2010
Psychosocial outcome and psychiatric comorbidity in older adolescents with Tourette syndrome: controlled study
Gorman DA, Thompson N, Plessen KJ, Robertson MM, Leckman JF, Peterson BS. Psychosocial outcome and psychiatric comorbidity in older adolescents with Tourette syndrome: controlled study. The British Journal Of Psychiatry 2010, 197: 36-44. PMID: 20592431, PMCID: PMC2894981, DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.071050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAttention deficit hyperactivity disorderGlobal Assessment Scale scoresTourette syndromePsychosocial outcomesComorbidity ratesChildren's Global Assessment Scale scoresPsychosocial functioningImprovement of ticsLifetime psychiatric disordersLower Children's Global Assessment Scale (CGAS) scoresAssessment Scale scoresAge 18 yearsYears of ageHigh comorbidity ratesOlder adolescentsLifetime comorbidity ratesLower CGAS scoresPoor psychosocial outcomesComorbidity outcomesPsychiatric comorbidityMajor depressionCGAS scoresPsychiatric disordersTic severityObsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms
2008
Four-Factor Structure of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptoms in Children, Adolescents, and Adults
Stewart SE, Rosario MC, Baer L, Carter AS, Brown TA, Scharf JM, Illmann C, Leckman JF, Sukhodolsky D, Katsovich L, Rasmussen S, Goodman W, Delorme R, Leboyer M, Chabane N, Jenike MA, Geller DA, Pauls DL. Four-Factor Structure of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Symptoms in Children, Adolescents, and Adults. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2008, 47: 763-772. PMID: 18520961, DOI: 10.1097/chi.0b013e318172ef1e.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConfirmatory factor analysisAdult age groupsAge groupsAge group samplesAdult groupFour-factor solutionOngoing translational researchSymptom dimensionsPrevious confirmatory factor analysisObsessive-compulsive disorder symptomsMultiple-group confirmatory factor analysisCategory-based modelComparable model fitOCD symptom dimensions