Personale docente

Christian Franceschini is currently Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Italy. He is a member of the Interdepartmental Centre for Sleep Medicine at the University of Parma. He collaborates with the Sleep Centre of the University of Bologna in research and clinical consultation in the differential clinical diagnosis of sleep disorders and in psychological and neuropsychological assessment for the design of individualised clinical interventions. He is the author of several scientific publications, mostly in international journals (Brain, Sleep, Movement Disorders, Clinical Neurophysiology, Sleep Medicine, Journal of Sleep Research, Frontiers in Psychology etc.), on research topics in sleep disorders and clinical psychology, in particular on narcolepsy, insomnia, REM sleep behaviour disorders, restless legs syndrome, coping strategies and sleep and adaptive behaviour.

He has been a Board Member of the Italian Academy of Sleep Medicine since 2021 (currently) and, as of February 24, 2025, he will serve as a member of the Order of Psychologists of Emilia Romagna.

He is a member of the following scientific societies: Italian Society of Sleep Medicine (AIMS) since 2005, European Sleep Research Society from 2005 to 2010, Italian Society of Psychology since 2019 and honorary member of the Italian Association of Narcoleptic and Hypersmonious Patients (AIN) since 2009. He has been a member of the Disciplinary Board of Clinical Psychology since 2014.  Since 2022, he has been a member of the AIMS Executive Board and the Teaching Commission.

Areas of particular interest and expertise: psychopathology of narcolepsy; behavioural sleep medicine; sleep and cognition; motor control during sleep; cognitive performance and sleepiness; insomnia and CBT insomnia; emotional dysregulation in narcolepsy; disorders of motor control during sleep (parasomnias, REM sleep behaviour disorders, restless legs and periodic limb movements of sleep, etc.); stigma in sleep disorders; sleep and adaptive behaviour.