Education
Degree in medicine and surgery University of Bari (1986)
Specialization in psychiatry - University of Bari (1990)
Specialization in clinical criminology, medical, psychological and forensic psychiatric specialization - University of Bari (1994)
Specialization in Analytical Individual Psychotherapy - ARIRI School.
Specialization in Family and Relational Therapy - University of Bari

Membership
Order of Surgeons of Bari (1986)
Doctor Psychotherapist
Member of the Scientific and Organizing Secretariat of the National Congress of the Italian Society of Criminology, year 2001.
Ordinary of the: Italian Society of Criminology, Italian Society of Legal Medicine, Italian Society of Psychiatry, Italian Society of Forensic Psychiatry. SIP Puglia and Southern Italy Manager of the SIP National Project on Prison Psychiatry in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Member of the SIP National Commission for the reformulation of the Invalidity Tables in relation to mental illness. Board elected in the Appulo-Lucana Section of the Italian Psychiatric Society for the three-year period 2007-2009 and the four-year period 2009-2012.
Member of the Scientific Commission of the Society Italian Criminology Association since 2008.
Member of the Italian Society of Criminology since 2014.
Member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences since 2010 in the Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry Section.
Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences since 2013 in the Section for Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry.

Languages
Italian, English

Felice Carabellese has participated in over 300 National and International Congresses. Over the last 20 years he has taken part in the National Congresses of the Italian Society of Psychiatry, the Italian Society of Psychopathology, the Italian Society of Criminology, the Italian Society of Legal Medicine and Insurance, the Italian Society of Forensic Psychiatry and the Italian Society of Forensic Psychotherapy, over the last 20 years almost constantly as an invited speaker.
He participated in the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry in 1999, in the congress of the Association of European Psychiatrists in 2000, in the World Congress of Biological Psychiatry 2001, in the World Congress of the Psychiatric Association in 2004, in the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Washington, DC in 2008 and in the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, in 2009 (Denver), in 2010 (Seattle), 2011 (Chicago), 2012 (Atlanta) and 2013 (Washington), in the XXXIII International Congress on Law and Mental Health (Amsterdam, 14-19 July 2013) where he presented oral reports at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law in 2011 (Boston).
He went to New York in 2000 for training internships on research methodology topics. In addition, there were also training meetings of criminal and psychiatric-forensic interest in which he participated in the national territory as a speaker and / or trainer; national conferences in which he presented reports or communications.
He acquired the National Eligibility as a First Band Professor SSD MED / 43 (2016 Announcement) on August 3, 2017 (valid until August 3, 2023).
Member of the Disciplinary Commission of the University of Aldo Moro of Bari for the three-year period 2017-2019.
In 2019 he was the Representative of the University of Bari Aldo Moro for the agreement with research and training purposes with the Consortium of Social Cooperatives Metropolis, the management body of numerous CRAP Dedicate forensic in Puglia, also assuming the role of Scientific Consultant for the forensic activities of the same consortium.
He participated and won the Competition for Professor of First Band SSD MED/43 announced by the Aldo Moro University of Bari in the A/A 2020/21 programming.
Since March 2, 2022 he has been called as Professor of First Band SSD MED/43 by the same University and works at the Section of Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry.
In December 2023, he was the Referent of the University of Bari Aldo Moro for the agreement for research and training purposes with the Puglia Region for the Family Trauma Research project, a project for which the Regional Authority undertakes to pay a €150,000.00 grant entirely donated to research funds.
He carries out consultancy activities for various regional and extra-regional Courts as a forensic psychiatrist expert: over 1500 assignments carried out so far, in criminal and civil matters, with extensive personal case history acquired. The case history on homicide perpetrators is very extensive, among the largest in international scientific literature.
