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Andre
Sourander
Professor, Child Psychiatry

Contact

+358 29 450 2753
+358 50 365 3447
Itäinen Pitkäkatu 1
20520
Turku

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

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Child mental health problems and obesity in early adulthood (2010)

Journal of Pediatrics
Duarte CS, Sourander A, Nikolakaros G, Pihlajamaki H, Helenius H, Piha J, Kumpulainen K, Moilanen I, Tamminen T, Almqvist F, Must A
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Stability of sense of coherence in adolescence (2008)

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health
Honkinen P-L, Suominen S, Helenius H, Aromaa M, Rautava P, Sourander A, Sillanpää M
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))