Western Australian Schizophrenia High-Risk e-Cohort
The Western Australian schizophrenia high-risk e-Cohort is a longitudinal, multigenerational e-cohort constructed by record linkage across Western Australian administrative health and social services registers. The cohort is composed of all the children born in Western Australia between 1980 and 2001 to mothers with a diagnosis of psychosis (schizophrenia, unipolar major depression, bipolar disorder and other non-organic psychoses) who have had an inpatient or outpatient contact recorded on the statewide psychiatric case register between 1966 and 2001. The comparison cohort consists of all the children born in Western Australia over the same period whose mothers have not had a record of contact with mental health services.
Study design
Cohort - intergenerational, Cohort, Cohort - primary caregiver and child
Number of participants at first data collection
246,873 (mothers)
467,945 (children)
Age at first data collection
Varied (mothers)
Birth (children)
Participant year of birth
Varied (mothers)
1980 - 2001 (children)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
All the children born in Western Australia between 1980 and 2001 to mothers with a diagnosis of psychosis who have had an inpatient or outpatient contact recorded on the statewide psychiatric case register between 1966 and 2001.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
1996
Primary Institutions
University of Western Australia (UWA)
Links
Profile paper DOI
Funders
National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
March of Dimes
Stanley Foundation
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Education data
- Existing research data
- Healthcare data
- Medical birth registry
- Mortality data
- Other government data
- Police & judicial system data
- Social care data
Engagement
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