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Psychopharmacological treatment of child and adolescent psychiatric inpatients in FinlandAndre Sourander
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University, Finland
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 12:147-55. 2002..The objective of this study was to investigate the use of psychopharmacological treatment in child and adolescent psychiatric inpatient treatment in Finland...- The continuity of psychopathology from early childhood to preadolescence: a prospective cohort study of 3-12-year-old childrenLeena Pihlakoski
Dept of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, P O Box 52, 20521 Turku, Finland
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 15:409-17. 2006..To study the continuity of psychopathology from the age of 3-12 years... - What is the early adulthood outcome of boys who bully or are bullied in childhood? The Finnish "From a Boy to a Man" studyAndre Sourander
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, 20520 Turku, Finland
Pediatrics 120:397-404. 2007..Our goal was to study predictive associations between bullying and victimization at age 8 years and psychiatric disorders in early adulthood... 
Changes in adolescents mental health and use of alcohol and tobacco: a 10-year time-trend study of Finnish adolescentsAndre Sourander
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 21:665-71. 2012..Although rates of substance use declined within the 10-year study period, drunkenness-oriented alcohol use and regular smoking are still prevalent among Finnish adolescents...- What is the long-term outcome of boys who steal at age eight? Findings from the Finnish nationwide "From A Boy To A Man" birth cohort studyAndre Sourander
Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Itäinen Pitkäkatu 1 Varia, 20014, Turku, Finland
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 47:1391-400. 2012.... 
Psychosocial factors associated with becoming a young father in Finland: a nationwide longitudinal studyVenla Lehti
Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
BMC Public Health 12:560. 2012..The aim of this study was to examine the associations of psychosocial factors in childhood with becoming a young father, and to assess if they are independent of criminal behavior in adolescence...- Early predictors of deliberate self-harm among adolescents. A prospective follow-up study from age 3 to age 15Andre Sourander
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, 20520 Turku, Finland
J Affect Disord 93:87-96. 2006..To study predictors at age 3 and at age 12 for ideations and acts of deliberate self-harm at age 15 in a representative birth cohort... - Early predictors of parent- and self-reported perceived global psychological difficulties among adolescents: a prospective cohort study from age 3 to age 15Andre Sourander
Dept of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 41:173-82. 2006..To study predictors at age 3 and at age 12 for parent and self-reported perceived global psychological difficulties at age 15... - Childhood predictors of externalizing and internalizing problems in adolescence. A prospective follow-up study from age 8 to 16Andre Sourander
Dept of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, 20520, Turku, Finland
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 14:415-23. 2005..The study supports the findings from earlier studies showing that the stability of behavior problems from childhood to adolescence is substantial. This implies a need for early recognition and initiation of treatment efforts... - Changes in psychiatric problems and service use among 8-year-old children: a 16-year population-based time-trend studyAndre Sourander
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 47:317-27. 2008..The participation rate at the three time points was 96% in 1989, 86% in 1999, and 84% in 2005... - Childhood predictors of psychiatric disorders among boys: a prospective community-based follow-up study from age 8 years to early adulthoodAndre Sourander
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, Finland
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 44:756-67. 2005..To study early childhood predictors for early adulthood psychiatric disorders... - Mental health service use among 18-year-old adolescent boys: a prospective 10-year follow-up studyAndre Sourander
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, Finland
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 43:1250-8. 2004..To study prevalence and factors associated with mental health service use among 18-year-old adolescent boys... - Childhood predictors of male criminality: a prospective population-based follow-up study from age 8 to late adolescenceAndre Sourander
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 45:578-86. 2006..To study childhood predictors for late adolescence criminality... - Childhood bullies and victims and their risk of criminality in late adolescence: the Finnish From a Boy to a Man studyAndre Sourander
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161:546-52. 2007..To study correlations of childhood bullying and victimization with juvenile criminality... - Who is at greatest risk of adverse long-term outcomes? The Finnish From a Boy to a Man studyAndre Sourander
