
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
Preschool psychopathology reported by parents in 23 societies: testing the seven-syndrome model of the child behavior checklist for ages 1.5-5 (2010)
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Childhood predictors of later psychiatric hospital treatment: findings from the Finnish 1981 birth cohort study (2010)
European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Brief report: validity of Finnish registry-based diagnoses of autism with the ADI-R (2010)
Acta Paediatrica
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Early Childhood Psychological Problems Predict a Poor Sense of Coherence in Adolescents A 15-year Follow-up Study (2009)
Journal of Health Psychology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Stability of sense of coherence in adolescence (2008)
International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Early predictors of deliberate self-harm among adolescents. A prospective follow-up study from age 3 to age 15 (2006)
Journal of Affective Disorders
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Early predictors of parent- and self-reported perceived global psychological difficulties among adolescents – A prospective cohort study from age 3 to age 15 (2006)
A prospective cohort study from age 3 to age 15
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Alcohol use in families: a 15-year prospective follow-up study (2006)
Addiction
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
The continuity of psychopathology from early childhood to preadolescence - A prospective cohort study of 3-12-year-old children (2006)
European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Use of and need for professional help for emotional and behavioral problems among preadolescents: A prospective cohort study of 3-to 12-year-old children (2004)
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))