Karl Erik Wahlberg

Summary

Affiliation: University of Oulu
Country: Finland

Publications

  1. ncbi Interaction of genetic risk and adoptive parent communication deviance: longitudinal prediction of adoptee psychiatric disorders
    Karl Erik Wahlberg
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
    Psychol Med 34:1531-41. 2004
  2. ncbi Genotype-environment interaction in schizophrenia-spectrum disorder. Long-term follow-up study of Finnish adoptees
    Pekka Tienari
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, Finland University of Rochester, USA Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, Finland
    Br J Psychiatry 184:216-22. 2004
  3. ncbi Genetic boundaries of the schizophrenia spectrum: evidence from the Finnish Adoptive Family Study of Schizophrenia
    Pekka Tienari
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, PL 5000, 90014 Oulun yliopisto, Oulu, Finland
    Am J Psychiatry 160:1587-94. 2003
  4. ncbi Genetic vulnerability and premature death in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a 28-year follow-up of adoptees in the Finnish Adoptive Family Study of Schizophrenia
    Helinä Hakko
    Oulu University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, Finland
    Nord J Psychiatry 65:259-65. 2011
  5. ncbi Differentiation of adoptees at high versus low genetic risk for schizophrenia by adjusted MMPI indices
    Virva Siira
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, Box 5000, 90014 Oulu, Finland
    Eur Psychiatry 21:245-50. 2006
  6. ncbi Interaction of genetic vulnerability to schizophrenia and Communication Deviance of adoptive parents associated with MMPI schizophrenia vulnerability indicators of adoptees
    Virva Siira
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
    Nord J Psychiatry 61:418-26. 2007
  7. ncbi Psychometric deviance measured by MMPI in adoptees at high risk for schizophrenia and their adoptive controls
    Virva Siira
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, Box 5000, FIN 90014 Oulu, Finland
    J Pers Assess 83:14-21. 2004
  8. ncbi Predictors of schizophrenia--a review
    Pirjo Maki
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, PO Box 5000, FIN 90014 University of Oulu, Finland
    Br Med Bull 73:1-15. 2005
  9. ncbi Verbal learning and memory and their associations with brain morphology and illness course in schizophrenia spectrum psychoses
    Irina Rannikko
    ODL Rehabilitation Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, Oulu Deaconess Institute, Oulu, Finland
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 34:698-713. 2012
  10. ncbi Communication Deviance in parents of families with adoptees at a high or low risk of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and its associations with attributes of the adoptee and the adoptive parents
    Riikka Roisko
    Oulu University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Box 26, FIN 90029 OYS, Finland
    Psychiatry Res 185:66-71. 2011

