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| A HervaSummaryAffiliation: University of Oulu Country: Finland Publications
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Age at menarche and depression at the age of 31 years: findings from the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort StudyAnne Herva
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Oulu, Oulu, PL 26, FIN 90029 OYS, Finland
J Psychosom Res 57:359-62. 2004..The role of oestrogen in depression is not clear, although it affects serotonergic functions in the central nervous system (CNS). We wanted to test the hypothesis that age at menarche is associated with depression in young adulthood...
Co-occurrence of metabolic syndrome with depression and anxiety in young adults: the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort StudyAnne Herva
Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
Psychosom Med 68:213-6. 2006..We studied whether metabolic syndrome and its components are associated with depressive and anxiety symptoms in a young adult population cohort...
Obesity and depression: results from the longitudinal Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort StudyA Herva
Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, PL 26, FIN 90029 OYS, Finland
Int J Obes (Lond) 30:520-7. 2006..To examine the association between body size and depression in a longitudinal setting and to explore the connection between obesity and depression in young adults at the age of 31 years...
Childhood family structure and personality disorders in adulthoodL Kantojärvi
Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University, Oulu University Hospital, P O Box 26, FIN 90029 OYS, Oulu, Finland
Eur Psychiatry 23:205-11. 2008..The association between childhood family structure and sociodemographic characteristics and personality disorders (PDs) in a general population sample was studied...
Atopy and depression: results from the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort StudyM Timonen
Health Center, City of Oulu, Finland
Mol Psychiatry 8:738-44. 2003..Possible background theories, that is, genetic abnormalities in serotonin metabolism, HPA-axis dysfunction, and histamine theory are discussed...
Community placement of long-stay psychiatric patients in northern FinlandS Räsänen
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, Finland
Psychiatr Serv 51:383-5. 2000..The results showed that long-stay patients are dependent on considerable support. Alternative residential facilities have made deinstitutionalization possible...
Comparison of hospital-treated personality disorders and personality disorders in a general population sampleLiisa Kantojärvi
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Finland
Nord J Psychiatry 58:357-62. 2004..The most common PDs in hospital-treated sample were cluster B PDs (erratic). In the population subsample, cluster C PDs (anxious) formed the majority...
Reasons for the diagnostic discordance between clinicians and researchers in schizophrenia in the Northern Finland 1966 Birth CohortKristiina Moilanen
Dept of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, P O 5000, 90014 University of Oulu, Finland
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 38:305-10. 2003..This poses a challenge to psychiatric research. We studied the reasons for diagnostic discordance between clinicians and researchers...
Fish consumption and depression: the Northern Finland 1966 birth cohort studyMarkku Timonen
Department of Public Health Science and General Practice, University of Oulu, Box 5000, FIN 90014 Oulu, Finland
J Affect Disord 82:447-52. 2004....
Presence of atopy in first-degree relatives as a predictor of a female proband's depression: results from the Northern Finland 1966 Birth CohortMarkku Timonen
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, Box 5000, FIN-90014 Oulu, Finland
J Allergy Clin Immunol 111:1249-54. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that maternal inheritance could be a significant causative factor in the association between atopy and depression of female probands...
Association between skin test diagnosed atopy and professionally diagnosed depression: a Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort studyMarkku Timonen
Departments of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Biol Psychiatry 52:349-55. 2002..Possible background theories (i.e., genetic abnormalities in serotonin metabolism, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction, and histamine theory) are discussed...
Co-occurrence of personality disorders with mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders in a young adult populationLiisa Kantojärvi
Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, Finland
J Pers Disord 20:102-12. 2006..The weighted co-occurrence rate of any PD varied from 28% for mood disorders to 47% for anxiety disorders. PDs, especially those in Cluster C, are highly associated with Axis I psychiatric disorders in population...
Somatization symptoms in young adult Finnish population--associations with sex, educational level and mental healthJuha T Karvonen
Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
Nord J Psychiatry 61:219-24. 2007..It may be concluded that it is important to recognize psychiatric disorders in subjects with somatization symptoms, especially as these symptoms have been shown to be treatable with both psychotherapy and psychiatric medication...