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 46:1148-61. 2007..To study associations between comorbid psychopathology and long-term outcomes in a large birth cohort sample from age 8 to early adulthood... - Childhood predictors of completed and severe suicide attempts: findings from the Finnish 1981 Birth Cohort StudyAndre Sourander
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, PO Box 52, 20520 Turku, Finland
Arch Gen Psychiatry 66:398-406. 2009..To our knowledge, no prospective, population-based study in existence examines predictive associations between early or middle childhood psychopathologic disorders and later completed suicides... - Childhood bullying behavior and later psychiatric hospital and psychopharmacologic treatment: findings from the Finnish 1981 birth cohort studyAndre Sourander
Regional Center of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Tromso University, Tromso, Norway
Arch Gen Psychiatry 66:1005-12. 2009..No prospective population-based study examining predictive associations between childhood bullying behavior and long-term mental health outcomes in both males and females exists... - Psychosocial risk factors associated with cyberbullying among adolescents: a population-based studyAndre Sourander
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, 20520 Turku, Finland
Arch Gen Psychiatry 67:720-8. 2010..To our knowledge, no population study examining psychosocial and psychiatric risk factors associated with cyberbullying among adolescents exists... - Bullying at age eight and criminality in adulthood: findings from the Finnish Nationwide 1981 Birth Cohort StudyAndre Sourander
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University and Turku University Hospital, 20520 Turku, Finland
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 46:1211-9. 2011..There are no prospective population-based studies examining predictive associations between childhood bullying behavior and adult criminality... - Have there been changes in children's psychiatric symptoms and mental health service use? A 10-year comparison from FinlandAndre Sourander
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, Finland
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 43:1134-45. 2004..To study the differences in children's psychiatric symptoms and child mental health service use at two time points: 1989 and 1999... - Refugee families during asylum seekingAndre Sourander
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, FI 20520 Turku, Finland
Nord J Psychiatry 57:203-7. 2003..It is likely that current procedures for dealing with the asylum seekers contributes to the level of stress, family confusion and psychiatric problems in already traumatized refugee families... - The clinical course of children treated in a short-term inpatient programmeAndre Sourander
University of Tromso, Norway
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 33:75-88. 2002..Short-term hospitalization should be seen as a pathway to further assistance rather than a complete form of treatment... - Use of holding, restraints, seclusion and time-out in child and adolescent psychiatric in-patient treatmentA Sourander
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University, Finland
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 11:162-7. 2002..The high prevalence of restraint techniques used indicates a need for guidelines of restraint and seclusion which take into account the child's need for protection from his/her own impulses and the legal rights of the child... - Combined psychopharmacological treatment among child and adolescent inpatients in FinlandAndre Sourander
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, 20520 Turku, Finland
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 13:179-84. 2004..Illness severity and treatment resistance were associated with combined pharmacotherapy. Further studies on indications, safety and efficacy of combined pharmacotherapy are warranted... - Parent-adolescent agreement on emotional and behavioral problemsA Sourander
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, Finland
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 34:657-63. 1999..The aim of the study is to report parent/youth self-report agreement on emotional and behavioral symptoms among 15- to 16-year-old adolescents... - Suicidal thoughts and attempts among adolescents: a longitudinal 8-year follow-up studyA Sourander
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, 20520 Turku, Finland
J Affect Disord 63:59-66. 2001..To study the prevalence of and factors associated with suicidal behaviour among 580 adolescents... - Life events, self-reported psychopathology and sense of coherence among young men--a population-based studyT Ristkari
Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Nord J Psychiatry 62:464-71. 2008..The results offer additional support to the argument that SOC may be an important global measure for use in both clinical and research purposes in adolescent psychiatry... - An early report on the mother-baby interactive capacity of substance-abusing mothersM Pajulo
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, 20520, Turku, Finland
J Subst Abuse Treat 20:143-51. 2001..Examination of maternal interactive behavior and psychosocial situation of substance-abusing mothers in treatment... - Antenatal depression, substance dependency and social supportM Pajulo
Child Psychiatry Clinic, University of Turku, Finland
