Table 1 Process of assessments, applied instruments, and data collection process in ARAS.

From: ARAS recent onset acute phase psychosis survey, a prospective observational cohort of first episode psychosis in Iran—the cohort profile

Clinical symptoms

Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-5

Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale

Calgary Depression Scale in Schizophrenia

WHO Disability Assessment Schedule

Global Assessment of Functioning

Subjective Response to Antipsychotics-34

Metabolic profile

Laboratory testing

Anthropometrics

Pulse rate and blood pressure

Psychosocial profile

Manchester Short Assessment of Quality of Life

Internalized Stigma of Mental Illness scale

Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support

Stark and Glock’s dimensions of religiosity

Cognitive profile

Forward digit span task, Backward digit span task, Letter-number sequencing task

Trail making task

Auditory verbal learning test, Rey Osterrieth complex figure

Symbol digit modality task, letter digit modality task, Verbal fluency task

Stroop task

Wechsler intelligence scale IV

Benton Facial Recognition Test