2021
How do daily routines and situational factors affect the severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Brierley M, Albertella L, do Rosário M, Ferrão Y, Miguel E, Fontenelle L. How do daily routines and situational factors affect the severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder? Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2021, 143: 395-399. PMID: 34600268, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.09.040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderOCD symptom severitySymptom severityOCD symptomsOCD patientsSevere OCD symptomsYale-Brown ObsessiveCross-sectional designReport symptomsHistory questionnaireCommon biological abnormalitiesBiological abnormalitiesClinical implicationsSymptomsDaily routineCompulsive ScaleSeverityMultivariate regressionPatientsRoutine factorsDisorders
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