). VR-MICS (Verona Medical Interview Classification System) as a tool for the evaluation of training on communication skills in medicine. International Conference on Health and Communication for Health Professionals, Educators and Researchers, Barcellona 20-22 settembre.

Saltini A., Mazzi M., Del Piccolo L. & Zimmermann C. (2000). The limitations of decisional processes in attributing emotional distress to general practice patients. International Conference on Health and Communication for Health Professionals, Educators and. Researchers, Barcellona 20-22 settembre.

Del Piccolo L. & Pozzoli U. (2000). VR-MICS Software interface: an application to analyse doctor-patient verbal interactions in general practice. International Conference on Health and Communication for Health Professionals, Educators and Researchers. Barcellona, 20-22 settembre.

Del Piccolo L., Saltini A., Zimmermann Ch. (1999). The Verona-Medical Interview Classification System (VR-MICS): presentation and reliability study. I International Congress of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatics, Oporto, Portogallo 4-8 maggio.

Saltini A., Del Piccolo L., Zimmermann Ch. (1999). Verbal behaviour of general practice patients in relation to

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their emotional distress and GP identification. I International Congress of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatics, Oporto, Portogallo 4-8 maggio.

Del Piccolo L., Zimmermann C., Saltini A. (1998). Different Doctors, different patients. Are the medical interviews all the same? 22nd European Conference on Psychosomatic Research –Institute of Science and Technology dell’ Università di Manchester, 3-5 settembre.

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