Indicators of mental disorders in UK Biobank—A comparison of approaches

• Published in: International journal of methods in psychiatric research Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. e1796 - n/a
• Main Authors: Davis, Katrina A.S., Cullen, Breda, Adams, Mark, Brailean, Anamaria, Breen, Gerome, Coleman, Jonathan R.I., Dregan, Alexandru, Gaspar, Héléna A., Hübel, Christopher, Lee, William, McIntosh, Andrew M., Nolan, John, Pearsall, Robert, Hotopf, Matthew
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.09.2019; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Anxiety; Classification; Cohort analysis; Cohort Studies; cohort study; Databases, Factual; Datasets as Topic; Diagnosis; epidemiology; Female; Humans; Male; Medical Records Systems, Computerized; Medical research; mental disorder; Mental disorders; Mental Disorders - classification; Mental Disorders - diagnosis; Mental Disorders - epidemiology; Mental health; Middle Aged; online survey; Original; Outcome Assessment, Health Care - statistics & numerical data; Self Report; UK Biobank; United Kingdom - epidemiology; United Kingdom; United Kingdom > UK; epidemiology; diagnosis; cohort study; mental disorder; UK Biobank; online survey

Objectives For many research cohorts, it is not practical to provide a “gold‐standard” mental health diagnosis. It is therefore important for mental health research that potential alternative measures for ascertaining mental disorder status are understood. Methods Data from UK Biobank in those parti...