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
1999
Psychosocial and Clinical Correlates of ADHD in a Community Sample of School-Age Children
SCAHILL L, SCHWAB-STONE M, MERIKANGAS K, LECKMAN J, ZHANG H, KASL S. Psychosocial and Clinical Correlates of ADHD in a Community Sample of School-Age Children. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 1999, 38: 976-984. PMID: 10434489, DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199908000-00013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderADHD groupCommunity sampleFamily dysfunctionSubthreshold attention-deficit hyperactivity disorderGlobal Assessment ScaleDisruptive behavior disordersChildren's Global Assessment ScaleStructured diagnostic interviewPsychiatric comorbiditySchool-aged childrenADHD statusHyperactivity disorderPsychosocial adversityExcessive alcohol useDimensional approachDiagnostic InterviewLow-income familiesAlcohol useBehavior disorderClinical correlatesSubthreshold groupChildrenAssessment ScalePsychiatric treatment