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Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci (2013) 263:695701 DOI 10.1007/s00406-013-0401-8
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The DGPPN-Cohort: a national collaboration initiativeby the German Association for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (DGPPN) for establishing a large-scale cohort of psychiatric patients
Heike Anderson-Schmidt Lothar Adler Chadiga Aly Ion-George Anghelescu Michael Bauer
Jessica Baumgartner Joachim Becker Roswitha Bianco Thomas Becker Cosima Bitter Dominikus Bnsch
Karoline Buckow Monika Budde Martin Bhrig Jrgen Deckert Sara Y. Demiroglu Detlef Dietrich
Michael Dmpelmann Uta Engelhardt Andreas J. Fallgatter Daniel Feldhaus Christian Figge
Here Folkerts Michael Franz Katrin Gade Wolfgang Gaebel Hans-Jrgen Grabe Oliver Gruber
Verena Gullatz Linda Gusky Urs Heilbronner Krister Helbing Ulrich Hegerl Andreas Heinz
Tilman Hensch Christoph Hiemke Markus Jager Anke Jahn-Brodmann Georg Juckel Franz Kandulski
Wolfgang P. Kaschka Tilo Kircher Manfred Koller Carsten Konrad Johannes Kornhuber Marina Krause
Axel Krug Mahsa Lee Markus Leweke Klaus Lieb Mechthild Mammes Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg
Moritz Mhlbacher Matthias J. Mller Vanessa Nieratschker Barbara Nierste Jacqueline Ohle
Andrea Pfennig Marlenna Pieper Matthias Quade Daniela Reich-Erkelenz Andreas Reif Markus Reitt
Bernd Reininghaus Eva Z. Reininghaus Matthias Riemenschneider Otto Rienhoff Patrik Roser
Dan Rujescu Rebecca Schennach Harald Scherk Max Schmauss Frank Schneider Alexandra Schosser
Bjrn H. Schott Sybille G. Schwab Jens Schwanke Daniela Skrowny Carsten Spitzer Sebastian Stierl
Judith Stckel Susanne Stbner Andreas Thiel Hans-Peter Volz Martin von Hagen Henrik Walter
Stephanie H. Witt Thomas Wobrock Jrgen Zielasek Jrg Zimmermann Antje Zitzelsberger
Wolfgang Maier Peter G. Falkai Marcella Rietschel Thomas G. Schulze
Received: 25 December 2012 / Accepted: 1 March 2013 / Published online: 3 April 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Abstract The German Association for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (DGPPN) has committed itself to establish a prospective national cohort of patients with major psychiatric disorders, the so-called DGPPN-Cohort. This project
will enable the scientic exploitation of high-quality data and biomaterial from psychiatric patients for research. It will be set up using harmonised data sets and procedures for sample generation and guided by transparent rules for
H. Anderson-Schmidt C. Aly R. Bianco C. Bitter
M. Budde U. Engelhardt D. Feldhaus K. Gade
O. Gruber V. Gullatz U. Heilbronner A. Jahn-Brodmann
M. Krause B. Nierste D. Reich-Erkelenz M. Reitt
J. Stckel P. G. Falkai T. G. Schulze (&)
Section of Psychiatric Genetics, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Centre Gttingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 5, 37075 Gttingen,...