1. Obsessive-compulsive disorder reinforcement during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic is unquestionably impacting on the mental health of the population worldwide. Fear of contamination can both increase levels of stress in healthy individuals and intensify psychiatric symptoms in patients with pre-existing conditions, especially obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). During the COVID-19 pandemic, the imminent ris

Trends Psychiatry Psychother.. Publicado em: 2021-06

2. Changes in Symptoms and Severity of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescent Patients following the Covid-19 Pandemic

ABSTRACT The need to stay at home and follow the rules of personal hygiene for protection are generally stimuli that can increase the anxiety of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) patients during covid-19 pandemic. The aim of this study was to examine how this situation has changed the disorder severity and symptoms in OCD patients. This multi-centre study

Arch. Clin. Psychiatry (São Paulo). Publicado em: 2021-04

3. Association of insight, avoidance behavior, indecisiveness, and inflated responsibility with other clinical characteristics in children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Objectives: Although the Children’s Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (CY-BOCS) includes ancillary symptom dimensions – insight, avoidance, degree of indecisiveness, inflated sense of responsibility, pervasive slowness/disturbance of inertia, and pathological doubting –, we know little about their clinical/scientific utility. We examined these anc

Braz. J. Psychiatry. Publicado em: 2021-04

4. Fatores de Risco Cardiovascular em Cardiologistas Certificados pela Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia: Lições a serem Aprendidas

Objectives: Although the Children’s Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (CY-BOCS) includes ancillary symptom dimensions – insight, avoidance, degree of indecisiveness, inflated sense of responsibility, pervasive slowness/disturbance of inertia, and pathological doubting –, we know little about their clinical/scientific utility. We examined these anc

Arq. Bras. Cardiol.. Publicado em: 2021-04

5. Obsessive-compulsive disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic

Objective: To investigate the course of panic disorder and its demographic and clinical correlates during the postpartum period. Methods: Data were collected from 38 consecutive postpartum women diagnosed with panic disorder. Psychiatric assessments were carried out on the first day after delivery and at 6-8 weeks postpartum. During the first assessment, t

Braz. J. Psychiatry. Publicado em: 2021-02

6. Mediating role of childhood abuse for the relationship between schizotypal traits and obsessive-compulsive disorder

Abstract Background The mediating role of childhood trauma in the relationship between schizotypal symptoms and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was not sufficiently investigated to date. Objectives In the present study, our major goal was to analyse the mediator role of childhood abuse (emotional, physical, and sexual), and neglect (emotional and phy

Arch. Clin. Psychiatry (São Paulo). Publicado em: 2020-04

7. Trichotillomania is more related to Tourette disorder than to obsessive-compulsive disorder

Objective: Trichotillomania (TTM) is characterized by the pulling out of one’s hair. TTM was classified as an impulse control disorder in DSM-IV, but is now classified in the obsessive-compulsive related disorders section of DSM-5. Classification for TTM remains an open question, especially considering its impact on treatment of the disorder. In this revi

Braz. J. Psychiatry. Publicado em: 2020-02

8. Gestalt contact styles in OCD patients: a controlled study

Abstract Background Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a challenging disease in terms of remission rates and treatment approaches. All theoretical approaches are needed for a better understanding. Compared to other theories, it has not been examined sufficiently from the perspective of gestalt theory in the literature. Objective To examine and compare the

Arch. Clin. Psychiatry (São Paulo). Publicado em: 2020-02

9. Adult-onset cerebral X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy presenting as obsessive-compulsive disorder

Arq. Neuro-Psiquiatr.. Publicado em: 20/01/2020

10. Body dysmorphic disorder in patients attending a dermatology clinic in Nigeria: sociodemographic and clinical correlates

Abstract: Background: Body dysmorphic disorder is a relatively common psychiatric disorder in the context of dermatology and cosmetic and plastic surgery but is underdiagnosed and underreported in Africa. Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of body dysmorphic disorder and symptoms of anxiety/depression and determine their sociodemographic and clinical co

An. Bras. Dermatol.. Publicado em: 17/10/2019

11. Trichotillomania is more related to Tourette disorder than to obsessive-compulsive disorder

Objective: Trichotillomania (TTM) is characterized by the pulling out of one’s hair. TTM was classified as an impulse control disorder in DSM-IV, but is now classified in the obsessive-compulsive related disorders section of DSM-5. Classification for TTM remains an open question, especially considering its impact on treatment of the disorder. In this revi

Braz. J. Psychiatry. Publicado em: 26/09/2019

12. Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the medial prefrontal cortex for psychiatric disorders: a systematic review

Objective: The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is a highly connected cortical region that acts as a hub in major large-scale brain networks. Its dysfunction is associated with a number of psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia, autism, depression, substance use disorder (SUD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and anxiety disorders. Repetitive tran

Braz. J. Psychiatry. Publicado em: 30/05/2019