NESDA

Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety

The Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA) is an ongoing longitudinal cohort study covering already 15 years of follow-up (with 7 waves of data collection). It includes over 3700 participants with detailed mental and somatic health information as well as genetics, omics, neuroimaging and environmental data. NESDA data could be used to examine mental health etiology, development and consequences in society

Website NESDA

Infrastructure and User Services 

NESDA has collected detailed data on mental and somatic health with face-to-face interviews, self-report questionnaires, computer tests, and ecological monitoring data using smartphone and wearables. Detailed biological data includes neuroimaging, DNA, RNA, epigenetics, metabolomics, proteomics and microbiome information. Environmental data consists of detailed psychosocial characteristics collected through self-report, data linkage to central bureau of statistics data and information from family members.

After filling out a data analysis request, data are available for researchers through public websites and/or through the NESDA datamanagement website

Examples/description of the type of research 

NESDA data could be used to examine mental and somatic health etiology, development and consequences in society.

How to access the infrastructure 

After data analysis requests have been processed, researchers get access to data through a data management website

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