He took part in the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry in 1999; in the congress of the Association of European Psychiatrists in 2000 and 2024 (Budapest, 6-9 April), where he presented a paper in a symposium; at the 2001 World Congress of Biological Psychiatry; the 2004 World Psychiatric Association Congress; at the 2008 (Washington, DC), 2009 (Denver), 2010 (Seattle), 2011 (Chicago), 2012 (Atlanta), 2013 (Washington), 2015 (Orlando), 2016 (Las Vegas), 2017 (New Orleans), 2018 (Seattle) Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, all meetings where he gave an oral presentation; of 2019 (Baltimore) where he presented posters and oral presentations, of 2020 (Anaheim) where he proposed a workshop and 4 posters, of 2021, a conference held online, of 2022 (Seattle) where he is a speaker in a workshop and presented 2 posters; at the XXXIII meeting of the International Academy of Law and Mental Health (Amsterdam, 14-19 July 2013), at the XXXV meeting (Vienna, 12-17 July 2015) where he presented oral papers, at the XXXVI (2017 Prague), where he proposed and moderated two Symposia, also presenting two oral papers, at the XXXVII (2021 Rome), where he presented two oral papers, at the XXXVIII (2023 Lyon), where he presented two posters and presented a paper in a symposium, at the XXXIX (2024 Barcelona) where he presented a paper in a symposium that he coordinated; at the Annual Meetings of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law AAPL in 2011 (Boston), in 2013 (San Diego) where he presented a poster, in 2015 (Fort Lauderdale) where he presented two oral papers, in 2016 (Portland), in 2018 (Austin) where he presented two oral papers in the Symposium proposed and moderated by the undersigned, in 2020 (remote), in 2023 (Chicago, October 22-29) where he proposed a workshop and 4 posters; at the Annual Meeting of the International Academy of Forensic Mental Health Services IAFMHS (2022, Berlin), where he presented two posters and a paper in a symposium and in 2024 (San Francisco) where he presented a paper in a symposium and participated in a round table; at the Royal College of Psychiatry (Milan, 2024), where he presented two papers and inaugurated the Congress.
He is the founder in 2022 together with experts and academics from the USA, Canada, Europe and Oceania of the International College of Neuroethics and Neuroscience (ICONN).
In 2018 (16-17 August 2018) he was invited as main speaker at the 3rd International Conference of Forensic Psychology and Criminology in Stockholm (Sweden).
He went to New York in 2000 for training in research methodology topics.
He has participated in numerous training meetings of criminological and forensic-psychiatric interest invited throughout the country, where he took part in training and scientific events.

Partial List of Scientific Publications
Latest articles in International Journals with I.F.
1. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Sexual Offending: a Systematic Review, (Margari A., De Agazio G., Marzulli L., Piarulli F.M., Mandarelli G., Catanesi R., Carabellese F., Cortese S.), Neurosciences and Biobehavioral Reviews, 2024, 10.1016/j.neurobiorev.2024.105687.
2. Efficacy of Treatment Approaches for Stalking Offenders: a Systematic Review, (Travaini G., Flutti E., Moretti G., Carabellese F., Catanesi R., Mandarelli G.) International Review of Psychiatry, 2024 doi.org/10.1080/09540261.2024.2368796.
3. Falls in the Hospital: an Italian Clinical Risk Management Perspective (Buongiorno L., Mele F., Solarino B., Ferorelli B., Zotti F., Dell’Erba A., Carabellese F., Catanesi R., Ferracuti S., Mandarelli G.), Journal of Patient Safety and Risk Management, 2024 doi.org/10.1177/25160435241246344.
4. Differences between Migrant and Italia National Patients in an Italian Forensic Unit: a Retrospective Study, (Rossetto I., Franconi F., Carabellese Fu., Parente L., Vignali G., Blandino A., Carabellese F.) 2023, Rassegna Italiana di Criminologia, 1. Doi.org/10.7347/RIC-012023-p39.
5. Italian Evaluation and Excellence in REMS (ITAL-EE-REMS): Appropriate Placement of Forensic Patients in REMS Forensic Facilities (Parente L., Carabellese FU., Felthous A., La Tegola D., Davoren M., Kennedy H., Carabellese F.), Research Square, 2023, doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3459344/v1.
