2024
Social skills in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder before and after treatment.
da Silva F, Batistuzzo M, Diniz J, D'Alcante C, Timpano K, Shavitt R, Miguel E, Hoexter M. Social skills in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder before and after treatment. Brazilian Journal Of Psychiatry 2024 PMID: 38875529, DOI: 10.47626/1516-4446-2024-3577.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObsessive-compulsive disorderObsessive-compulsive disorder symptomatologySocial skillsIllness durationControl participantsSeverity of obsessive-compulsive disorderObsessive-compulsive disorder severityObsessive-compulsive disorder symptomsSS total scoreScores compared to controlsOCD symptomatologyGroup differencesIllness onsetPredictors of SSTotal scoreCourse of treatmentSymptomatologyTreatment investigationsSS performanceTreatment effectsIllnessDisordersTreatment-naive patientsSkillsFollow-up period
2022
Neurocircuit models of obsessive-compulsive disorder: limitations and future directions for research
Shephard E, Batistuzzo M, Hoexter M, Stern E, Zuccolo P, Ogawa C, Silva R, Brunoni A, Costa D, Doretto V, Saraiva L, Cappi C, Shavitt R, Simpson H, van den Heuvel O, Miguel E. Neurocircuit models of obsessive-compulsive disorder: limitations and future directions for research. Brazilian Journal Of Psychiatry 2022, 44: 187-200. PMID: 35617698, PMCID: PMC9041967, DOI: 10.1590/1516-4446-2020-1709.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderCourse of OCDCognitive mechanismsCommon psychiatric conditionsSpecific neurocircuitsCognitive functionNeurocognitive functionPsychiatric conditionsFuture researchComplexity of brainFuture directionsDisordersCurrent reviewNeuroscienceNeurocircuitsCompulsionResearchSymptomatologyObsessionExperiences of patientsExperienceImportant limitationsPresentationBetter understandingBrain