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The PsyCoLaus study: methodology and characteristics of the sample of a population-based survey on psychiatric disorders and their association with genetic and cardiovascular risk factors.
BMC psychiatry - 17 Mar 2009
Preisig Martin, Waeber Gérard, Vollenweider Peter, Bovet Pascal, Rothen Stéphane, Vandeleur Caroline, Guex Patrice, Middleton Lefkos, Waterworth Dawn, Mooser Vincent, Tozzi Federica, Muglia Pierandrea
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Psychiatric arm of the population-based CoLaus study (PsyCoLaus) is designed to: 1) establish the prevalence of threshold and subthreshold psychiatric syndromes in the 35 to 66 year-old population of the city of Lausanne (Switzerland); 2) test the validity of postulated definitions for subthreshold mood and anxiety syndromes; 3) determine the associations between psychiatric disorders, personality...
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