2021
Childhood poverty and mental health disorders in early adulthood: evidence from a Brazilian cohort study
Ziebold C, Evans-Lacko S, Andrade M, Hoffmann M, Fonseca L, Barbosa M, Pan P, Miguel E, Bressan R, Rohde L, Salum G, Schafer J, de Jesus Mari J, Gadelha A. Childhood poverty and mental health disorders in early adulthood: evidence from a Brazilian cohort study. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2021, 32: 903-914. PMID: 34853911, DOI: 10.1007/s00787-021-01923-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health disordersStressful life eventsEarly adulthoodHealth disordersPreventable risk factorsDifferent stressful life eventsInternalizing disordersBrazilian cohort studyProspective community cohortWell-Being AssessmentCohort studyCommunity cohortRisk factorsStratified analysisPsychiatric diagnosisExternalizing disordersChildhood povertyDisordersBaselineAdulthoodStandardized classificationHigh exposureLife eventsAssociationYoung people
2020
Stressful Life Events and the Clinical Expression of Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder (OCD): An Exploratory Study
Imthon A, Caldart C, do Rosário M, Fontenelle L, Miguel E, Ferrão Y. Stressful Life Events and the Clinical Expression of Obsessive–Compulsive Disorder (OCD): An Exploratory Study. Journal Of Clinical Medicine 2020, 9: 3371. PMID: 33096706, PMCID: PMC7590000, DOI: 10.3390/jcm9103371.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStressful life eventsObsessive-compulsive disorderPost-traumatic stress disorderOCD patientsOccurrence of SLEsNonwhite skin colorLife eventsLogistic regression variablesCross-sectional studySensory phenomenaYale-Brown ObsessiveClinical characteristicsClinical expressionPsychiatric disordersHistory questionnairePatientsObsessive-compulsive symptomsStress disorderCompulsive ScaleDimensional Yale-Brown ObsessiveStatistical significanceDisordersPositive associationOCD symptomsSymptomsSocial losses predict a faster onset and greater severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder
Destrée L, Albertella L, Torres A, Ferrão Y, Shavitt R, Miguel E, Fontenelle L. Social losses predict a faster onset and greater severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2020, 130: 187-193. PMID: 32828024, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.07.027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical obsessive-compulsive disorderObsessive-compulsive disorderStressful life eventsSpeed of progressionYale-Brown ObsessiveDSM-IV Axis I DisordersLife eventsCompulsive ScaleAxis I DisordersStructured Clinical InterviewSeverity of symptomsSymptom dimensionsBeck Depression InventorySubclinical obsessive-compulsive symptomsBeck Anxiety InventorySpecific obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensionsI disordersFaster onsetPsychiatric disordersHistory questionnaireBrown AssessmentClinical InterviewGreater severityDepression InventoryObsessive-compulsive symptoms
2018
The association between psychotic experiences and traumatic life events: the role of the intention to harm
Moriyama T, Drukker M, Gadelha A, Pan P, Salum G, Manfro G, de Jesus Mari J, Miguel E, Rohde L, Polanczyk G, van Os J, Bressan R. The association between psychotic experiences and traumatic life events: the role of the intention to harm. Psychological Medicine 2018, 48: 2235-2246. PMID: 29331167, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291717003762.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTraumatic life eventsPsychotic experiencesLife eventsType of traumaTraumatic exposureTraumatic experiencesPositive associationMental healthTrauma categoriesChildren's exposureIntentionGreater levelsAccount potential confoundersMethods of assessmentExperiencePsychologistsBullyingAdolescentsDose of exposureTraumaStrong associationClinical confoundersBiasesDemographic characteristicsPotential confounders
2011
Role of stressful and traumatic life events in obsessive–compulsive disorder
Fontenelle L, Cocchi L, Harrison B, Miguel E, Torres A. Role of stressful and traumatic life events in obsessive–compulsive disorder. Neuropsychiatry 2011, 1: 61-69. DOI: 10.2217/npy.10.1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research