ALESSANDRO UBBIALI, Ph.D.

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VICE-PRESIDENT - IN CHARGE OF PSYCHODIAGNOSIS AND PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT AREA

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Dr. Alessandro Ubbiali is a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and practices in Milan as Psychotherapist Dynamically Oriented.
He graduated in Psychology, in the field of Clinical and Community Psychology at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University of Milan and completed his specialization at the School of Clinical Psychology at the same University.
He began his training at the Centre for Research and Treatment of Anxiety-related Disorders of the H San Raffaele Turro Institute’s Department of Neuropsychiatry in Milan, gaining a deeper knowledge of the clinical and neuropsychological aspects of Axis I diagnoses included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), with particular attention to Eating Disorders and the Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders.
Since 2002 his Clinical and Research interests have focused specifically on the diagnosis and treatment, both individual and in groups, of subjects with Personality Disorders and extending to the Clinical Health Psychology, with special attention to the psychosocial aspects involved with HIV+ people.
In these fields he has contributed to the Italian translation and validation of several tools deriving from international scientific research for psychological and personality assessment, the most recent of which are: Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology - Basic Questionnaire (DAPP-BQ), Inventory of Interpersonal problems-47 for Personality Disorders (IIP-47), Big Five Inventory (BFI), Severity Indices of Personality Problems (SIPP), Healthy Functioning Rating Scale - SWAP-200 (HFRS-SWAP-200) and Multidimensional Health locus of Control - Form C (MHLC-C).
From the academic year 2004-2005 to 2007-2008, he was Teaching Assistant / Teaching Fellow of Psycho-sexology, Test Theory and Techniques, Personality Test Theory and Techniques and Personality Assessment Techniques at the School of Psychology of the San Raffaele Vita-Salute University of Milan. During the academic year 2007-2008 he was a part–time Lecturer in Personality Assessment Techniques at the same Faculty.
Dr. Alessandro Ubbiali is a member of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (ISSPD), the International Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR) and the International Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI).
He is the Author of Peer-Reviewed Scientific Articles, of several conference papers at National and International Congress, and has been a referee for the international journals: ‘Psychology, Health & Medicine’, ‘AIDS Care’ (Routledge, Tayolor & Francis Group) and ‘Psychosomatic Research’ (Elsevier).
In 2009 and 2011 he was cited in the prestigious international publication “Marquis Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare” (7th & 8th Edition).
From 2013 he was selected to appear in “Who's Who in the World 2014” (31st Edition).
Dr. Alessandro Ubbiali is a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and practices in Milan as Psychotherapist Dynamically Oriented.
He graduated in Psychology, in the field of Clinical and Community Psychology at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University of Milan and completed his specialization at the School of Clinical Psychology at the same University.
He began his training at the Centre for Research and Treatment of Anxiety-related Disorders of the H San Raffaele Turro Institute’s Department of Neuropsychiatry in Milan, gaining a deeper knowledge of the clinical and neuropsychological aspects of Axis I diagnoses included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), with particular attention to Eating Disorders and the Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders.

Since 2002 his Clinical and Research interests have focused specifically on the diagnosis and treatment, both individual and in groups, of subjects with Personality Disorders and extending to the Clinical Health Psychology, with special attention to the psychosocial aspects involved with HIV+ people.
In these fields he has contributed to the Italian translation and validation of several tools deriving from international scientific research for psychological and personality assessment, the most recent of which are: Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology - Basic Questionnaire (DAPP-BQ), Inventory of Interpersonal problems-47 for Personality Disorders (IIP-47), Big Five Inventory (BFI), Severity Indices of Personality Problems (SIPP), Healthy Functioning Rating Scale - SWAP-200 (HFRS-SWAP-200) and Multidimensional Health locus of Control - Form C (MHLC-C).

From the academic year 2004-2005 to 2007-2008, he was Teaching Assistant / Teaching Fellow of Psycho-sexology, Test Theory and Techniques, Personality Test Theory and Techniques and Personality Assessment Techniques at the School of Psychology of the San Raffaele Vita-Salute University of Milan. During the academic year 2007-2008 he was a part–time Lecturer in Personality Assessment Techniques at the same Faculty.

