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
Frequent behavioural challenges in children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD): a needs based assessment reported by caregivers and clinicians (2013)
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
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Autism spectrum disorders in IVF children: a national case-control study in Finland (2013)
Human Reproduction
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Do Antenatal and Postnatal Parental Psychological Distress, and Recognized Need of Help Predict Preadolescent's Psychiatric Symptoms? The Finnish Family Competence Cohort Study (2013)
Child Psychiatry and Human Development
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Association between childhood psychosocial factors and induced abortion (2013)
European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Remote population-based intervention for disruptive behavior at age four: study protocol for a randomized trial of Internet-assisted parent training (Strongest Families Finland-Canada) (2013)
BMC Public Health
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
The International Collaboration for Autism Registry Epidemiology (iCARE) – Multinational Registry-Based Investigations of Autism Risk Factors and Trends (2013)
Multinational Registry-Based Investigations of Autism Risk Factors and Trends
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
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))
Bullying and victimization among 8-year-old children – A 16-year population-based time-trend study (2013)
A 16-year population-based time-trend study
Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
The risk of childhood autism among second-generation migrants in Finland – a case-control study (2013)
a case-control study
BMC Pediatrics
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Parental psychiatric disorders and autism spectrum disorders (2013)
Psychiatry Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))