2012
FAMILY ACCOMMODATION IN PEDIATRIC ANXIETY DISORDERS
Lebowitz ER, Woolston J, Bar‐Haim Y, Calvocoressi L, Dauser C, Warnick E, Scahill L, Chakir AR, Shechner T, Hermes H, Vitulano LA, King RA, Leckman JF. FAMILY ACCOMMODATION IN PEDIATRIC ANXIETY DISORDERS. Depression And Anxiety 2012, 30: 47-54. PMID: 22965863, PMCID: PMC3932435, DOI: 10.1002/da.21998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChildhood anxiety disordersFamily Accommodation ScaleFamily accommodationAnxiety disordersMeasures of anxietyFamilies of childrenObsessive-compulsive disorderGood internal consistencyTwo-factor solutionAnxious childrenPediatric anxietyAccommodation ScaleSeparation anxietyGreater symptom severityAnxiety symptomsCompulsive disorderDivergent validityFamily routinesAnxietyDiagnostic InterviewPoor treatment outcomesInternal consistencySymptom severityMost parentsFactor analysis
2011
Family and personal medical history and risk of meningioma.
Claus EB, Calvocoressi L, Bondy ML, Schildkraut JM, Wiemels JL, Wrensch M. Family and personal medical history and risk of meningioma. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2011, 115: 1072-7. PMID: 21780859, PMCID: PMC3241000, DOI: 10.3171/2011.6.jns11129.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFirst-degree family historyPersonal medical historyMedical historyFamily historyMeningioma riskEpidemiology of meningiomaPrimary brain tumorsCase-control studyRisk of meningiomaUterine fibroid tumorsImmune conditionsThyroid cancerYoungest caseBreast cancerRole of hormonesBrain tumorsFibroid tumorsImmune systemControl individualsPatientsMeningiomasInfluence of geneticsStrong associationFurther studiesTumors
1999
Family Accommodation of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms
CALVOCORESSI L, MAZURE C, KASL S, SKOLNICK J, FISK D, VEGSO S, VAN NOPPEN B, PRICE L. Family Accommodation of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 1999, 187: 636-642. PMID: 10535658, DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199910000-00008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive symptomsClinical statusPatient's clinical statusPatients' symptom severityFamily accommodationExcellent interrater reliabilityPatient measuresPatient's symptomsPatient outcomesGood internal consistencyMost relativesObsessive-compulsive patientsSymptom severitySymptomsPrimary caregiversAdaptive coping strategiesCompulsive disorderInterrater reliabilityFamily Accommodation ScaleCliniciansInternal consistencyFASStudy purposeDiscriminant validityReliable measure