Linnea
Karlsson
Professor, Public Health
MD, PhD
FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study; Centre for Population Health Research
Areas of expertise
cohort studies
early life stress
prenatal stress
stress
depression
anxiety
child psychiatry
adolescent psychiatry
gut-brain axish
Research
I did my PhD within the field of psychiatric epidemiology and adolescent depression. During by PhD studies I also was involved in clinical epidemiological studies on adolescent mood disorders. In 2010, we established a birth cohort, the FinnBrain Birth Cohort Study, with the main aim of investigating the how early life and prenatal stress shape brain developmental trajectories. I am the co-PI of the highly multidisciplinary Cohort. My own research activity within the larger cohort is focused on the development of the gut-brain axis and child psychosocial development and the role of diverse prenatal exposures in these processes. My activity as a supervisor is also multidisciplinary as the PhD candidates represent, for example, variety of fields of medicine and psychology. I started in the tenure track position at the Centre for Population Health Research in Jan 2021.
Publications
Maternal prenatal stress and infant emotional reactivity six months postpartum (2016)
Journal of Affective Disorders
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Dental fear and previous childhood traumatic experiences, life events, and parental bonding (2015)
European Journal of Oral Sciences
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
The prenatal parental reflective functioning questionnaire: exploring factor structure and construct validity of a new measure in the Finn brain birth cohort pilot study (2015)
Infant Mental Health Journal
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Alexithymia and postpartum anxiety and depression symptoms: a follow-up study in a pregnancy cohort (2015)
Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Maternal alexithymic traits, prenatal stress, and infant temperament (2015)
Infant Behavior and Development
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Is alexithymia linked with marital satisfaction or attachment to the partner? – A study in a pregnancy cohort of parents-to-be (2014)
A study in a pregnancy cohort of parents-to-be
Comprehensive Psychiatry
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Sleep complaints in adolescent depression: One year naturalistic follow-up study (2014)
BMC Psychiatry
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Depressed adolescents as young adults - Predictors of suicide attempt and non-suicidal self-injury during an 8-year follow-up (2014)
Journal of Affective Disorders
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Treatment Characteristics and Outcome of Depression Among Depressed Adolescent Outpatients With and Without Comorbid Axis II Disorders (2014)
Journal of Personality Disorders
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Individual changes in dental fear among children and parents: A longitudinal study (2014)
Acta Odontologica Scandinavica
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))