The "DGPPN-Cohort": a national collaboration initiative by the German Association for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (DGPPN) for establishing a large-scale cohort of psychiatric patients

Heike Anderson-Schmidt, Lothar Adler, Chadiga Aly, Ion-George Anghelescu, Michael Bauer, Jessica Baumgaertner, Joachim Becker, Roswitha Bianco, Thomas Becker, Cosima Bitter, Dominikus Boensch, Karoline Buckow, Monika Budde, Martin Buehrig, Juergen Deckert, Sara Y. Demiroglu, Detlef Dietrich, Michael Duempelmann, Uta Engelhardt, Andreas J. FallgatterDaniel Feldhaus, Christian Figge, Here Folkerts, Michael Franz, Katrin Gade, Wolfgang Gaebel, Hans-Joergen Grabe, Oliver Gruber, Verena Gullatz, Linda Gusky, Urs Heilbronner, Krister Helbing, Ulrich Hegerl, Andreas Heinz, Tilman Hensch, Christoph Hiemke, Markus Jaeger, Anke Jahn-Brodmann, Georg Juckel, Franz Kandulski, Wolfgang P. Kaschka, Tilo Kircher, Manfred Koller, Carsten Konrad, Johannes Kornhuber, Marina Krause, Axel Krug, Mahsa Lee, Markus Leweke, Klaus Lieb, Mechthild Mammes, Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, Moritz Muehlbacher, Matthias J. Mueller, Vanessa Nieratschker, Barbara Nierste, Jacqueline Ohle, Andrea Pfennig, Marlenna Pieper, Matthias Quade, Daniela Reich-Erkelenz, Andreas Reif, Markus Reitt, Bernd Reininghaus, Eva Z. Reininghaus, Matthias Riemenschneider, Otto Rienhoff, Patrik Roser, Dan Rujescu, Rebecca Schennach, Harald Scherk, Max Schmauss, Frank Schneider, Alexandra Schosser, Bjoern H. Schott, Sybille G. Schwab, Jens Schwanke, Daniela Skrowny, Carsten Spitzer, Sebastian Stierl, Judith Stoeckel, Susanne Stuebner, Andreas Thiel, Hans-Peter Volz, Martin von Hagen, Henrik Walter, Stephanie H. Witt, Thomas Wobrock, Juergen Zielasek, Joerg Zimmermann, Antje Zitzelsberger, Wolfgang Maier, Peter G. Falkai, Marcella Rietschel, Thomas G. Schulze*

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Abstract

The German Association for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (DGPPN) has committed itself to establish a prospective national cohort of patients with major psychiatric disorders, the so-called DGPPN-Cohort. This project will enable the scientific exploitation of high-quality data and biomaterial from psychiatric patients for research. It will be set up using harmonised data sets and procedures for sample generation and guided by transparent rules for data access and data sharing regarding the central research database. While the main focus lies on biological research, it will be open to all kinds of scientific investigations, including epidemiological, clinical or health-service research.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)695-701
JournalEuropean Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
Volume263
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2013

Keywords

  • Schizophrenia
  • Bipolar disorder
  • Major depression
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Biobank

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