Izmir Mental Health Survey for Gene-Environment Interaction in Psychoses (TurkSch): Objectives and Methodology

BİNBAY İ. T., ELBİ H., ALPTEKİN K., Tanik F. A., Drukker M., Onay H., ...More

TURK PSIKIYATRI DERGISI, vol.22, no.2, pp.65-76, 2011 (SSCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 22 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.5080/u6380
  • Journal Name: TURK PSIKIYATRI DERGISI
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.65-76
  • Keywords: Psychoses, epidemiology, prevalence, genetics, risk factors, methodology, INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW, EARLY DEVELOPMENTAL-STAGES, 1999 EARTHQUAKE, SCHIZOPHRENIA, PREVALENCE, TURKEY, DISORDER, COMMUNITY, PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, METAANALYSIS
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective: To describe the objectives and design of a multistage study on the prevalence and risk factors of mental health problems, in particular psychotic disorders and psychotic symptoms, by assessing a probabilistic sample of household residents in the Izmir Metropolitan Area, aged 15-64 years.