IT SUPPORT FOR THE AUSTRALIAN SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH BANK

F. A. Henskens, C. M. Loughland, M. S. Aphale, D. Paul, J. M. Richards, P. Rasser, V. J. Carr, S. V. Catts, A. Jablensky, P. T. Michie, B. J. Mowry, C. Pantelis, U. Schall, R. J. Scott

2009

Abstract

Schizophrenia represents one of the most perplexing and challenging problems confronting both researchers and health-care providers today. An Australian coalition of researchers has commenced construction of a resource termed the Australian Schizophrenia Research Bank (ASRB), which intends to support a wide spectrum of schizophrenia research studies. Software has been written to implement of a series of clinical assessment instruments, and a purpose-built Globus Grid constructed to provide secure aggregation and storage of the collected data. This paper describes the design, technology selections and implementation of the extant computer infrastructure, and discusses planned extensions and enhancements.

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in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2009)
TI - IT SUPPORT FOR THE AUSTRALIAN SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH BANK
SN - 978-989-8111-63-0
AU - Henskens F.
AU - Loughland C.
AU - Aphale M.
AU - Paul D.
AU - Richards J.
AU - Rasser P.
AU - Carr V.
AU - Catts S.
AU - Jablensky A.
AU - Michie P.
AU - Mowry B.
AU - Pantelis C.
AU - Schall U.
AU - Scott R.
PY - 2009
SP - 405
EP - 410
DO - 10.5220/0001429504050410


in Harvard Style

Henskens F., Loughland C., Aphale M., Paul D., Richards J., Rasser P., Carr V., Catts S., Jablensky A., Michie P., Mowry B., Pantelis C., Schall U. and Scott R. (2009). IT SUPPORT FOR THE AUSTRALIAN SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH BANK . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2009) ISBN 978-989-8111-63-0, pages 405-410. DOI: 10.5220/0001429504050410


in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf09,
author={F. A. Henskens and C. M. Loughland and M. S. Aphale and D. Paul and J. M. Richards and P. Rasser and V. J. Carr and S. V. Catts and A. Jablensky and P. T. Michie and B. J. Mowry and C. Pantelis and U. Schall and R. J. Scott},
title={IT SUPPORT FOR THE AUSTRALIAN SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH BANK},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={405-410},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001429504050410},
isbn={978-989-8111-63-0},
}