The goal of this study is to develop a large longitudinal cohort of individuals diagnosed with or at high risk for brain diseases (both neurological and psychiatric in nature), in order to identify risk factors that contribute to neurological and psychiatric diseases over time. The investigators seek to capture relevant information from medical records, electronically administered questionnaires and follow up phone-based interviews. The investigators expect to eventually have sufficient power from our dataset to examine risk factors for a variety of brain disorders, both individually and in aggregate. Our ultimate goal is to offer scientifically validated ways to preserve and promote brain health by working with our patients' needs and tracking their progress over time.
Adult ≥ 18 years of age
Red group: established diagnosis of one or more neurological and/or psychiatric conditions
Yellow group: high-risk to develop one or more neurological and/or psychiatric conditions
family history (first degree relative) one or more neurological and/or psychiatric conditions
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1. Chinese ONLY 2. Hong Kong Resident
Case-control
Prospective
Neuro-QoL questionnaire
BehavioralFollow-up over time will continue (either in-person or over the phone) using the same questionnaires (depending on which group they are belongs to) at approximately 6-month intervals. During each follow-up, participants will be screened for any new signs, symptoms and diagnoses of neurological and/or psychiatric disorders, in order to correlate these outcomes with risk factors captured using the procedures described above.
Risk factors contributing to neurological and psychiatric diseases
The participants' electronic medical records and questionnaires done (either symptomatic or asymptomatic) would be compared with their follow-up electronic medical records/phone follow-up interview and questionnaires done over time.
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