2006
Psychosocial stress predicts future symptom severities in children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome and/or obsessive‐compulsive disorder
Lin H, Katsovich L, Ghebremichael M, Findley DB, Grantz H, Lombroso PJ, King RA, Zhang H, Leckman JF. Psychosocial stress predicts future symptom severities in children and adolescents with Tourette syndrome and/or obsessive‐compulsive disorder. Journal Of Child Psychology And Psychiatry 2006, 48: 157-166. PMID: 17300554, PMCID: PMC3073143, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2006.01687.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepressive symptom severityFuture depressive symptomsHealthy control subjectsObsessive-compulsive disorderDepressive symptomsPsychosocial stressTourette syndromeSymptom severityControl subjectsLong-term contextual threatSeverity of ticsProspective longitudinal studyChronological ageIndependent predictorsOC symptomsTic severityOC symptom severityPsychosocial adversitySymptomsFuture symptom severityClinician ratingsSeverityParental reportsSignificant predictorsLongitudinal study
2003
Development of the Yale Children’s Global Stress Index (YCGSI) and Its Application in Children and Adolescents With Tourette’s Syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
FINDLEY DB, LECKMAN JF, KATSOVICH L, LIN H, ZHANG H, GRANTZ H, OTKA J, LOMBROSO PJ, KING RA. Development of the Yale Children’s Global Stress Index (YCGSI) and Its Application in Children and Adolescents With Tourette’s Syndrome and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2003, 42: 450-457. PMID: 12649632, DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000046816.95464.ef.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderTourette syndromeDaily Life Stressors ScalePsychosocial stressAge-matched control subjectsClinician ratingsClinical rating instrumentGlobal clinician ratingsTime pointsGlobal Stress IndexCross-sectional ratingsEarly-onset obsessive-compulsive disorderPsychometric propertiesControl subjectsClinical severityObsessive-compulsive symptom severityStudy of childrenAcceptable psychometric propertiesStress indexSymptom severitySyndromePossible differential contributionInterrater reliabilityStressor ScaleDisorders