INTREPID II: protocol for a multistudy programme of research on untreated psychosis in India, Nigeria and Trinidad.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

There are few robust and directly comparable studies of the epidemiology of psychotic disorders in the Global South. INTREPID II is designed to investigate variations in untreated psychotic disorders in the Global South in (1) incidence and presentation (2) 2-year course and outcome, (3) help-seeking and impact, and (4) physical health.

Methods

INTREPID II is a programme of research incorporating incidence, case-control and cohort studies of psychoses in contiguous urban and rural areas in India, Nigeria and Trinidad. In each country, the target samples are 240 untreated cases with a psychotic disorder, 240 age-matched, sex-matched and neighbourhood-matched controls, and 240 relatives or caregivers. Participants will be followed, in the first instance, for 2 yea

SUBMITTER: Roberts T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7311008 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature