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
Cross-national research on adolescent mental health: a systematic review comparing research in low, middle and high-income countries (2025)
BMJ Global Health
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä)
Lapsen valikoiva puhumattomuus - ajankohtaista epidemiologiasta (2025)
Duodecim
(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)Bullying victimization among adolescents during the early phase of war in Ukraine : A comparative cross-sectional study in 2016-2017 (2025)
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Lastenpsykiatrinen osastohoito- ja tutkimus (2025)
(D2 Artikkeli ammatillisessa kokoomateoksessa)Psychiatric symptoms at age 8 as predictors of specialized health service use for psychiatric disorders in late adolescence and early adulthood: findings from the Finnish Nationwide 1981 Birth Cohort Study (2025)
Frontiers in Psychiatry
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Internet-Based Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy Intervention Master Your Worries With Telephone Coaching for Anxious Finnish Children Aged 10-13 Years: A Population-Based Randomized Controlled Trial (2025)
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )