2014
Disordered Eating and Food Restrictions in Children with PANDAS/PANS
Toufexis MD, Hommer R, Gerardi DM, Grant P, Rothschild L, D'Souza P, Williams K, Leckman J, Swedo SE, Murphy TK. Disordered Eating and Food Restrictions in Children with PANDAS/PANS. Journal Of Child And Adolescent Psychopharmacology 2014, 25: 48-56. PMID: 25329522, PMCID: PMC4340640, DOI: 10.1089/cap.2014.0063.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndromeClinical presentationRestrictive food intake disorderFood intake disorderFear of chokingSymptom onsetMale predominanceNeuropsychiatric symptomsNeuropsychiatric syndromeSudden onsetFood intakeFood refusalDiagnostic criteriaFood restrictionMental disordersYounger ageBody image distortionStreptococcal bacteriaStatistical ManualSymptomsTreatment implicationsDisordersPresentationSensory issuesChildrenPediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome
Murphy TK, Gerardi DM, Leckman JF. Pediatric Acute-Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome. Psychiatric Clinics Of North America 2014, 37: 353-374. PMID: 25150567, DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2014.06.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndromeNeuropsychiatric syndromePediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disordersAutoimmune neuropsychiatric disordersAutoimmune processClinical presentationObsessive-compulsive disorderNeuropsychiatric disordersSyndromeDisordersChildrenPathophysiologySymptoms
2012
Trajectory in obsessive-compulsive disorder comorbidities
de Mathis MA, Diniz JB, Hounie AG, Shavitt RG, Fossaluza V, Ferrão Y, Leckman JF, de Bragança Pereira C, do Rosario MC, Miguel EC. Trajectory in obsessive-compulsive disorder comorbidities. European Neuropsychopharmacology 2012, 23: 594-601. PMID: 22921470, DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2012.08.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderHigher lifetime frequencyOCD patientsFirst diagnosisTic disordersSeparation anxiety disorderLifetime frequencyObsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) comorbidityAnxiety disordersOnset of OCDDistribution of comorbiditiesSpecific comorbid diagnosesLifetime psychiatric diagnosesPost-traumatic stress disorderFirst comorbiditySymptom onsetClinical courseClinical presentationPsychiatric comorbidityDisorder comorbidityOCD courseBeck AnxietyComorbid disordersPsychiatric disordersComorbidities
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