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Gluten-free diet may alleviate depressive and behavioural symptoms in adolescents with coeliac disease: a prospective follow-up case-series studyPäivi A Pynnönen
Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
BMC Psychiatry 5:14. 2005....
Level of suicidal intent predicts overall mortality and suicide after attempted suicide: a 12-year follow-up studyKirsi Suominen
Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
BMC Psychiatry 4:11. 2004..The aim of this study was to comprehensively examine clinical risk factors, including suicide intent and hopelessness, for suicide and risk of death from all causes after attempted suicide over a 12-year follow-up period...
The mood disorder questionnaire improves recognition of bipolar disorder in psychiatric careErkki Isometsä
Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
BMC Psychiatry 3:8. 2003..We investigated our translation of The Mood Disorder Questionnaire (MDQ) as a screening instrument for bipolar disorder in a psychiatric setting in Finland...
Suicide in bipolar I disorder in Finland: psychological autopsy findings from the National Suicide Prevention Project in FinlandErkki Isometsä
Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Arch Suicide Res 9:251-60. 2005..In most cases, suicide occurred after a recent adverse life change. More than half had communicated their intent to next of kin or attending personnel before death...
Suicide attempts preceding completed suicideE T Isometsä
Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Br J Psychiatry 173:531-5. 1998....
[Future directions for drug treatment of drug-resistant depression]Erkki Isometsä
Kansanterveyslaitos, mielenterveyden ja alkoholitutkimuksen osasto Mannerheimintie 166 00300 Helsinki
Duodecim 120:821-30. 2004
Disability pension for major depression in FinlandE T Isometsä
Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Am J Psychiatry 157:1869-72. 2000..The authors' goal was to investigate the treatment received before receipt of a disability pension for major depression in a representative sample of depressed patients...
Psychological autopsy studies--a reviewE T Isometsä
Mood Disorders and Suicide Research Unit, Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Mannerheimintie 166 FIN 00300 Helsinki, Finland
Eur Psychiatry 16:379-85. 2001....
Suicide and schizophrenia: a nationwide psychological autopsy study on age- and sex-specific clinical characteristics of 92 suicide victims with schizophreniaH Heila
Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Am J Psychiatry 154:1235-42. 1997..The authors examined the clinical characteristics of suicide victims with schizophrenia in the general population of Finland...
Suicide victims with schizophrenia in different treatment phases and adequacy of antipsychotic medicationH Heila
Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
J Clin Psychiatry 60:200-8. 1999..To investigate clinical characteristics and adequacy of antipsychotic treatment in different phases of illness and treatment among suicide victims with schizophrenia...
Antecedents of suicide in people with schizophreniaH Heila
Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Br J Psychiatry 173:330-3. 1998..Suicides among people with schizophrenia are commonly believed to be impulsive and to occur unexpectedly...
A record-based analysis of 803 patients treated for depression in psychiatric careH J Rytsälä
Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
J Clin Psychiatry 62:701-6. 2001..New antidepressants emerged and became widely used during the 1990s. The present study investigated quality-of-care problems in the treatment of depression in a current psychiatric setting...
Life events and completed suicide in schizophrenia: a comparison of suicide victims with and without schizophreniaH Heila
National Public Health Institute, Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, Helsinki, Finland
Schizophr Bull 25:519-31. 1999..Overall, the prevalence of recent adverse life events varied between clinical subgroups of victims with schizophrenia, which may have implications for suicide prevention...
A 5-year prospective study of predictors for disability pension among patients with major depressive disorderI A K Holma
Mood, Depression, and Suicidal Behaviour Unit, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
Acta Psychiatr Scand 125:325-34. 2012..There is a scarcity of prospective long-term studies on work disability caused by depression. We investigated predictors for disability pension among psychiatric patients with MDD...
Course and outcome of depressive disorders in primary care: a prospective 18-month studyM S Vuorilehto
Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Finland
Psychol Med 39:1697-707. 2009..However, despite its importance for public health and services, the outcome of depression in primary care is not well known...
Predictors of long-term work disability in Major Depressive Disorder: a prospective studyH J Rytsälä
Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Acta Psychiatr Scand 115:206-13. 2007..Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a major cause of long-term work disability. However, factors predicting this are not well known...
