The investigation of the clinical course of former clients of the early detection- and therapy centre for psychological crisis (FETZ)

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00024469

Enrollment

1880

Registered

2021-02-24

Start date

2020-11-19

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

F99

Interventions

Group 1: All clients, who used the service of the FETZ at the University hospital clinic in Cologne between 1998-2015 are recontacted and ask to participate in this study. After giving their consent t

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: In the study are all patients, who used the service of the FETZ from 1998 until 2015. Only the patients, who fullfilled an exclusion criteria, mentioned in the following section, are excluded from the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Life-time diagnosis of a psychotic disorder (non-affective, affective) according to the DSM-IV (APA, 1994) and/or ICD-10 (WHO, 1999) criteria at the first contact at the FETZ or at any later timepoint, 2. or a well documented life-time diagnosis of a psychotic disorder (non-affective, affective) according to the DSM-IV (APA, 1994) and/or ICD-10 (WHO, 1999) in the data. 3. previously known diseases of the central nervous System (CNS), somatic diseases with effects on the central nervous System (e.g. untreated hyperthyroidism)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The planned research project is focusing on the clinical course of former clients of the early detection- and therapy centre for psychological crisis (FETZ) at the department of psychiatry and psychotherapy of the University hospital clinic Cologne, which were visiting the FETZ between 1998-2015, in order to get informations about the longitudinal sensitivity and specificity of the criterias for clinical high Risk patients. This could help to improve the prediction for psychosis.	—

Measure

Time frame

The planned research project is focusing on the clinical course of former clients of the early detection- and therapy centre for psychological crisis (FETZ) at the department of psychiatry and psychotherapy of the University hospital clinic Cologne, which were visiting the FETZ between 1998-2015, in order to get informations about the longitudinal sensitivity and specificity of the criterias for clinical high Risk patients. This could help to improve the prediction for psychosis.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Improvement of the knowledge about relevant clinical and soziodemographic factors, which are applicable to predict longterm non-psychotic psychiatric disorders and longterm psychosocial functional impairments.	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactCarolin Doll

Department of PsychiatryUniversity Hospital Cologne

carolin.doll@uk-koeln.de0221 478 7225

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 6, 2026