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International Journal of Epidemiology 2008 37(6):1227-1235; doi:10.1093/ije/dym273
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2008; all rights reserved.

Cohort Profile: The Dutch ‘TRacking Adolescents’ Individual Lives’ Survey’; TRAILS

Martijn Huisman1,*, Albertine J Oldehinkel1,2, Andrea de Winter1, Ruud B Minderaa3, Annelies de Bildt3, Anja C Huizink1,2, Frank C Verhulst2 and Johan Ormel1

1 Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
2 Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
3 Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands.

* Corresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, PO Box 30001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands. E-mail: martijn.huisman@med.umcg.nl

Accepted 10 December 2007

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   How did the study come about?
 
Mental disorders account for one-fifth of the total burden of disease in the Western world,1 and, as such, should require due attention from the international epidemiological research community. Good quality research on the aetiology and course of psychopathology in the population is impossible without reliable and valid data from long-term longitudinal cohort studies.

Research on psychopathology in adolescence is important both from a scientific point of view and from the point of view of prevention and public health policy. Adolescence is characterized by major biological, psychological and social challenges and opportunities, where interaction between the individual and environment is intense, and developmental pathways are set in motion or become established.2–4 Furthermore, adolescent psychopathology can have important consequences for education, relationships and socioeconomic achievement in later life.5–7 These characteristics of adolescence do not only set high demands for cohort studies aiming to capture the most salient aspects of developmental pathways, they . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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   Who is in the sample, how long have they been followed and what is attrition like?
 

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   What has the study found?
 

   What are the main strengths and weaknesses of the study?
 

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