2018
A multicenter examination and strategic revisions of the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale
McGuire JF, Piacentini J, Storch EA, Murphy TK, Ricketts EJ, Woods DW, Walkup JW, Peterson AL, Wilhelm S, Lewin AB, McCracken JT, Leckman JF, Scahill L. A multicenter examination and strategic revisions of the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale. Neurology 2018, 90: e1711-e1719. PMID: 29653992, PMCID: PMC5952973, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000005474.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTic symptom severityTic scoreTIC numbersYale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) scoresSymptom severityYale Global Tic Severity ScaleYGTSS total tic scoreTotal tic scoreSimilar clinical characteristicsInternal consistencySeverity Scale scoreCross-sectional studyTic Severity ScaleDelphi consensus processClinical characteristicsPhonic ticsTic disordersMulticenter examinationImpairment scoresGood internal consistencySeverity ScaleScale scoreSymptom ChecklistDiagnostic InterviewStrong internal consistency
1997
Symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder
Leckman JF, Grice DE, Boardman J, Zhang H, Vitale A, Bondi C, Alsobrook J, Peterson BS, Cohen DJ, Rasmussen SA, Goodman WK, McDougle CJ, Pauls DL. Symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. American Journal Of Psychiatry 1997, 154: 911-917. PMID: 9210740, DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.7.911.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderMultiple psychological domainsYale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale Symptom ChecklistTypes of obsessionsCompulsive Scale Symptom ChecklistSocial relatednessPsychological domainSymptom dimensionsPrincipal component factor analysisCorrelational relationshipsSymptom ChecklistDiverse motor behaviorsMotor behaviorFactor analysisExploratory analysisVarimax rotationTreatment response studiesObsessionDisordersIndependent groupsEmotionsCognitionPerceptionSymptomsCompulsion