Prakash
Khanal
Doctoral Researcher, Research Centre for Child Psychiatry
Doctoral Student
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Areas of expertise
systematic reviews
meta-analysis
quantitative research
mental health
anxiety disorders
depression
epidemiology
psychiatric epidemiology
public health;
Research
My research uses Finnish nationwide registers to study anxiety disorders and depression in children and adolescents. Key topics include time trends in treated incidence, parental psychopathology as a risk factor, and the association between parental immigration status and offspring mental health service use. My broader research interests include psychiatric epidemiology, intergenerational transmission of mental disorders, and mental health disparities in immigrant populations.
Publications
Sociodemographic and work-related determinants of self-rated health trajectories: a collaborative meta-analysis of cohort studies from Europe and the US (2025)
Scientific Reports
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
P-34-02: Parental immigration status and offspring mental health service use for anxiety and depression: A Finnish nationwide register study (2025)
(O2 Muu julkaisu )Parental psychopathology and offspring anxiety disorders in childhood and adolescence: A Finnish nationwide register study (2024)
Journal of Affective Disorders
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Associations Between Delivery Modes, Birth Outcomes and Offspring Anxiety Disorders in a Population-Based Birth Cohort of Children and Adolescents (2022)
Frontiers in Psychiatry
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Time trends in treated incidence, sociodemographic risk factors and comorbidities: a Finnish nationwide study on anxiety disorders (2022)
BMC Psychiatry
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Preterm birth, poor foetal growth and anxiety disorders in a Finnish nationwide register sample (2022)
Acta Paediatrica
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Feeling Unsafe at School and Associated Mental Health Difficulties among Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review (2021)
Children
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))
Prenatal and perinatal risk factors for anxiety disorders among children and adolescents: A systematic review (2020)
Journal of Affective Disorders
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä)