Validation of the Portuguese version of the Social Adjustment Scale on Brazilian samples

The Brazilian Research Consortium on Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders: recruitment, assessment instruments, methods for the development of multicenter collaborative studies and preliminary results

“…The most common "other OCS" were obsessions of separation from parents or other relatives (n = 248; 39.4%), superstitious obsessions (n = 226; 35.9%), obsessions about medical diseases (n = 203; 32.2%), "slowness, repetitive behaviors" (n = 202; 32.1%), and compulsions to prevent from losing a relative (n = 201; 31.9%). The DY-BOCS dimensions median scores were (25 th percentile-75 th percentile): aggression -4 (0-9); sexualreligious -0 (0-8); symmetry, order -8 (3-11); contamination, cleaning -7 (0-11); hoarding -0 (0-6); other OCS -8 (3-11) and total score -22 (18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25).…”

Development and validation of the Gambling Follow-up Scale, Self-Report version: an outcome measure in the treatment of pathological gambling

“…It has shown sensitivity to distinguish individuals with depression, alcohol use disorder, or schizophrenia from healthy controls, as well as displaying sensitivity to change in psychological and pharmacological trials. 26 The Portuguese-language version of the Social Adjustment Scale was validated by Gorenstein et al 27 by comparing healthy individuals to depression, panic, cocaine abuse, and bulimic patients (n=174). The Social Adjustment Scale scores for healthy individuals and depressed patients were similar to those reported in previous studies using its original version.…”

“…The Social Adjustment Scale also displayed ability to discriminate between patients in remission and those in acute panic or depressed patients (p-values p 0.006), and correlated significantly with the Beck Depression Inventory and the Clinical Global Impression scale. 27 The G-SAS was translated into Portuguese by the authors, with specific attention to the cultural equivalence of terms related to gambling. 28 While conducting the GFS-SR validation study, we availed ourselves of this opportunity to check the psychometric properties of the Portuguese version of the G-SAS.…”

Impairments of kleptomania: what are they?

“…One of the key aspects of the definition of a psychiatric disorder is that it results in clinically significant harms and/or impairments to the individual or society. 2 Kleptomania has been associated with a lower quality of life 3 and high rates of comorbidity with other psychiatric disorders, including suicidality. 4 However, it is unknown whether specific domains of functioning are impaired in individuals with kleptomania, other than the legal ramifications associated with shoplifting.…”