2021
A randomized controlled trial testing the efficacy of a Nurse Home Visiting Program for Pregnant Adolescents
Fatori D, Fonseca Zuccolo P, Shephard E, Brentani H, Matijasevich A, Archanjo Ferraro A, Aparecida Fracolli L, Chiesa AM, Leckman J, Constantino Miguel E, V. Polanczyk G. A randomized controlled trial testing the efficacy of a Nurse Home Visiting Program for Pregnant Adolescents. Scientific Reports 2021, 11: 14432. PMID: 34257407, PMCID: PMC8277870, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-93938-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWeeks of pregnancyAdolescent mothersNurse Home Visiting ProgramStandardized effect sizeChild's ageHome Visiting ProgramTrajectories of outcomesInfant Development-Third EditionEffect sizeLow-income adolescent mothersChildren's expressive language developmentAnthropometric indicesNurse homeDaily stimulationEndpoint assessmentBayley ScalesPregnant adolescentsVisiting ProgramExpressive language developmentPromising interventionChild developmentIntervention effectsPregnancyPoor urban areasAlpha frequency
2020
Exploring response inhibition and error monitoring in obsessive-compulsive disorder
Silveira V, Frydman I, Fontenelle L, Mattos P, de Oliveira-Souza R, Moll J, Hoexter M, Miguel E, McLaughlin N, Shephard E, Batistuzzo M. Exploring response inhibition and error monitoring in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2020, 126: 26-33. PMID: 32413597, PMCID: PMC7313630, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.04.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderError monitoringNon-psychiatric controlsResponse inhibitionStop-signal taskBehavioral evidenceEffect sizeRecent neuroimaging workImpaired response inhibitionPreliminary behavioral evidenceMedium effect sizeLarge effect sizesNeuroimaging workBehavioral measuresSmall effect sizesPossible moderatorsOCD severitySymptomatic patientsClinical factorsEM performancePossible associationDifferential effects
2018
Adaptive treatment strategies for children and adolescents with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A sequential multiple assignment randomized trial
Fatori D, de Bragança Pereira CA, Asbahr FR, Requena G, Alvarenga PG, de Mathis MA, Rohde LA, Leckman JF, March JS, Polanczyk GV, Miguel EC, Shavitt RG. Adaptive treatment strategies for children and adolescents with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A sequential multiple assignment randomized trial. Journal Of Anxiety Disorders 2018, 58: 42-50. PMID: 30025255, DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2018.07.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGroup cognitive behavioral therapySequential multiple assignmentTreatment failureInitial treatmentBaseline Yale-Brown ObsessiveChildhood OCDEffective initial treatmentProvision of treatmentCompulsive Scale scoresCognitive behavioral therapyAdaptive treatment strategiesYale-Brown ObsessiveSame regimenObsessive-compulsive disorderTreatment strategiesSymptom reductionPrimary analysisScale scoreFluoxetineTime pointsWeeksTreatmentChildrenEffect sizeTrials