PRIME Cohort Studies

The cohort studies are treatment cohorts which assessed the clinical, social and economic outcomes of patients who havereceived a diagnosis of depression, alcohol use disorder (AUD), psychosis or epilepsy. In some countries a control group(patients who screen positive for a disorder but were undiagnosed by a clinician) were also followed up. Key researchthemes included social, health and economic outcomes, equity of access, and stigma, discrimination, adherence andretention in care. After the baseline data collection, patients were followed-up after 3 or 6 months (midline visit), andagain 12 months after the baseline (endline visit). A detailed description of the cohort methods has been published inBMC Psychiatry (https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-018-1642-x). Below is a briefoverview of the design, recruitment and data collection methods.If you wish to access the cohort dataset, please complete an expression of interest form athttps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfp9sVy_OKV18AWJfUlBGVnC_QuLyCalR4xVJR4tAMRR5g1wg/viewform.