2021
The impact of generalized anxiety disorder in obsessive-compulsive disorder patients.
Sharma P, Rosário M, Ferrão Y, Albertella L, Miguel E, Fontenelle L. The impact of generalized anxiety disorder in obsessive-compulsive disorder patients. Psychiatry Research 2021, 300: 113898. PMID: 33812219, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.113898.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGeneralized anxiety disorderObsessive-compulsive disorderComorbid generalized anxiety disorderAnxiety disordersOnset of OCDType II bipolar disorderDiagnosis of GADTreatment of OCDObsessive-compulsive disorder patientsSevere anxiety symptomsMann-Whitney U testChi-square testPrevalent comorbiditiesClinical profileClinical severityMood disordersDisorder patientsComorbid anxietyPanic disorderBipolar disorderAvoidant behaviorComorbiditiesGreater suicidalityLogistic regressionU test
2013
Symptom dimensions are associated with age of onset and clinical course of obsessive–compulsive disorder
Kichuk SA, Torres AR, Fontenelle LF, Rosário MC, Shavitt RG, Miguel EC, Pittenger C, Bloch MH. Symptom dimensions are associated with age of onset and clinical course of obsessive–compulsive disorder. Progress In Neuro-Psychopharmacology And Biological Psychiatry 2013, 44: 233-239. PMID: 23410525, PMCID: PMC3654083, DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2013.02.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAge of onsetClinical courseObsessive-compulsive disorderPrimary symptom dimensionsSymptom dimensionsPrimary OCD symptomsChi-square testEarly ageOCD symptom dimensionsYale-Brown ObsessiveAdult patientsComorbid ticsSignificant symptomsLarge cohortDifferent OCD symptom dimensionsHeterogeneous symptomsSymptomsCompulsive ScaleDimensional Yale-Brown ObsessiveAgeSignificant differencesOCD symptomsOnsetInconsistent results