2017
Comorbidity, age of onset and suicidality in obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD): An international collaboration
Brakoulias V, Starcevic V, Belloch A, Brown C, Ferrao Y, Fontenelle L, Lochner C, Marazziti D, Matsunaga H, Miguel E, Reddy Y, do Rosario M, Shavitt R, Sundar A, Stein D, Torres A, Viswasam K. Comorbidity, age of onset and suicidality in obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD): An international collaboration. Comprehensive Psychiatry 2017, 76: 79-86. PMID: 28433854, DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2017.04.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAge of onsetObsessive-compulsive disorderMajor depressive disorderComorbid disordersPsychiatric comorbidityAnxiety disordersSpecific phobiaDepressive disorderMajor depressionSuicidal ideationCo-occurring major depressive disorderLifetime psychiatric comorbiditySocial phobiaCurrent comorbid disordersPatterns of comorbidityComorbid major depressionPrimary obsessive-compulsive disorderDisorder treatment centersEarly ageBody dysmorphic disorderAdult patientsObsessive-compulsive personality disorderPsychiatric diagnostic classificationClinical variablesOCD comorbidity
2013
Symptom dimensions are associated with age of onset and clinical course of obsessive–compulsive disorder
Kichuk SA, Torres AR, Fontenelle LF, Rosário MC, Shavitt RG, Miguel EC, Pittenger C, Bloch MH. Symptom dimensions are associated with age of onset and clinical course of obsessive–compulsive disorder. Progress In Neuro-Psychopharmacology And Biological Psychiatry 2013, 44: 233-239. PMID: 23410525, PMCID: PMC3654083, DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2013.02.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAge of onsetClinical courseObsessive-compulsive disorderPrimary symptom dimensionsSymptom dimensionsPrimary OCD symptomsChi-square testEarly ageOCD symptom dimensionsYale-Brown ObsessiveAdult patientsComorbid ticsSignificant symptomsLarge cohortDifferent OCD symptom dimensionsHeterogeneous symptomsSymptomsCompulsive ScaleDimensional Yale-Brown ObsessiveAgeSignificant differencesOCD symptomsOnsetInconsistent results
2011
Towards a post-traumatic subtype of obsessive–compulsive disorder
Fontenelle L, Cocchi L, Harrison B, Shavitt R, do Rosário M, Ferrão Y, de Mathis M, Cordioli A, Yücel M, Pantelis C, de Jesus Mari J, Miguel E, Torres A. Towards a post-traumatic subtype of obsessive–compulsive disorder. Journal Of Anxiety Disorders 2011, 26: 377-383. PMID: 22230220, DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2011.12.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderObsessive-compulsive symptomsOCD patientsPost-traumatic stress disorderOnset of OCDCompulsive buying disorderHistory of PTSDTraumatic eventsStress disorderBuying disorderOCD onsetPanic disorderPTSDAlcohol-related disordersClinical featuresDisordersEducational levelMultinomial logistic regression analysisLogistic regression analysisSuicide planEarly ageLow educational levelMiscellaneous symptomsLater ageRegression analysis