The Brazilian Research Consortium on Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders: recruitment, assessment instruments, methods for the development of multicenter collaborative studies and preliminary results Consórcio Brasileiro de Pesquisa em Transtornos do Espectro Obsessivo-Compulsivo: recrutamento, instrumentos de avaliação, métodos para o desenvolvimento de estudos colaborativos multicêntricos e resultados preliminares

OBJECTIVE: To describe the recruitment of patients, assessment instruments, implementation, methods and preliminary results of The Brazilian Research Consortium on Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, which includes seven university sites. METHOD: This cross-sectional study included a comprehens...

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Main Authors:	Euripedes Constantino Miguel, Ygor Arzeno Ferrão, Maria Conceição do Rosário, Maria Alice de Mathis, Albina Rodrigues Torres, Leonardo Franklin Fontenelle, Ana Gabriela Hounie, Roseli Gedanke Shavitt, Aristides Volpato Cordioli, Christina Hojaij Gonzalez, Kátia Petribú, Juliana Belo Diniz, Dante Marino Malavazzi, Ricardo C Torresan, Andréa Litvin Raffin, Elisabeth Meyer, Daniela T Braga, Sonia Borcato, Carolina Valério, Luciana N Gropo, Helena da Silva Prado, Eduardo Alliende Perin, Sandro Iêgo Santos, Helen Copque, Manuela Corrêa Borges, Angélica Prazeres Lopes, Elenita D da Silva
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2008-09-01
Series:	Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
Subjects:	Transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo Medicina clínica Estudo multicêntrico Diagnóstico Prevalência Obsessive-compulsive disorder Clinical medicine Multicenter study Diagnosis Prevalence
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462008000300003