The objectives of the community-based Early Developmental Stages of Psychopathology (EDSP) Study are described along with a detailed account of the overall design, special design features, sample characteristics and instruments used. The EDSP employed a prospective-longitudinal design to study substance use and other mental disorders in a representative population sample of 3,021 subjects aged 14–24 years (birth cohorts 1970–1981) at ‘baseline’ – the outset of the study. Two follow-up investigations were conducted after the baseline investigation covering an overall period of 3–4 years. Special design features are the linkage with a family supplement (EDSP-FS) as well as neurobiological laboratory studies of high-risk subjects.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:26276 |
Date | January 2000 |
Creators | Lieb, Roselind, Isensee, Barbara, Sydow, Kirsten von, Wittchen, Hans-Ulrich |
Publisher | Karger |
Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
Source | European Addiction Research, 2000, Bd. 6, Nr. 4, S. 170-182, ISSN: 1022-6877 |
Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Relation | 10.1159/000052043 |
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