The Catalogue will be part of the new MRC Mental Health Data Hub in partnership with Health Data Research UK.
This new hub will aim to provide the evidence india rcs data base to help understand what is most effective at an individual, community or population level to prevent, treat and manage mental health problems and to intervene at an earlier stage. range of data sources to reflect the multi-dimensional determinants of mental health and their inter-related longitudinal impacts.
Interesting facts that emerged from reviewing the cohort and longitudinal studies
The development of the Catalogue has shed light on the wealth of mental health data collected in British longitudinal studies. The first data collection point we reviewed took place in 1932 and participants are still part of the study today.
The Catalogue compiles information on a total of 31 mental health topics. Studies in the Catalogue have recruited participants across the lifecourse, ranging from recruiting infants at birth to elders after their 85th birthday. The Catalogue includes birth cohorts, twin studies, ageing studies, repeated cross-sectional studies, accelerated longitudinal designs, and a household panel study. Some were specifically designed to focus on mental health, while others have included mental health measures in the context of more multi-purpose studies.