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. 2020 Apr 21:11:340.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00340. eCollection 2020.

Study Protocol for a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study to Identify Proteomic Predictors of Pluripotent Risk for Mental Illness: The Seoul Pluripotent Risk for Mental Illness Study

Tae Young Lee  1 , Junhee Lee  2 , Hyun Ju Lee  2 , Yunna Lee  3 , Sang Jin Rhee  2 , Dong Yeon Park  4 , Myung Jae Paek  5 , Eun Young Kim  2 , Euitae Kim  6 , Sungwon Roh  7 , Hee Yeon Jung  8 , Minah Kim  2 , Se Hyun Kim  2 , Dohyun Han  2 , Yong Min Ahn  2 , Kyooseob Ha  2 , Jun Soo Kwon  2
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Study Protocol for a Prospective Longitudinal Cohort Study to Identify Proteomic Predictors of Pluripotent Risk for Mental Illness: The Seoul Pluripotent Risk for Mental Illness Study

Tae Young Lee et al. Front Psychiatry. .

Abstract

Background: The Seoul Pluripotent Risk for Mental Illness (SPRIM) study was designed to identify predictors leading to mental illness in help-seeking individuals by securing sufficient statistical power through transdiagnostic approaches. The SPRIM study aims to examine the clinical characteristics of high-risk individuals for mental illness and to identify proteomic biomarkers that can predict the onset of mental illness.

Methods: This paper describes the study protocol of the SPRIM study. We aim to recruit 150 participants who meet the criteria for high risk for major mental illness, 150 patients with major psychiatric disorders (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder), and 50 matched healthy control subjects for 2 years. Clinical evaluations, self-report measures, and proteomic analyses will be implemented. The assessment points are at baseline, 6, 12, 18, and 24 months.

Conclusions: In the present study, we introduced the study protocol of the SPRIM study, which is the first prospective cohort study of transdiagnostic high-risk concepts using proteomic biomarkers. This study has a paradigm that encompasses various diseases without aiming at predicting and preventing the development of a specific mental illness in help-seeking individuals. The transdiagnostic high-risk concept could be extended to provide a perspective for people with various psychopathological tendencies below a threshold, such that they do not meet the existing diagnostic criteria of mental illnesses, to determine what may lead them to a specific disease and help identify appropriate preventative interventions.

Keywords: bipolar disorder; high-risk for mental illness; major depressive disorder; pluripotential; proteomics; schizophrenia; transdiagnostic.

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