Andre
Sourander
Professor, Child Psychiatry
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Areas of expertise
Child psychiatry
adolescent psychiatry
epidemiology
intervention studies
implementation studies
service-use
Biography
Professor of Child Psychiatry at the University of Turku and Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry at the Columbia University. The focus of his work for the last 30 years has been to identify early psychosocial and biological risk factors for the causes of mental health disturbances, as well as to find keys to the development of selective interventions focused on children at risk.
Teaching
Dr. Sourander is responsible for teaching medical students and residents at the Department of Child Psychiatry. He has been the Primary Supervisor of 19 finalized thesis. He is the Primary Supervisor of 6 post-doc researchers and 9 PhD /Dr Med Sc students.
Publications
Maternal exposure to sexually transmitted infections and schizophrenia among offspring (2015)
Schizophrenia Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
The association between congenital anomalies and autism spectrum disorders in a Finnish national birth cohort. (2015)
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Challenges in children's enrolment to psychosocial services (2015)
European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))
Genetic variants within the serotonin transporter associated with familial risk for major depression (2015)
Psychiatry Research
(Kirjoitus tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (B1))
Separate and interactive contributions of weak inhibitory control and threat sensitivity to prediction of suicide risk (2015)
Psychiatry Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Distinct Variants of Extreme Psychopathic Individuals in Society at Large – Evidence from a Population-Based Sample. (2014)
Evidence from a Population-Based Sample.
Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
A nationwide register study of the characteristics, incidence and validity of diagnosed Tourette syndrome and other tic disorders (2014)
Acta Paediatrica
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Greek adolescents' views of people with mental illness through drawings: mental health education's impact (2014)
Nursing and Health Sciences
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Parental age and the risk of bipolar disorders (2014)
Bipolar Disorders
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Variation by Diagnostic Subtype in Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders Associated with Maternal Parity among Finnish Births. (2014)
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )