Manual de psicofarmacologia clínica

Clinical characteristics of transformation obsessions in obsessive-compulsive disorder: A psychopathological study

“…The study protocol included a series of semi-structured clinical interviews conducted by trained psychiatrists or clinical psychologists with expertise in OCD as well as self-report instruments. More specifically, assessments comprised the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS; Goodman, 1989, Brazilian Portuguese version by Fontenelle et al, 1998), the Dimensional Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DY-BOCS; Rosario-Campos et al, 2006), the University of São Paulo Sensory Phenomena Scale (USP-SPS; Rosário et al, 2009), the Brown Assessment of Beliefs Scale (BABS; Eisen et al, 1998, Portuguese translation by Ferrão and Hounie, 2002, as cited in Miguel et al, 2008), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI; Beck et al, 1961, Brazilian Portuguese version by Cunha, 2001), the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI: Beck et al, 1988, Brazilian Portuguese version by Cunha, 2001), the Yale OCD Natural History Questionnaire (Leckman and Cohen, 1999, Portuguese translation by Rosário et al, 2002, as cited in Miguel et al, 2008), the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM -IV Axis I Disorders (SCID-I; First et al, 1997, Brazilian Portuguese version by Del-Ben et al, 2001) and a Medical and Risk Factors Questionnaire that was specifically designed for the C-TOC studies to gather data pertaining to patient sociodemographic, socioeconomic, suicidality and medical/psychiatric history data.…”