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
1999
The Tourette Syndrome Diagnostic Confidence Index
Robertson MM, Banerjee S, Kurlan R, Cohen DJ, Leckman JF, McMahon W, Pauls DL, Sandor P, van de Wetering B. The Tourette Syndrome Diagnostic Confidence Index. Neurology 1999, 53: 2108-2112. PMID: 10599790, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.9.2108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiagnostic Confidence IndexLifetime likelihoodRate symptom severityPsychometric propertiesClinical characteristicsConsecutive patientsTS clinicCase ascertainmentDiagnostic criteriaConsensus workshopSymptom severityClinical membersClinicPopulation of interestSeverityLifetime measuresPatientsExpert groupSymptomsLikelihood