2015
Obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions in a population-based, cross-sectional sample of school-aged children
Alvarenga PG, Cesar RC, Leckman JF, Moriyama TS, Torres AR, Bloch MH, Coughlin CG, Hoexter MQ, Manfro GG, Polanczyk GV, Miguel EC, do Rosario MC. Obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions in a population-based, cross-sectional sample of school-aged children. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2015, 62: 108-114. PMID: 25702286, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.01.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSchool-aged childrenPsychiatric symptomsFamily History ScreenAdditional clinical factorsSymptom dimensionsCommunity-based sampleObsessive-compulsive symptom dimensionsClinical factorsObsessive-compulsive disorderPsychiatric comorbidityClinical impairmentSchool impairmentCross-sectional sampleAge 6Clinical samplesFamilial aggregationBiological mothersChildrenBiological relativesSymptomsPrevalenceAge distributionImpairmentNon-clinical samplePresent study
1985
Depressives with secondary alcoholism: psychiatric disorders in offspring.
Merikangas KR, Weissman MM, Prusoff BA, Pauls DL, Leckman JF. Depressives with secondary alcoholism: psychiatric disorders in offspring. Journal Of Studies On Alcohol And Drugs 1985, 46: 199-204. PMID: 4010295, DOI: 10.15288/jsa.1985.46.199.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOffspring of probandsSecondary alcoholismMajor depressionGreater riskFivefold greater riskThreefold greater riskOffspring of controlsUnderlying illnessPsychiatric illnessPsychiatric disordersDepressed probandsAlcoholismAnxiety disordersDisordersDepressionFamilial aggregationProbandsRiskIllnessOffspringNumber of parentsAdditional increaseDepressive
1983
Recent advances in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: implications for clinical practice and future research.
Leckman JF, Cohen DJ. Recent advances in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome: implications for clinical practice and future research. Psychiatric Developments 1983, 1: 301-16. PMID: 6324164.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAge FactorsAttention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityChildClonidineCompulsive BehaviorDopamineFemaleHaloperidolHomovanillic AcidHumansMaleObsessive BehaviorObsessive-Compulsive DisorderParasympathomimeticsPhysostigmineReceptors, AdrenergicSerotoninSex FactorsTic DisordersTourette SyndromeConceptsTourette syndromeGilles de la Tourette's syndromeDopamine receptor hypersensitivityLa Tourette's syndromeChronic multiple ticsWaning of symptomsComplex stereotypiesReceptor hypersensitivityNeurochemical disturbancesClinical presentationMetabolic findingsCSF HVAMotor involvementDopamine blockersTS patientsObsessive-compulsive behaviorClinical practiceMultiple ticsGilles deNatural historyRostrocaudal progressionFamilial aggregationSyndromeSymptomsDisorders