6. Antipsychotic Polypharmacy and High-Dose Antipsychotic Regimens in the Residential Italian Forensic Psychiatry Population (REMS) (Mandarelli G., Carabellese F., Di Sciascio G., Catanesi R.), Frontiers in Psychology, Open Access, 2023
7. Between psychopathy and deviant socialization: a close look at the mafia men (Carabellese Felice, Carabellese F., Mandarelli G, Montalbò D., Parente L., La Tegola D., Petroni G, Bruno G., Catanesi R., Felthous A.R., Int. J Law Psychiatry, 2023, 89, doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2023.101907. Epub 2023 Jul 11.
8. Excellence in forensic psychiatry services: international survey of qualities and correlates (Patrick McLaughlin P., Brady P., Carabellese Felice, Carabellese Fulvio, Parente L., Uhrskov Sorensen L., Jeandarme I., Habets P., Simpson A., Davoren M. and Kennedy H.G), BJPsych Open, 2023, 9(6) e193.
9. Personality disorders and schizophrenia spectrum disorders in the Italian forensic psychiatric population: clinical characteristics, pattern of violence and treatment, (Margari A, Catanesi R, Carabellese F, Buongiorno L,
Piarulli F.M., Mandarelli G., 2023, International Review of Psychiatry, https://doi.org/10.1080/09540261.2023.2287095
10.The DUNDRUM ToolKit, Italian version and its potential use in the italian forensic treatment model (Carabellese Felice, Parente L, La Tegola D, Rossetto I, Franconi F, Zanalda E, Mandarelli G, Catanesi R, Kennedy HG, Carabellese Fulvio), 2022, Italian Review of Criminology, XVI, 4, 271-282. https://doi.org/10.7347/RIC-042022-p271

Most Recent Chapters in Treatises
1. The Clinician’s Duty to Warn or Protect: in the United States, England, Canada, New Zealand, France, Spain and Italy. (Felthous AR, O’Shaughnessy R, Kuten J, Francoise-Pursell I, Medrano J, Carabellese F), in Felthous AR & Sab H (Ed): The International Handbook of Psychopathic Disorders and the Law, John Willey & Sons, 2020.
2. Child maltreatment and psychopathy (Schimmenti A, Carabellese F, Caretti V), in Felthous AR & Sab H (Ed): The International Handbook of Psychopathic Disorders and the Law, John Willey & Sons, 2020.
3. Physical restraint of the mentally ill. Crimes committed against them. Political abuse and conscientious objections. (Catanesi R, Carabellese F, Troccoli G, Volterra V) in: Volterra V. (edited by) Forensic Psychiatry, Criminology and Psychiatric Ethics. pp. 967-979, Milan: Masson, 2010. ISBN: 978-88-214-3058-9.
4. Legal protection of the mentally ill. (Catanesi R, Carabellese F) in Volterra V. (edited by): Forensic Psychiatry, Criminology and Psychiatric Ethics. pp. 653-699, Milan: Elsevier Masson, 2010. ISBN: 978-88-214-3058-9.
5. Physical restraint in psychiatry (Catanesi R, Troccoli G, Carabellese F). In: Volterra V. (ed.): III Ed. of the Italian Treatise of Psychiatry, vol.: Forensic Psychiatry, Criminology and Psychiatric Ethics. pp. 891-901, Milan: Masson, 2006. ISBN: 88-214-2748-X.
6. The legal protection of the mentally ill (Catanesi R, Carabellese F), Volterra V. (ed.) Chapter included in the III Ed. of the Italian Treatise of Psychiatry, vol.: Forensic Psychiatry, Criminology and Psychiatric Ethics, Masson, Milan, 2006, pp. 569-617. ISBN: 88-214-2748-X.

Partial list
Felice Francesco Carabellese holds or has held the role of Professor in the following courses:
- Forensic Psychopathology (SSD MED/43), Integrated Course of Legal Medicine, in the Master's Degree in Medicine and Surgery of the University of Bari from the Academic Year 2005/06 to date.
- Criminology and Social Defense (SSD MED/43), Integrated Course of Legal Medicine, in the Specialist Degree in Medicine and Surgery of the University of Bari from the Academic Year 2006/07 to date.
