Social and Economic Predictors of the Severe Mental Disorders Study (SEP-MD)

Aims
The Social and Economic Predictors of the Severe Mental Disorders Study (SEP-MD) is a large, linked cohort connecting individual data from the 2011 UK Census with clinical records from the South London & Maudsley Trust and death registrations. SEP-MD aims to explore how neighbourhood and individual-level factors are related to mortality, in-patient admissions and long-term worklessness in people with severe mental health conditions. The study will also explore ethnic inequalities to deepen understanding of disparities in outcomes.

Institution
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London

Geographic coverage - Nations
England

Geographic coverage - Regions
South East London

Start date
2018

Catalogue record last updated
12/04/2024

Sample type
Linked cohort

Sample details
The linked cohort includes clinical data from 19,808 SLaM service users with a diagnosis of severe mental illness, including schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, bipolar affective disorders and non-organic psychoses, linked with available data from the 2011 census and death registrations. SLaM provides mental health care to an ethnically diverse, urbanised location in South East London, with a catchment area of 1.3 million people and only 38.7% of SlaM service users reporting their ethnicity as 'White' in 2020-21. In addition to the linked cohort, an additional sample is available to facilitate further research. For each individual in the SEP-MD cohort, data were matched with 5 controls from the study area who had completed census questions but did not have a history of severe mental health problems, allowing for examination of the social determinants of onset, course, and outcomes (admissions, worklessness and mortality) in people living with severe mental health conditions.

Sample size at recruitment
19,808 individuals with a diagnosis of severe mental illness

Sample size at most recent sweep
19,808 individuals with a diagnosis of severe mental illness

Sex
All

Age at recruitment
Varied

Cohort year of birth
Varied