2016
Serum copeptin in children exposed to maltreatment
Coelho R, Levandowski M, Mansur R, da Cunha G, Asevedo E, Zugman A, Salum G, Gadelha A, Pan P, Rizzo L, Manfro G, Mari J, Rohde L, Miguel E, Bressan R, Brietzke E, Grassi‐Oliveira R. Serum copeptin in children exposed to maltreatment. Psychiatry And Clinical Neurosciences 2016, 70: 434-441. PMID: 27278269, DOI: 10.1111/pcn.12412.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHistory of CMCopeptin levelsSerum copeptinChildhood maltreatmentChild Behavior ChecklistSerum copeptin levelsAdrenal axis activationSerum copeptin concentrationSevere childhood maltreatmentPromising new biomarkerCBCL total scoreEnzyme-linked immunosorbentExternalizing symptomsCopeptin concentrationsSerum levelsAxis activationPsychiatric morbidityPositive historyClinical InterviewCopeptinNew biomarkersHistory of abuseChild psychopathology symptomsSymptom severitySymptoms
2009
Higher prevalence of obsessive–compulsive spectrum disorders in rheumatic fever
de Alvarenga P, Floresi A, Torres A, Hounie A, Fossaluza V, Gentil A, Pereira C, Miguel E. Higher prevalence of obsessive–compulsive spectrum disorders in rheumatic fever. General Hospital Psychiatry 2009, 31: 178-180. PMID: 19269540, DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2008.11.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRheumatic feverObsessive-compulsive spectrum disordersHigh prevalencePrevious historyPsychiatric outpatientsAnalytical cross-sectional studyConsecutive psychiatric outpatientsCross-sectional studySubclinical obsessive-compulsive disorderObsessive-compulsive disorderPositive historySpectrum disorderPsychiatric diagnosisMental disordersRelated disordersSenior psychiatristsObsessive-compulsive symptomsStatistical ManualDisordersPrevalencePrivate practiceFeverOutpatientsFourth EditionSuch history