Dr. Alessandro Ubbiali is a member of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (ISSPD), the International Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR) and the International Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI).
He is the Author of Peer-Reviewed Scientific Articles, of several conference papers at National and International Congress, and has been a referee for the international journals: ‘Psychology, Health & Medicine’, ‘AIDS Care’ (Routledge, Tayolor & Francis Group) and ‘Psychosomatic Research’ (Elsevier).

In 2009 and 2011 he was cited in the prestigious international publication “Marquis Who’s Who in Medicine and Healthcare” (7th & 8th Edition).
From 2013 he was selected to appear in “Who's Who in the World 2014” (31st Edition).

 

PUBLICATIONS

  1. Chiorri C., Marsh H. W., Ubbiali A., & Donati D. (2015). Testing the factor structure and measurement invariance across gender of the Big Five Inventory through exploratory structural equation modeling. Journal of Psychological Assessment. doi:10.1080/00223891.2015.1035381
  2. Donati D., Ubbiali A., Chiorri C., & Hampton P. (2014). DAPP-BQ - Dimensional Assessment of Personality Pathology - Basic Questionnaire. Firenze: Hogrefe.
  3. Ubbiali A., Chiorri C., Hampton P., Donati D. (2013). Psychometric properties of the Italian adaptation of the Big Five Inventory. Bollettino di Psicologia Applicata, 266, 37-48.
  4. Ubbiali A., Chiorri C., Donati D. (2011). The Italian version of the Inventory of Interpersonal Problems Personality Disorders Scales (IIP-47): psychometric properties and clinical usefulness as a screening measure. Journal of Personality Disorders, 25:4, 528-541.
  5. Ubbiali A., Donati D., Chiorri C., Bregani V., Cattaneo E., Maffei C., Visintini R. (2008). Prediction of adherence to antiretroviral therapy: can patients’ gender play some role? An Italian pilot study. AIDS care, 20:5,571-575.
  6. Ubbiali A., Donati D., Chiorri C., Bregani V., Cattaneo E., Maffei C., Visintini R. (2008). The usefulness of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Form C (MHLC-C) for HIV+ subjects: an Italian study. AIDS care, 20:4,495-502.
  7. Visintini R., Ubbiali A., Donati D., Chiorri C., Maffei C. (2007). Referral to group psychotherapy: a retrospective study on patients’ personality features associated with clinicians’ judgments. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 57(4): 517-527.
  8. Cavedini P., Zorzi C., Bassi T., Gorini A., Baraldi C., Ubbiali A., Bellodi L. (2006): Decision-making functioning as a predictor of treatment outcome in Anorexia Nervosa. Psychiatry Research, 145(2-3):179-187.
  9. Visintini R., Ubbiali A., Donati D., Cattaneo E., Palermo G., Maffei C. (2005): Possibili indicatori alla psicoterapia di gruppo per pazienti con Disturbi della Personalità. Giornale Italiano di Psicopatologia, 11;4:99-102.
  10. Cavedini P., Bassi T., Ubbiali A., Casolari A., Giordani S., Bellodi L. (2004): The neuropsychological investigation of decision-making in Anorexia Nervosa. Psychiatric Research, 127;(3):259-266.
  11. Cavedini P., Zorzi C., Ubbiali A., Gorini A., D’Annucci A., Bassi T., Giordani S., Baraldi C. & Bellodi L. (2003). The Neurophysiology of Decision-Making in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Report. Brain and Cognition 51;2:236-7.
  12. Cavallaro R., Cavedini P., Mistretta P., Bassi T., Angelone S., Ubbiali A., Bellodi L. (2003): Basal-corticofrontal circuits in schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive disorder: a controlled double dissociation study. Biological Psychiatry, 54;4:427-436.
  13. Cavedini P., Ubbiali A., Gorini A., Zorzi C., Bassi T., Giordani S., D’Annucci A. (2002): The contribution of neuropsychological and clinical-epidemiological variables in the prediction of treatment outcome in obsessive-compulsive disorder. European Neuropsychopharmacology The Journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 12(3),359.
  14. Ubbiali A. (2002). L’approccio neuropsicologico nella valutazione dei disturbi dello Spettro Ossessivo-Compulsivo. In: Studi sperimentali su Anoressia, Bulimia ed altri disturbi del comportamento Alimentare. Mario Negri Institute Alumni Association (MNIAA), Premio di Laurea MNIAA 2001.

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