Gene Environment interactions in Mental health trajectorieS of Youth (Youth-GEMS)

Gene Environment interactions in Mental health trajectorieS of Youth (Youth-GEMS) - Youth-GEMS

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON57257

Enrollment

175

Registered

2024-04-16

Start date

2025-05-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-08-03

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Conditions

Young people between the age of 12-24 years, accessing outpatient specialized mental health services for the first time "Mental health problems" and "mental health disorders" Mental health problems

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

12 Years to 64 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: • Age between 12-24 years. • New appointment with a mental health service within the past two months • Good command of the languages used in the study. • Written informed consent by the participant, their parents if minors, or  legal representatives if appropriate.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: • Previous contact with a mental health service at the same level of care (primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary) within the past 12 months.- Intellectual disability with associated functional impairment. • Severe neurological or medical condition. • Genetically confirmed neurobehavioral syndromes.  • Participants that exhibit significant difficulties to complete the  self-reported questionnaires or those whose genetic or biological analysis  confirm an underlying health or genetic condition will be excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The main outcome will be overall mental health measured with MyLifeTracker. This is a scale that consists of five items targeting areas of importance to youth: general well-being, day-to-day activities, relationships with friends, relationships with family, and general coping.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Secondary outcomes include the following areas: clinical, cognition, self-reported assessment, digital phenotyping, and biological data. Participants can be asked to participate in subparts of the study. Among others, a qualitative study will be performed to retrieve more insight into the lived experience of participants. Additionally, a subgroup will use 'experience sampling method'. For all subparts, participants will be asked to give additional informed consent.	—

Measure

Time frame

Secondary outcomes include the following areas: clinical, cognition, self-reported assessment, digital phenotyping, and biological data. Participants can be asked to participate in subparts of the study. Among others, a qualitative study will be performed to retrieve more insight into the lived experience of participants. Additionally, a subgroup will use 'experience sampling method'. For all subparts, participants will be asked to give additional informed consent.

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Countries

Netherlands

Contacts

Public ContactZ.I.J. Rutten

Universiteit Maastricht

sp-youthgems@maastrichtuniversity.nl0614348173

Outcome results