Mental health in UK Biobank - development, implementation and results from an online questionnaire completed by 157 366 participants: a reanalysis.
Katrina Alice Southworth DavisJonathan R I ColemanMark AdamsNaomi AllenGerome BreenBreda CullenChris DickensElaine FoxNick GrahamJo HollidayLouise Michele HowardAnn JohnWilliam LeeRose McCabeAndrew M McIntoshRobert PearsallDaniel J SmithCathie SudlowJoey WardStan ZammitMatthew HotopfPublished in: BJPsych open (2020)
The UK Biobank questionnaire represents a very large mental health survey in itself, and the results presented here show high face validity, although caution is needed because of selection bias. Built into UK Biobank, these data intersect with other health data to offer unparalleled potential for crosscutting biomedical research involving mental health.