J Affect Disord 65:9-17. 2001..It is important to be aware of this when developing interventions in maternity care primary units... - Childhood bullying behaviors as a risk for suicide attempts and completed suicides: a population-based birth cohort studyAnat Brunstein Klomek
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University NYSPI, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 72, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 48:254-61. 2009..The aim was to study associations between childhood bullying behaviors at age 8 years and suicide attempts and completed suicides up to age 25 years in a large representative population-based birth cohort... - Police-registered offenses and psychiatric disorders among young males : the Finnish "From a boy to a man" birth cohort studyHenrik Elonheimo
Faculty of Law, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 42:477-84. 2007..To study associations between crime and psychiatric disorders among adolescent males in a representative population-based cohort study... - Self-reported psychopathology, adaptive functioning and sense of coherence, and psychiatric diagnosis among young men--a population-based studyTerja Ristkari
Dept. of Psychiatry, University of Turku, Kunnallissairaalantie 20, Rak. 9, 20700, Turku, Finland
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 41:523-31. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Self-reports of poor sense of coherence and somatic complaints have a non-specific association with a wide range of psychiatric disorders. Clinical and theoretical implications of these findings are discussed... - Child and adolescent mental health service use in FinlandA Sourander
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, Finland
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 36:294-8. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: Both child psychopathology and family disruption were associated with service use. Only a minority of children at risk of psychiatric disorders had used child mental health services... - Cross-informant agreement about bullying and victimization among eight-year-olds: whose information best predicts psychiatric caseness 10-15 years later?John A Rønning
Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, 9038, Tromsø, Norway
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 44:15-22. 2009..The importance of frequency of bullying in such predictions is addressed... - Emotional and behavioural problems in a sample of Finnish three-year-oldsA Sourander
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, Finland
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 10:98-104. 2001..No significant differences were found in emotional or behavioural problems related to the child's day care. Co-sleeping with parents was associated with sleep problems... - Use of and need for professional help for emotional and behavioral problems among preadolescents: a prospective cohort study of 3- to 12-year-old childrenLeena Pihlakoski
Department of Public Health, University of Turku and Turku City Hospital, Turku, Finland
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 43:974-83. 2004..To determine the effect of child-, parent- and family-related factors on the use of and need for mental health services by 12 years of age... - Childhood bullying behaviors at age eight and substance use at age 18 among males. A nationwide prospective studyS Niemela
Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, Finland
Addict Behav 36:256-60. 2011..The screening and intervention possibilities in order to recognize the risk group for later health compromising behaviors are emphasized... - Suicidal ideation and behavior in children's homesR Hukkanen
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, Finalnd
Nord J Psychiatry 57:131-7. 2003.... - The Strengths and Difficulties Self-Report Questionnaire as a screening instrument in Norwegian community samplesJohn A Rønning
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Tromsø, 9016 Tromsø, Norway
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 13:73-82. 2004..The SDQ-S may be judged as an efficient and economical screening instrument for preventive research on large community samples. However, efforts should be made to improve its psychometric structure... - Childhood antecedents of being a cigarette smoker in early adulthood. The Finnish 'From a Boy to a Man' StudySolja Niemela
Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 50:343-51. 2009..To identify childhood psychiatric symptoms as antecedents of cigarette smoking at age 18... - Determinants of tension-type headache in childrenP Anttila
Child and Adolescent Health Care, City of Turku, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Cephalalgia 22:401-8. 2002..It can be associated with depression, oromandibular dysfunction and muscular stress. Especially children with frequent and persistent episodic tension-type headache report characteristics of pain typical for migraine... - Do mental health problems in childhood predict chronic physical conditions among males in early adulthood? Evidence from a community-based prospective studyR D Goodwin
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Psychol Med 39:301-11. 2009..The aim of the current study was to examine the relationship between mental health problems in childhood at age 8 years and physical disorders in adulthood at ages 18-23 years... - Child mental health problems and obesity in early adulthoodCristiane S Duarte
