Copenhagen High-Risk Project, 1962-86
The Copenhagen High-Risk Project recruited children of schizophrenic mothers and children of non-schizophrenic mothers (control participants) in Copenhagen, Denmark, to follow the development, course and outcome of schizophrenia in high and low-risk groups. The control participants were matched to the children of schizophrenic mothers on a variety of factors, including age, sex, social class, education, rural-urban residence and home experience. All children had no serious mental health conditions when entering the cohort. This resulted in a baseline cohort of over 200 children of schizophrenic mothers and over 100 matched control participants.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
207 (children of schizophrenic mothers)
104 (controls)
Age at first data collection
10 - 20 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1962
Primary Institutions
Aarhaus Psychiatric Hospital
Copenhagen Municipal Hospital (Københavns Kommunehospital)
University of Southern California (USC)
Links
No website available
Profile paper DOI
Funders
United States Public Health Service (USPHS)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Secondary data
- None
- Computerized tomography (CT)
- Healthcare data
Engagement
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