2019
Transcranial direct current stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: patient selection and perspectives
da Silva R, Brunoni A, Miguel E, Shavitt R. Transcranial direct current stimulation for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: patient selection and perspectives. Neuropsychiatric Disease And Treatment 2019, 15: 2663-2669. PMID: 31571882, PMCID: PMC6754675, DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s184839.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTranscranial direct current stimulationDirect current stimulationSevere obsessive-compulsive disorderObsessive-compulsive disorderCurrent stimulationPrevious conventional treatmentSafe tolerability profileFirst treatment optionImprovement of OCDModalities of treatmentNon-invasive neuromodulation techniqueAlternative treatment modalityPubMed/MEDLINETime of assessmentTolerability profileClinical characteristicsClinical presentationPatient selectionPsychiatric comorbidityPharmacological treatmentTreatment optionsTreatment modalitiesClinical severityNeuromodulation techniquesConventional treatment
2013
Symptom dimensions, clinical course and comorbidity in men and women with obsessive-compulsive disorder
Torresan R, Ramos-Cerqueira A, Shavitt R, do Rosário M, de Mathis M, Miguel E, Torres A. Symptom dimensions, clinical course and comorbidity in men and women with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychiatry Research 2013, 209: 186-195. PMID: 23298952, DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.12.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderClinical courseComorbid post-traumatic stress disorderDSM-IV Axis ICross-sectional studyStructured Clinical InterviewAlcohol use disorderSymptom dimensionsPost-traumatic stress disorderAdult OCD patientsBrazilian Research ConsortiumYale-Brown ObsessiveFemale patientsClinical presentationMean ageSymptom interferenceObsessive-compulsive spectrum disordersMajor depressionTic disordersFemale genderAxis IUse disordersClinical InterviewAnorexia nervosaSkin picking
2012
Trajectory in obsessive-compulsive disorder comorbidities
de Mathis MA, Diniz JB, Hounie AG, Shavitt RG, Fossaluza V, Ferrão Y, Leckman JF, de Bragança Pereira C, do Rosario MC, Miguel EC. Trajectory in obsessive-compulsive disorder comorbidities. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2012, 23: 594-601. PMID: 22921470, DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2012.08.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderHigher lifetime frequencyOCD patientsFirst diagnosisTic disordersSeparation anxiety disorderLifetime frequencyObsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) comorbidityAnxiety disordersOnset of OCDDistribution of comorbiditiesSpecific comorbid diagnosesLifetime psychiatric diagnosesPost-traumatic stress disorderFirst comorbiditySymptom onsetClinical courseClinical presentationPsychiatric comorbidityDisorder comorbidityOCD courseBeck AnxietyComorbid disordersPsychiatric disordersComorbidities
1990
Depression in the elderly: a review.
de Almeida O, Lafer B, Miguel Filho E. Depression in the elderly: a review. Sao Paulo Medical Journal 1990, 108: 88-94. PMID: 2259826.Peer-Reviewed Original Research