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Columbia University NYSPI, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Pediatr 156:93-7. 2010..To examine whether mental health problems in childhood increase the likelihood of overweight or obesity during early adulthood among male subjects... - Psychosocial correlates of police-registered youth crime. A Finnish population-based studyHenrik Elonheimo
University of Turku, Turku Fl 20014, Finland
Nord J Psychiatry 63:292-300. 2009..However, recidivists had very rarely used mental health services. The results indicate that offending and various psychosocial problems accumulate in a small minority of boys not reached by mental health services... - Childhood psychopathology and sense of coherence at age 18: findings from the Finnish from a boy to a man studyTerja Ristkari
Deapartment of Psychiatry, Turku University, Turku, Finland
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 44:1097-105. 2009..To examine associations between childhood psychopathology and family factors at age 8, and sense of coherence (SOC) at age 18... - Sense of coherence among Finnish young men--a cross-sectional study at military call-upTerja Ristkari
Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Nord J Psychiatry 59:473-80. 2005..SOC-13 can be used both in clinical practice and in epidemiological research to evaluate the adolescent's health resources. Future research on its applications in clinical practice is warranted... - Mental health, substance use and suicidal behaviour among young indigenous people in the Arctic: a systematic reviewVenla Lehti
Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Soc Sci Med 69:1194-203. 2009..There is a need for longitudinal comparative studies from the entire Arctic with culturally relevant instruments addressing mental health in early childhood as well... - Early childhood psychological problems predict a poor sense of coherence in adolescents: a 15-year follow-up studyPäivi Leena Honkinen
Institute of Clinical Medicine, Family Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland
J Health Psychol 14:587-600. 2009..The identification of early childhood behavioural problems helps us to identify children at risk of ill-being in adolescence since problems seem to persist unchanged until that period of life... - Childhood bullying as a predictor for becoming a teenage mother in FinlandVenla Lehti
Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Itäinen Pitkäkatu 1 Varia, 20014, Turku, Finland
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 20:49-55. 2011..There is a predictive association between being a bully in childhood and becoming a mother in adolescence. It may be useful to target bullies for teenage pregnancy prevention... - Have there been changes in children's psychosomatic symptoms? A 10-year comparison from FinlandPaivi Santalahti
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
Pediatrics 115:e434-42. 2005..Furthermore, the aims were to explore possible comorbidity in somatic symptoms and to investigate the associations between somatic and psychiatric symptoms... - Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among child and adolescent psychiatric inpatients in FinlandAntti Haavisto
Department of Child Psychiatry, Satakunta Central Hospital, 28500 Pori, Finland
J Affect Disord 76:211-21. 2003..The aim was to study the prevalence of, and factors associated with, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among child and adolescent inpatients during hospital treatment... - Childhood bullying as a risk for later depression and suicidal ideation among Finnish malesAnat Brunstein Klomek
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Affect Disord 109:47-55. 2008..Little is known about the predictive association between childhood bullying behavior with depression and suicidal ideation at age 18... - Childhood predictors of drunkenness in late adolescence among males: a 10-year population-based follow-up studySolja Niemela
Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Finland
Addiction 101:512-21. 2006..To study childhood precursors of drunkenness frequency among 18-year-old boys in a representative, nation-wide 10-year follow-up study... - Alcohol use in families: a 15-year prospective follow-up studySami Seljamo
Department of Public Health, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Addiction 101:984-92. 2006..To study the prevalence of adolescents' problematic alcohol use and its parental predictors: drinking habits and socio-demographic factors... - Have psychiatric problems of children in children's homes increased?Raija Hukkanen
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
Nord J Psychiatry 59:481-5. 2005..Behavioral and emotional problems of the girls placed in children's homes increased significantly, being at the same level as the boys' by the end of the study period... - Adaptive functioning, psychopathology and service use among 18-year-old boys with drunkenness-related alcohol useSolja M Niemelä
Addiction Clinic at Turku Psychiatric Services, 20700 Turku, Finland
Alcohol Alcohol 41:143-50. 2006..To study the associations between drunkenness frequency and adaptive functioning, psychopathology and service use among 18-year-old Finnish boys in a nation-wide population-based study... - Childhood predictors of military fitness: a prospective, community-based, follow-up study from age 8 to age 18Petteri MultimAki
