PERSIAN Youth Cohort
The youth population (aged 15-34 years) of three PERSIAN Cohort sites, Fasa, Ravansar, and Rafsanjan are invited to participate in the Youth Cohort, with a primary focus on mental health and substance use in that population. The PERSIAN Youth Cohort aims to include 9000 individuals of both genders.
General Objectives of the Cohort are as followed :
1. To determine the annual incidence of common psychiatric disorders, psychosocial conditions and injuries in a population-based cohort in Iran
2. To determine the risk and protective factors for the annual incidence of common psychiatric disorders, psychosocial conditions and injuries
3. To determine the course and outcomes of common psychiatric disorders
4. To determine the risk and protective factors for the course and outcomes of common psychiatric disorders
The main outcomes of interest of the PERSIAN Youth Cohort include :
1. Incidence of common psychiatric disorders
2. Initiation of alcohol and drug use
3. Committing suicide
4. Incidence of traffic and non-traffic injuries
5. Hospitalization for mental illness
6. Course of mental disorder: chronicity, relapse, remission, and hospitalization
7. Death
Investigators in the PERSIAN Youth Cohort (Tehran Team)
Principal Investigator
Afarin Rahimi-Movaghar, MD, MPH
Professor of Psychiatry, Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies, Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Co-Principal Investigators (in alphabetic order)