2010
Predictors of early adulthood quality of life in children with obsessive–compulsive disorder
Palermo SD, Bloch MH, Craiglow B, Landeros-Weisenberger A, Dombrowski PA, Panza K, Smith ME, Peterson BS, Leckman JF. Predictors of early adulthood quality of life in children with obsessive–compulsive disorder. Social Psychiatry And Psychiatric Epidemiology 2010, 46: 291-297. PMID: 20191262, PMCID: PMC3645906, DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0194-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderEarly adulthoodOCD symptomsImpaired Functioning ToolMethodsA longitudinal cohort studyLongitudinal cohort studyResultsForty-two percentSeverity of OCDAverage followClinical predictorsCohort studyPoor QoLResidual impairmentMild impairmentQoLSymptomsObjectivesThe goalAnxiety symptomsAdulthoodChildrenQoL.ChildhoodHoarding symptomsImpairmentDisorders
1985
Computed tomographic brain scanning in four neuropsychiatric disorders of childhood
Harcherik DF, Cohen DJ, Ort S, Paul R, Shaywitz BA, Volkmar FR, Rothman SL, Leckman JF. Computed tomographic brain scanning in four neuropsychiatric disorders of childhood. American Journal Of Psychiatry 1985, 142: 731-734. PMID: 3859227, DOI: 10.1176/ajp.142.6.731.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain densityVentricular volumeNeuropsychiatric disordersMedical control patientsTomographic brain scanningVentricle-brain ratioTotal ventricular volumeVentricular volume ratioControl patientsMedical patientsVentricular asymmetryBrain scanningControl groupCAT scanPatientsDiagnostic groupsPatient diagnosisNeuropsychiatric patientsSignificant differencesDiagnosisDisordersChildhoodGroup