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
SSRI use during pregnancy and maternal depression – a nationwide birth cohort study on risks to the mother and the newborn (2026)
American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Toward integrating clinical and non-clinical associates of suicidality to inform potential intervention points among youth in Nairobi metropolitan, Kenya (2026)
Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Changes in suicide attempt, suicidal ideation, and self-harm among Indian adolescents: comparison of cross-sectional surveys before (2016) and after (2023) COVID-19 pandemic (2026)
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Parental immigration status and offspring mental health service use for anxiety and depression: A Finnish nationwide register study (2026)
Journal of Affective Disorders
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Mental health of Ukrainian children and youth during the Russian-Ukrainian war: a scoping review (2026)
BMJ Global Health
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä)
Mental health consequences for adolescents during the Russian invasion of Ukraine: protocol for the Ukraine Adolescent Mental Health Study (2025)
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )Association between maternal c-reactive protein levels in pregnancy and growth trajectories of head circumference during the first year of postnatal life – A secondary data analysis of a case-control study on autism (2025)
Pediatrics and Neonatology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Nationwide Time Trends of Psychiatric Inpatient Medications for Children and Adolescents in Finland from 2000 to 2018 (2025)
Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Lasten ja nuorten mielenterveyden häiriöiden epidemiologia (2025)
(D2 Artikkeli ammatillisessa kokoomateoksessa)Time Trends in Treated Incidence, Socio-demographic Risk Factors, and Co-occurring Psychiatric Disorders in Diagnosed Autism Spectrum Disorder With or Without Intellectual Disability: A Finnish Nationwide Register Study (2025)
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )