Obsessive-compulsive and related symptoms in children and adolescents with rheumatic fever with and without chorea: a prospective 6-month study.
Am J Psychiatry
; 155(8): 1122-4, 1998 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The incidence and course of neuropsychiatric symptoms were determined in pediatric patients with rheumatic fever.METHOD:
The Leyton Obsessional Inventory and National Institute of Mental Health Global Obsessive-Compulsive Scale were used to evaluate children and adolescents who had rheumatic fever with Sydenham's chorea (N=30) or without chorea (N=20). They were assessed three times over 6 months from the onset of rheumatic fever. Psychiatric diagnoses were also determined.RESULTS:
Obsessive-compulsive symptoms abruptly appeared and peaked during the 2 months after the onset of rheumatic fever in 21 patients with chorea (70.0%) and were absent in all patients without chorea. Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was diagnosed in five patients with chorea (16.7%).CONCLUSIONS:
The association between Sydenham's chorea and OCD supports suggestions that similar mechanisms involving the basal ganglia underlie both disorders. Obsessive-compulsive symptoms occurred at the beginning of rheumatic fever, so early psychopathological assessments are essential.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Febre Reumática
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Coreia
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Transtorno Obsessivo-Compulsivo
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Psychiatry
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil