The investigation of the clinical course of former clients of the early detection- and therapy centre for psychological crisis (FETZ)

Recruiting

Conditions: F99
Mental disorder, not otherwise specified

Registration Number: DRKS00024469

Lead Sponsor: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie/ Kliniken der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 1880

Inclusion Criteria

In the study are all patients, who used the service of the FETZ from 1998 until 2015. Only the patients, who fullfilled an exclusion criteria, mentioned in the following section, are excluded from the study.

Exclusion Criteria

1.Life-time diagnosis of a psychotic disorder (non-affective, affective) according to the DSM-IV (APA, 1994) and/or ICD-10 (WHO, 1999) criteria at the first contact at the FETZ or at any later timepoint,
2. or a well documented life-time diagnosis of a psychotic disorder (non-affective, affective) according to the DSM-IV (APA, 1994) and/or ICD-10 (WHO, 1999) in the data.
3. previously known diseases of the central nervous System (CNS), somatic diseases with effects on the central nervous System (e.g. untreated hyperthyroidism)

Study & Design

Study Type: observational

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The planned research project is focusing on the clinical course of former clients of the early detection- and therapy centre for psychological crisis (FETZ) at the department of psychiatry and psychotherapy of the University hospital clinic Cologne, which were visiting the FETZ between 1998-2015, in order to get informations about the longitudinal sensitivity and specificity of the criterias for clinical high Risk patients. This could help to improve the prediction for psychosis.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Improvement of the knowledge about relevant clinical and soziodemographic factors, which are applicable to predict longterm non-psychotic psychiatric disorders and longterm psychosocial functional impairments.