Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank (ASRB)
ASRB was established in 2006 as a multi-centre, national medical research database and storage facility that links clinical and neuropsychological information, blood samples, and structural MRI brain scans from people with schizophrenia and healthy non-psychiatric controls. The ASRB was retired in late 2022. It is based on a case (schizophrenia) and control (non-psychiatric) sampling design. The sample is drawn from five Australian States and Territories: New South Wales (Sydney, Hunter, Illawarra, Orange), Canberra, Queensland (Brisbane), Western Australia (Perth), and Victoria (Melbourne).
Study design
Registry, Biobank
Number of participants at first data collection
293 (healthy controls)
493 (participants with schizophrenia)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
The Australian population in 2006 (for healthy controls only).
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2006
Primary Institutions
James Cook University (JCU)
Schizophrenia Research Institute (SRI)
University of Melbourne
University of Newcastle
University of Queensland (UQ)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Australian Rotary Health (ARH)
Baxter Charitable Foundation
Merrett Foundation
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Patrick Brennan Trust
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – phone
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Self-report questionnaire – unspecified
- None
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- None
Engagement
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