2018
Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in children with first degree relatives diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder
Chacon P, Bernardes E, Faggian L, Batistuzzo M, Moriyama T, Miguel E, Polanczyk G. Obsessive-compulsive symptoms in children with first degree relatives diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Brazilian Journal Of Psychiatry 2018, 40: 388-393. PMID: 29898190, PMCID: PMC6899383, DOI: 10.1590/1516-4446-2017-2321.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPresence of OCSObsessive-compulsive disorderFirst-degree relativesObsessive-compulsive symptomsSocioeconomic statusImportant risk factorLow socioeconomic statusFuture longitudinal studiesClinical correlatesAssessed childrenRisk factorsDegree relativesFamily historySymptomsContamination/Longitudinal studyOCD diagnosisDisordersChildrenHigh rateFamily membersChildhoodCorrelatesStatus
2008
Anxiety Disorders and Rheumatic Fever: Is There an Association?
Seixas A, Hounie A, Fossaluza V, Curi M, Alvarenga P, De Mathis M, De Mathis M, Vallada H, Pauls D, de Bragança Pereira C, Miguel E. Anxiety Disorders and Rheumatic Fever: Is There an Association? CNS Spectrums 2008, 13: 1039-1046. PMID: 19179939, DOI: 10.1017/s1092852900017090.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFirst-degree relativesRheumatic feverObsessive-compulsive spectrum disordersObsessive-compulsive disorderAnxiety disordersFamily membersCase-control family studyRates of disorderRelatives of individualsPoisson regression modelsRF patientsSydenham's choreaSeparation anxiety disorderPsychiatric interviewPossible familial relationshipControl probandsRelated disordersDisordersFamilial aggregationFurther studiesPatientsChoreaFeverOCD spectrumFamily studies