Researchers on the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s Faculty London have launched a brand new free platform to permit individuals to find tons of of longitudinal psychological well being datasets, in partnership with Wellcome, MQ Psychological Well being Analysis and lived expertise consultants.
The brand new Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets permits researchers, governments, funders and members of the general public to discover over 1,600 datasets utilizing a chosen search engine. The platform contains options to visualise information sources on a map, examine a number of datasets, and apply filters to establish datasets most related to particular analysis questions.
It has potential to enhance our understanding of psychological well being by:
- Making it simple for researchers to find longitudinal datasets from internationally to assist reply questions on psychological well being
- Permitting funders to establish gaps in analysis to information useful resource allocation
- Informing evidence-based coverage growth and public well being monitoring
- Making present datasets extra seen to advertise collaboration and scale back duplication of analysis
In complete, a couple of billion individuals are represented throughout all 1,600 datasets. Datasets are from 186 international locations throughout six continents, and round 25 per cent of them embrace at the least one low- and middle-income nation.
The platform comprises details about pattern measurement, participant demographics, information sharing insurance policies, sort of knowledge collected, psychological well being matters studied, and lived expertise skilled involvement. Researchers are persevering with so as to add new datasets to the platform.
Professor Louise Arseneault, Principal Investigator and Professor of Developmental Psychology at King’s IoPPN, mentioned:
“We’re thrilled to launch the brand new Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets. Longitudinal analysis holds a lot potential for advancing our understanding of the event, development and remedy of psychological well being circumstances. By bringing collectively these datasets into one centralised platform, we hope the Atlas will grow to be a broadly used software for researchers, funders and policymakers, enabling them to find and utilise this crucial information.”
The Atlas was launched at Wellcome on 22 January 2025. Principal Investigator, Professor Louise Arseneault shared the journey of constructing the Atlas and its purposes in analysis, adopted by a stay demonstration by Dr Bridget Bryan, Analysis Affiliate on the IoPPN. The occasion concluded with panel dialogue with researchers and lived expertise consultants.
