Social and Economic Predictors of the Severe Mental Disorders Study (SEP-MD)
The SEP-MD study is a linked cohort including data for over 19,500 individuals with a diagnosis of severe mental illness. Individual data from the 2011 United Kingdom Census is connected with clinical records from the South London & Maudsley Trust and death registrations. For each individual in the SEP-MD cohort, data were matched with 5 controls from the study area who had completed census questions but did not have a history of severe mental health problems, with this additional sample facilitating further research.
Study design
Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
19,808 (participants)
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2007 (linkage)
2018 (inception)
Primary Institutions
King's College London (KCL)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Census data
- Employer data
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
- Social care data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
