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 Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology
Department of Medicine and Public Health
Padiglione Antonini
Via O. Rossi, 9
21100 Varese - Italy
Tel: +390332217340
Fax: +390332217339
E-mail: marco.bellani@uninsubria.it
 

Biography

 Born in Varese, Italy, on April 28, 1955
High School: Liceo Classico Cairoli, Varese
Degree in Medicine, University of Pavia
Graduate Degrees in Clinical Psychology and Individual and Group Psychotherapy, University of Milan
Married to Emanuela Volpe
Two children: Talia and Michele Hiram
 

Qualifications and awards

 Cariplo Prize winner for Medical Research – University of Pavia, 1996.
 

Research interests
  • Psychological aspects in Surgery.
  • Communication and Counselling Interventions in Medical Practice.
  • Psychological and Psychopathological Aspects in HIV infection and AIDS.
  • Communication and Counselling in HIV infection and AIDS.
  • Psychological Support for patients and professional caregivers in HIV and AIDS.
  • Personality factors and HIV risk sexual behaviours in young people: determinants for prevention.
  • Diagnosis and Psychotherapy in Personality Disorders.
  • Communication and Psychological Therapies in Palliative Care.
  • Communication and Counselling in Psycho-oncology.
  • How to break bad news in oncological setting.
  • Psychological issues related to Breast Cancer.
  • Psychotherapeutic Interventions for oncological patient and his family.
  • Communication and Counselling in Odontoiatry.
  • Smoking Cessation in Dental Patient Care.
 

Teaching experience and appointments
  • Lecturer in Psychology, School of Medicine, University of Pavia 1991-1998
  • Instructor in Clinical Psychology, School of Specialization in Clinical Psychology, University of Siena 1993-1994
  • Instructor in Medical Psychology, School of Medicine, University of Pavia 1993-1997
  • Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, School of Medicine, University of Insubria 1999
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, School of Medicine, University of Insubria 1999-2004
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, School of Medicine, University of Insubria 2004
  • Consultant to Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome.
  • National Secretary of Italian Society of Psycho-Oncology
  • Member of Italian Society of Psychiatry and International Psycho-Oncology Society
  • Member of Italian College of Clinical Psychology Professors
 

Representative  publications

 -Counselling in HIV Infection and Disease. Ministry of Health, Rome; 1995 (Book, IT);

-Counselling in HIV Infection and AIDS. Milan, McGraw-Hill; 1997 (Book, IT);

-Communication and Counselling in Odontoiatry. Milan, Masson; 1999 (Book, IT);

-Psychoncology. Milan, Masson; 2001 (Book, IT);

-Psycho-oncology: Health and Distress. Brescia, Italian Society of
-Psycho-Oncology, 2002 (Book, IT).

Authored of 50 chapters in textbooks and more than 110 scientific papers.
 

Clinical interests

Chief of Clinical Psychology and Psycho-Oncology Unit, Varese, General Hospital 2000.

Main area of clinical interest is the interface between psychology and medicine, specifically psycho-oncology.

 
 
   
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