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
The impact of an educational mental health intervention on adolescents' perceptions of mental illness. (2014)
Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Predicting service use for mental health problems among young children (2014)
Pediatrics
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Elevated maternal C-reactive protein and autism in a national birth cohort (2014)
Molecular Psychiatry
(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
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Parental age and the risk of bipolar disorders (2014)
Bipolar Disorders
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Frequent behavioural challenges in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD): a needs based assessment reported by caregivers and clinicians (2013)
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
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Maternal serum persistent organic pollutants in the Finnish Prenatal Study of Autism – A pilot study (2013)
A pilot study
Neurotoxicology and Teratology
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