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
Parental Age and Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders in a Finnish National Birth Cohort (2013)
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Childhood predictors of becoming a teenage mother among Finnish girls (2012)
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
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 Study (2012)
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Treatment duration with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors among children and adolescents in Finland: a nationwide register study (2012)
European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Childhood predictors of antipsychotic use among young people in Finland (2012)
Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Psychosocial factors associated with becoming a young father in Finland: a nationwide longitudinal study (2012)
BMC Public Health
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Prevalence Changes of Pain, Sleep Problems and Fatigue Among 8-Year-Old Children: Years 1989, 1999 and 2005 (2012)
Journal of Pediatric Psychology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Changes in adolescents mental health and use of alcohol and tobacco: a 10-year time-trend study of Finnish adolescents. (2012)
European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Childhood bullying and becoming a young father in a national cohort of Finnish boys (2012)
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
What predicts illicit drug use versus police-registered drug offending? (2012)
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))