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
2019
No evidence of attentional bias toward angry faces in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder
Skinazi M, de Mathis M, Cohab T, de Marco e Souza M, Shavitt R, Miguel E, Hoexter M, Batistuzzo M. No evidence of attentional bias toward angry faces in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Brazilian Journal Of Psychiatry 2019, 41: 257-260. PMID: 30540026, PMCID: PMC6794136, DOI: 10.1590/1516-4446-2018-0130.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderAttentional biasAngry facesAnxiety disorder patientsOCD patientsDifferent brain activation patternsFunctional neuroimaging protocolsSpecific OCD symptom dimensionsBrain activation patternsSymptom severityOCD symptom dimensionsDisorder patientsAB taskAB paradigmTransdiagnostic approachAB scoresIntelligence testingAnxiety disordersSymptom dimensionsActivation patternsNeuroimaging protocolPsychiatric comorbidityOne-sample t-testFaceDisorders
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