2021
The impact of generalized anxiety disorder in obsessive-compulsive disorder patients.
Sharma P, Rosário M, Ferrão Y, Albertella L, Miguel E, Fontenelle L. The impact of generalized anxiety disorder in obsessive-compulsive disorder patients. Psychiatry Research 2021, 300: 113898. PMID: 33812219, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113898.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGeneralized anxiety disorderObsessive-compulsive disorderComorbid generalized anxiety disorderAnxiety disordersOnset of OCDType II bipolar disorderDiagnosis of GADTreatment of OCDObsessive-compulsive disorder patientsSevere anxiety symptomsMann-Whitney U testChi-square testPrevalent comorbiditiesClinical profileClinical severityMood disordersDisorder patientsComorbid anxietyPanic disorderBipolar disorderAvoidant behaviorComorbiditiesGreater suicidalityLogistic regressionU test
2016
Prevalence and correlates of electroconvulsive therapy delivery in 1001 obsessive-compulsive disorder outpatients
dos Santos-Ribeiro S, Lins-Martins N, Frydman I, do Rosário M, Ferrão Y, Shavitt R, Yücel M, Miguel E, Fontenelle L. Prevalence and correlates of electroconvulsive therapy delivery in 1001 obsessive-compulsive disorder outpatients. Psychiatry Research 2016, 239: 145-148. PMID: 27137976, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.03.020.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectroconvulsive therapyObsessive-compulsive disorderOCD patientsHigher global severitySerotonin reuptake inhibitorsObsessive-compulsive disorder outpatientsContamination/washing symptomsRates of psychosisDifferent specialized centersAdequate trialReuptake inhibitorsSpecialized centersGlobal severityGreater suicidalityDisorder outpatientsTherapy deliveryTerms of responseAssessment BatteryPatientsOCD symptomsSymptomsWashing symptomsAntipsychoticsOutpatientsTherapy