CAN-BIND Data Release Information

CBN18 Data Release

Information

More than 350 million people worldwide live with depression and bipolar disorders, yet finding the right treatment often involves trial and error. Advancing precision psychiatry requires large, standardized datasets that reflect real-world populations.

The Enabling Neuroscience research Approaches for Brain, feeLings and Emotions (ENABLE) was developed in partnership with patients and supported by the CAN-BIND Network, Brain Canada and the Ontario Brain Institute.

The baseline release will include data from over 400 participants with major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder across nine sites in Canada. Available datasets will include structural MRI neuroimaging, clinical and psychiatric history, demographics (including sex, age, gender diversity, and socioeconomic status), patient health questionnaires, work and social adjustment scales, quality-of-life indicators, Structured Clinical Interviews for DSM Disorders (SCID), and the Quick Inventory of Depressive

Collaborators

Investigators:

Benicio Frey, MD, PhD, McMaster University

Pierre Blier, MD, PhD, University of Ottawa, Institute of Mental Health Research

Faranak Farzan, PhD, Simon Fraser University, Surrey

Jane Foster, PhD UT Southwestern Medical Center, and McMaster University

Raymond Lam MD, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Roumen Milev, MD, PhD, Queen’s University and Providence Care, Kingston

Daniel Müller, MD, PhD, Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Services, Whitby

Sagar Parikh, MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Claudio Soares, MD, PhD, MBA, Queen’s University, Kingston

Valerie Taylor, MD, PhD, University of Calgary

Gustavo Turecki, MD, PhD, McGill University, Montreal

Rudolf Uher, MD, PhD, Dalhousie University, Halifax

Joshua Rosenblat, MD, University Health Network, Toronto

Nicholas Bock, PhD, McMaster University

Nathan Churchill, PhD, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto

Lena Quilty, PhD, CPsych, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto 

Stefan Kloiber, MD, PhD, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto 

Ishrat Husain, MD, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto 

Kate Harkness, PhD, Queens University

Abraham Nunes, MD, Dalhousie University

Katharine Dunlop, PhD, Unity Health Network