The diamond cohort study - better management of those at risk of persistent and disabling depression

戴蒙德从2005年开始跟踪500多名有抑郁症状的人，记录和描述抑郁症的性质和过程，以及参与者十年来的管理。我们的研究结果将有助于我们了解与抑郁症恢复，复发和持续相关的因素。我们将通过开发一种工具来帮助全科医生识别那些有持续性和致残性抑郁风险的人，从而为临床实践提供信息，以便更好地治疗。

Diamond began in 2005 to follow over 500 people with depressive symptoms to document and describe the nature and course of depression and its’ management over a decade of a participant’s life. Our findings will help us to understand the factors associated with depression recovery, relapse and persistence. We will inform clinical practice by developing a tool to assist GPs to identify those at risk of persistent and disabling depression, to enable better treatments.