Detail Information

Publications18

  1. ncbi Interaction of genetic risk and adoptive parent communication deviance: longitudinal prediction of adoptee psychiatric disorders
    Karl Erik Wahlberg
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
    Psychol Med 34:1531-41. 2004
    ..However, longitudinal predictions of clinical psychiatric disorders of the adoptees have not been reported...
  2. ncbi Genotype-environment interaction in schizophrenia-spectrum disorder. Long-term follow-up study of Finnish adoptees
    Pekka Tienari
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, Finland University of Rochester, USA Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, Finland
    Br J Psychiatry 184:216-22. 2004
    ..Earlier adoption studies have convincingly confirmed the importance of a genetic contribution to schizophrenia. The designs, however, did not incorporate observations of the rearing-family environment...
  3. ncbi Genetic boundaries of the schizophrenia spectrum: evidence from the Finnish Adoptive Family Study of Schizophrenia
    Pekka Tienari
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, PL 5000, 90014 Oulun yliopisto, Oulu, Finland
    Am J Psychiatry 160:1587-94. 2003
    ....
  4. ncbi Genetic vulnerability and premature death in schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a 28-year follow-up of adoptees in the Finnish Adoptive Family Study of Schizophrenia
    Helinä Hakko
    Oulu University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, Finland
    Nord J Psychiatry 65:259-65. 2011
    ..Excess mortality is widely reported among schizophrenia patients, but rarely examined in adoption study settings...
  5. ncbi Differentiation of adoptees at high versus low genetic risk for schizophrenia by adjusted MMPI indices
    Virva Siira
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, Box 5000, 90014 Oulu, Finland
    Eur Psychiatry 21:245-50. 2006
    ..These scales may measure genetic vulnerability and also possibly be indicative of psychometric deviance predicting future onset of schizophrenia...
  6. ncbi Interaction of genetic vulnerability to schizophrenia and Communication Deviance of adoptive parents associated with MMPI schizophrenia vulnerability indicators of adoptees
    Virva Siira
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
    Nord J Psychiatry 61:418-26. 2007
    ..Genetic vulnerability to schizophrenia and genotype-environment interaction are manifested in adoptees' MMPI...
  7. ncbi Psychometric deviance measured by MMPI in adoptees at high risk for schizophrenia and their adoptive controls
    Virva Siira
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, Box 5000, FIN 90014 Oulu, Finland
    J Pers Assess 83:14-21. 2004
    ..These may also be considered possible premorbid and prodromal signs of future schizophrenia among the HR adoptees...
  8. ncbi Predictors of schizophrenia--a review
    Pirjo Maki
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, PO Box 5000, FIN 90014 University of Oulu, Finland
    Br Med Bull 73:1-15. 2005
    ....
  9. ncbi Verbal learning and memory and their associations with brain morphology and illness course in schizophrenia spectrum psychoses
    Irina Rannikko
    ODL Rehabilitation Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, Oulu Deaconess Institute, Oulu, Finland
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 34:698-713. 2012
    ..After controlling for use of antipsychotic medication, there was an association between higher serial clustering and smaller anterior cingulate gyrus and larger intracalcarine cortex...
  10. ncbi Communication Deviance in parents of families with adoptees at a high or low risk of schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and its associations with attributes of the adoptee and the adoptive parents
    Riikka Roisko
    Oulu University Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Box 26, FIN 90029 OYS, Finland
    Psychiatry Res 185:66-71. 2011
    ....
  11. ncbi MMPI measures as signs of predisposition to mental disorder among adoptees at high risk for schizophrenia
    Virva Siira
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
    Psychiatry Res 158:278-86. 2008
    ..These scales measure schizophrenia-related personality traits, including a social behavior, anhedonia, ambivalence, interpersonal aversiveness, and formal thought disturbances...
  12. ncbi Observing relationships in Finnish adoptive families: Oulu Family Rating Scale
    Pekka Tienari
    Department of Psychiatry of Oulu University, Oulu, Finland
    Nord J Psychiatry 59:253-63. 2005
    ..For this purpose 33 sub-scales were selected creating what we call Oulu Family Rating Scale (OPAS, Oulun PerheArviointiSkaala). In this paper, the manual for scoring of these sub-scales is presented...
  13. ncbi Pilot evaluation of the impact of structured child-centered interventions on psychiatric symptom profile of parents with serious somatic illness: struggle for life trial
    Mika Niemela
    University of Oulu, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Oulu, Finland
    J Psychosoc Oncol 30:316-30. 2012
    ..This study lends support to previous studies that recommend that treatment practice should include structured interventions with parents concerning parenting and the wellbeing of children...
  14. ncbi Predictors of schizophrenia: evidence from the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort and other sources
    Matti Isohanni
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Oulu, PO Box 5000, Finland
    Br J Psychiatry Suppl 48:s4-7. 2005
    ..Subtle motor, emotional, cognitive and behavioural abnormalities are often present in apparently healthy individuals who later develop schizophrenia, suggesting that some aspects of causation are established before overt psychosis...
  15. ncbi I. Genotype-environment interaction in the schizophrenia spectrum: genetic liability and global family ratings in the Finnish Adoption Study
    Lyman C Wynne
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA
    Fam Process 45:419-34. 2006
    ..Either low genetic liability or healthy rearing protected against a spectrum outcomes for the adoptees. Initial adoptive parent diagnosis, as a proxy for rearing family dysfunction, predicted to adoptee outcome only as a trend...
  16. ncbi Early presence of thought disorder as a prospective sign of mental disorder
    Miia Metsänen
    Paijat Hame Central Hospital, Keskussairaalankatu 7, FIN 15850 Lahti, Finland
    Psychiatry Res 125:193-203. 2004
    ..Prediction was statistically unsuccessful among the high-risk adoptees because of the small number of cases, but high scores at the 0.50 severity level did predict mental disorders among the low-risk adoptees...
  17. ncbi II. Genotype-environment interaction in the schizophrenia spectrum: qualitative observations
    Lyman C Wynne
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, USA
    Fam Process 45:435-47. 2006
    ....
  18. ncbi Videoconferencing in family therapy: a review
    Antti Kuulasmaa
    Lapland Family Clinic (Lapin Perheklinikka Oy, Rovaniemi, Finland
    J Telemed Telecare 10:125-9. 2004
    ..It will therefore be important to collect systematic data on family therapy delivered via videoconference...