Department of Adolescent Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, 20520 Turku, Finland
Mil Med 173:146-54. 2008..The results show a predictive association between childhood psychiatric problems and early adult psychosocial impairment, as estimated by the ability to serve in the military forces... - Victimization and bullying among 8-year-old Finnish children: a 10-year comparison of ratesPaivi Santalahti
Dept of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 17:463-72. 2008..The associations between victimization and bullying and psychiatric symptoms and their possible differences in the statistical strengths of associations between the years 1989 and 1999 were also studied... - What predicts illicit drug use versus police-registered drug offending? Findings from the Finnish "From a Boy to a Man" birth cohort studySolja Niemela
Department of Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 43:697-704. 2008..To study whether drug offenders differ in childhood and in early adulthood from those who only report using illicit drugs... - Stability of the sense of coherence in adolescencePäivi Leena Honkinen
Institute of Clinical Medicine, Family Medicine, University of Turku, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
Int J Adolesc Med Health 20:85-91. 2008..The aim of this prospective study was to explore the stability of sense of coherence (SOC) in adolescents from the age of 15 to 18 years... - Recognition of psychiatric disorders, and self-perceived problems. A follow-up study from age 8 to age 18Andre Sourander
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, Finland
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 46:1124-34. 2005..To study the rate of, and factors associated with, recognition of psychiatric disorders and self-perceived problems among 18-year-old adolescent boys... - Dieting and weight concerns among Finnish adolescentsM Koskelainen
Department of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, PL 52, FI-20521 Turku, Finland
Nord J Psychiatry 55:427-31. 2001..A high level of dieting concerns was associated with female sex, body mass, emotional, conduct, and hyperactivity symptoms, and alcohol use... - Brief report: validity of Finnish registry-based diagnoses of autism with the ADI-RK M Lampi
Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Acta Paediatr 99:1425-8. 2010..This study was designed for the Finnish Prenatal Study of Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders (FIPS-A), an ongoing research project where registry-based diagnoses will be used for epidemiological studies... - Autism spectrum disorders in IVF children: a national case-control study in FinlandV Lehti
Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Itäinen Pitkäkatu 1 Varia, Turku 20014, Finland
Hum Reprod 28:812-8. 2013..STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTEREST(S): The study was supported by Autism Speaks, NIMH 1K02-MH65422 and NIEHS 1R01ES019004. There are no competing interests... - Ideology of nursing care in child psychiatric inpatient treatmentHeikki Ellila
Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland
Nurs Ethics 14:583-96. 2007..The majority of the wards were guided by two or more approaches. Nursing models, theories and codes of ethics were almost totally ignored in the ward managers' ideological descriptions... - The involuntary treatment of adolescent psychiatric inpatients--a nation-wide survey from FinlandHeikki Toivo Ellila
Turku Polytechnic, Health Care, Tammikallionpolku, B6 20660 Littoinen, Finland
J Adolesc 31:407-19. 2008..Further studies on alternatives methods for involuntary treatment are warranted, likewise the clinical guidelines for involuntary treatment practices... - Psychiatric symptoms in children with primary headachePirjo Anttila
Department of Child and Adolescent Health Care, Turku City Hospital, Finland
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 43:412-9. 2004..To examine the association of psychiatric symptoms with migraine and tension-type headache in children... - Factors associated with depressive symptoms among 18-year-old boys: a prospective 10-year follow-up studyAntti Haavisto
Child Welfare and School Health Care Clinic, Joint Authority of Health Work in Rauma Region, PO Box 283, 26101 Rauma, Finland
J Affect Disord 83:143-54. 2004..The aim is to study associative and predictive factors for self-reported depressive symptoms among 18-year-old boys... - Self-perceived peer harassment in a community sample of Norwegian school childrenJohn A Rønning
Department of Pediatrics, University of Tromsø, N 9016 Tromsø, Norway
Child Abuse Negl 28:1067-79. 2004..The experience of being harassed is associated with various forms of maladjustment. This study examined the prevalence of three domains of harassment, and their associations with emotional and behavioral problems... - Factors associated with ideation and acts of deliberate self-harm among 18-year-old boys. A prospective 10-year follow-up studyAntti Haavisto
Child Welfare and School Health Care Clinic, Joint Authority of Health Work in Rauma Region, Box 283, 26101, Rauma, Finland
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 40:912-21. 2005..Self-reported screening questionnaires used, e.g. in school healthcare, may provide an opportunity to recognize these problems...