Wellbeing And Resilience: Mechanisms (WARM study)
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Wellbeing And Resilience: Mechanisms of transmission of health and risk in parents with complex mental health problems and their offspring (The WARM Study)
IRAS ID
154092
Contact name
Andrew Gumley
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Research summary
The goal of the present study is to establish the feasibility of developing a cohort of pregnant women with a life time diagnosis of schizophrenia spectrum psychosis and the following comparison groups: pregnant women with a life time diagnosis of bipolar disorder, pregnant women with a diagnosis of major depressive disorder at the time of assessment and a non-psychiatric pregnant control group. Establishing this cohort will provide the basis for long-term follow-up and intervention development. Approximately half of infants of parents with complex mental health problems such as psychosis and mood disorder develop mental disorders themselves and thus have a severely increased risk compared to the normal population. At the same time half of the infant have a ‘resilient’ development. We want to identify biological and psychosocial transmission mechanisms involved in both ‘resilient’ and ‘risk’ development in these infants. The study will be able to create new knowledge about why some infants have a ‘risk’ development, while others have a ‘resilient’ development. We want to contribute to the strengthening and expansion of preventive interventions towards infant of parents with severe mental disorder and their families.
REC name
West of Scotland REC 3
REC reference
14/WS/1051
Date of REC Opinion
15 Aug 2014
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion