The outlined study design commenced in April 2015 and includes baseline and follow-up assessments at 6-weeks and 12-months post baseline. The design of the study is prospective in nature and includes a healthy control group. The naturalistic recruitment of patients aged 18 years or above occurs in inpatient and outpatient units through research clinics of the Department of Psychiatry, University of Adelaide and the Eastern, Western, and Northern Mental Health Networks in Adelaide, South Australia. Recruitment may also include the general community through advertisement. Healthy controls are recruited from the same population background as the patients.
