Izmir Mental Health Cohort for Gene-Environment Interaction in Psychosis (TurkSch): Assessment of the Extended and Transdiagnostic Psychosis Phenotype and Analysis of Attrition in a 6-Year Follow-Up of a Community-Based Sample
Articles > Article · 2019
Authors: Umut KIRLI, Tolga Binbay, Hayriye ELBİ, Marjan Drukker, Bülent KAYAHAN, Feriştah Ferda ÖZKINAY, HÜSEYİN ONAY, Koksal Alptekin, Jim Van Os
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2019, vol 10
Summary
Objective: TurkSch is a prospective, longitudinal study in a representative community sample (Izmir, Turkey), consisting of several data collection stages, to screen and follow-up mental health outcomes, with a special focus on the extended and transdiagnostic psychosis phenotype. The aim of the present paper is to describe the research methodology, data collection results, and associations with noncontact and refusal in the longitudinal arm.