B1321 - Development of an early diagnostic system for psychopathology using video data from the ALSPAC cohort - 16/03/2012

B number: 
B1321
Principal applicant name: 
Dr Clare Allely (University of Glasgow, UK)
Co-applicants: 
Dr Philip Wilson (Not used 0, Not used 0), Dr Alex McConnachie (University of Glasgow, UK), Dr Christine Puckering (University of Glasgow, UK), Dr Helen Marwick (University of Strathclyde, UK), Prof Christopher Gilberg (Not used 0, Not used 0), Dr Lucy Thompson (University of Glasgow, UK)
Title of project: 
Development of an early diagnostic system for psychopathology using video data from the ALSPAC cohort
Proposal summary: 

Research design: We have already coded a wide range of behaviours in the video material obtained from the 60 families of children who developed psychiatric disorders, together with 120 control videos.

1. Clinical rating scale. We first plan to investigate the cases of inattentive ADHD and pervasive development disorder (PDD) / autism in much more depth.

2. Adult motor activity. In view of the finding, using our holistic ratings, that adult hypoactivity predicts childhood disruptive behaviour disorders (ADHD and oppositional/conduct disorders), we wish to collect objective evidence on adult movement in the 180 videos in the same way that we have done for infant motor activity, using frame-by-frame analysis aided by SkillSpector software.

3. Sequencing. Once we have collected data on motor activity in the adults we shall investigate the sequencing of both infant and adult motor behaviours and of the infant and adult vocalisation behaviours we have already obtained with a view to establishing if there are particular patterns of disruption of social interaction which can be characterised objectively and which are associated with psychopathology.

Date proposal received: 
Friday, 16 March, 2012
Date proposal approved: 
Friday, 16 March, 2012
Keywords: 
ADHD
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