The Diamond cohort study was established in 2005 to explore the course and management of depression in the primary care setting in recognition that most treatment and management of common mental disorders occurs in general practice. Diamond is one of the largest and longest running cohorts of its kind globally.
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Diamond people
Meet the Diamond cohort study researchers who are shaping mental health care research across the globe.
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Diamond culture
Hear more about the research culture that allowed Diamond to become one of the largest and longest running cohort studies of its kind in the world.
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Diamond outcomes
Learn more about Diamond’s key findings and why it was twice named one of the National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) ’10 of the best’ projects in Australia.
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The Diamond cohort study
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The Diamond community
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Diamond dataset
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Funding
The Diamond study was initiated with pilot funding from the beyondblue Victorian Centre for Research Excellence in Depression and Related Disorders and the main cohort has received consecutive Project Grant funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (IDs 299869 (2004); 454463 (2007); 566511 (2009); and 1002908 (2010).
The year one Computer Assisted Telephone Interview was funded by a Stream 3 grant from the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI) which is supported by a grant from the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
No funding body had a role in study design; the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; the writing of the manuscript; or the decision to submit this manuscript for publication.
Acknowledgements
Webpage curated by Alison Flehr.
Diamond interviews conducted by Alison Flehr.
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