Professor Martina Smorti, Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Pisa, conducted, in collaboration with the Cardiomyopathy Unit of Careggi and with the support of AICARM, a survey on the psychological impact of the disease on young patients. Support groups were created for late adolescents and young adults in which it was evident that sharing the disease with other children is useful for promoting communication about cardiomyopathy even in broader social relationships.

Second installment of the AICARMNews series on the answers doctors, analysts and therapists give to the most frequent questions they hear from patients. This time to answer is Guendalina Rossi, psychiatrist and psychotherapist. These are five questions that summarize the doubts, worries and anxieties of those who encounter the disease for the first time. "The answers - says Dr. Rossi - certainly do not exhaust or fully satisfy curiosity and the need to know, but we hope they can stimulate interest in further study"