NESDA

De Nederlandse Studie naar Depressie en Angst (NESDA) wordt gefinancierd door het VU Medisch Centrum Amsterdam, het Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen en het Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum.

Depression and anxiety disorders are common at all ages. Approximately one out of three people in the Netherlands will be faced with them at some time during their lives. It is still not clear why some people recover quickly and why others suffer for long periods of time. The Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA) was therefore designed to investigate the course of depression and anxiety disorders over a period of several years. The main aim of NESDA is to determine the (psychological, social, biological and genetic) factors that influence the development and the long-term prognosis of anxiety and depression.