- Bioethics (SSD MED/43) and Legal Medicine (SSD MED/43) in the Three-Year Degree in Professional Education from the Academic Year 2005/06 to date.
- Bioethics (SSD MED/43) and Forensic Medicine (SSD MED/43) in the Bachelor's Degree in Medical Radiology Technician from Academic Year 2017/18 to date.
- Bioethics (SSD MED/43) and Forensic Medicine (SSD MED/43) in the Bachelor's Degree in Health Care from Academic Year 2017/18 to date.
- Forensic Medicine (SSD MED/43) in the Master's Degree in Law and in the Bachelor's Degree in Legal and Immigration Sciences from Academic Year 2019/20 to date.
- Forensic Medicine (SSD MED/43) in the Master's Degree in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Bari Aldo Moro, Taranto campus, from Academic Year 2023/24 to date.
- Forensic Medicine (SSD MED/43) in the Degree Course in Nursing Sciences at the University of Foggia in the Academic Year 2017/18.
- Forensic Medicine (SSD MED/43) in the Specialist Degree Course in Health Professions of Prevention from the Academic Year 2013/14 to the Academic Year 2019/2020.
- Ethics (SSD MED/43) and Forensic Medicine (SSD MED/43) in the Three-Year Degree Course in Biomedical Laboratory Techniques from the Academic Year 2007/08 to the Academic Year 2019/2020.
- Forensic Psychopathology and Legal Medicine (SSD MED/43) in the Schools of Specialization in Dermatology, Occupational Medicine, Psychiatry and Legal Medicine of the University of Bari and in that of Psychiatry of the University of Foggia.
- Forensic Psychopathology (SSD MED/43) in the Master in Sexual Medicine of the University of Bari from the Academic Year 2007/08 until the Academic Year 2014/2015 when the Course ceased.
- Forensic Psychopathology (SSD MED/43) in the Master of II Level in Clinical Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry La Sapienza University of Rome from the Academic Year 2017/18 until today.
- Forensic Psychopathology (SSD MED/43) in the II Level Master in Clinical Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry at LUMSA University of Rome from A.A. 2017/18 to date.
- Forensic Psychopathology (SSD MED/43) in the II Level Master in Legal Psychology at the University of Bari Aldo Moro from A.A. 2020/21 to date.
In the Academic Years 2005-2008 he was a member of the Teaching Commission of the Degree Course in Professional Educator of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Bari.
From A.A. 2006/07 he was a Proposing Professor in the Master in Clinical Criminology at the University of Bari and Coordinator of the same Course of Study for the following years (AA 2007/08; AA 2008/09; AA 2009/10; AA 2010/11) until the course was active.
In the A.A. 2011/12 Professor in the Specialization Course "Juvenile Justice: minors and family", Department of Legal and Social Sciences, University "Gabriele D'Annunzio" Chieti-Pescara.
Since the A.A. 2010/11 he has been a member of the Organizing Committee of the Schools of Specialization in Psychiatry at the University of Bari, Occupational Medicine at the University of Bari and Foggia.
From the A.A. 2012/13 to the A.A. 2016/17 he was a Professor in the Master in Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry of the University of the Republic of San Marino.
Proposer of the establishment of a new Course of Study at the University of Bari Aldo Moro (Short Master in Rehabilitation Treatment and Assessment of the Risk of Criminal Recidivism of the Mentally Ill Perpetrator of a Socially Dangerous Offender) and became its Director for the academic year 2015/16. Within the Course he invites illustrious Professors from the USA and the UK, as well as other Professors of national importance, finally organizing an International Seminar at the same University for the days 23 and 24 September 2016, accredited with 8 ECM for doctors and psychologists.
Proposer for the A/A 2016/17 the activation of a new Course of Study at the University of Bari Aldo Moro (Short Master: The forensic rehabilitation and psychotherapeutic treatment of the mentally ill offender”), with the role of Director.
He is the Scientific Director for the academic year 2016/17 of the training course “Risk Assessment of Social Psychiatric Dangerousness” in collaboration with the Consortium of the Metropolis Community, which sees the participation of illustrious international teachers.