The Diamond Cohort Study - Long Term Outcomes of Depression (ext led by Uni of Melbourne)

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 participants 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.