Study overview
Overview
- Study title
- Consortium on Vulnerability to Externalizing Disorders and Addictions (cVEDA)
- Study link
- https://cveda.in/
- Participants enrolled
- 9,010
- Lead institute
- National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS)
- Principal investigator (PI)
- Vivek Benegal (NIMHANS)
- Principal investigator profile
- Open profile
- Study design
- Longitudinal
- Location
- Chandigarh, Kolkata, Bangalore, Rishi Valley, Mysore, Imphal & Asansol (Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Manipur West Bengal Chandigarh)
- Single / multiple sites
- Multiple Sites
- Key highlights
- The Study aim to examine environmental influences on genomic variations, neurodevelopmental trajectories and vulnerability to psychopathology, with a focus on externalizing disorder in participants. It is the first and largest India-based multi-site cohort investigating vulnerabilities for externalizing disorders, addictions, and mental health problems.
- Reference paper 1
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31898525/
Insights & criteria
Insights
- Inclusion criteria
- Children of substance use and other mental disorder, Slum Dwellers, Toxic exposure and socio-political areas
- Exclusion criteria
- Legal Blindness/ deafness or Active seizure disorder or Severe mental/ physical illness or No Consent or Unavailble for follow up
- Socio‑demographic / economic
- Urban and Rural Setting
- Recruitment and timeline
- 2016-2019
- Follow‑up
- Follow-up I (2017-2020)
Follow-up II (2018-2021) - Keywords
- Adoloscent, Environmental exposures, Mental Health
Details
Details
- Age group
- 6-23 years
- Gender
- Men & Women
- Scope
- National
- Category
- Adoloscent and Young Adult Cohort