2022
Clinical characteristics of transformation obsessions in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A psychopathological study
Bettess Z, Albertella L, Destree L, Rosário M, Ferrão Y, Miguel E, Fontenelle L. Clinical characteristics of transformation obsessions in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A psychopathological study. Australian & New Zealand Journal Of Psychiatry 2022, 57: 130-139. PMID: 35303769, DOI: 10.1177/00048674221084241.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
2014
Exaggerating, mislabeling or simulating obsessive–compulsive symptoms: Case reports of patients claiming to have obsessive–compulsive disorder
Fontenelle L, Lins-Martins N, Melca I, Lima A, de Menezes G, Torres A, Yücel M, Miguel E, Mendlowicz M. Exaggerating, mislabeling or simulating obsessive–compulsive symptoms: Case reports of patients claiming to have obsessive–compulsive disorder. Comprehensive Psychiatry 2014, 55: 1188-1194. PMID: 24794641, DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.03.023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderDrug-related side effectsAxis I psychiatric disordersNon-consecutive patientsDisease courseCase reportTreatment responsePsychiatric disordersReported casesSide effectsSymptom patternsClinical judgmentOCD clinicPatientsExperienced cliniciansObsessive-compulsive symptomsPattern of responseFormal diagnosisSymptomsDiagnosisOCD diagnosisCompulsive symptomsDisordersClinicClinical vignettes