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Preterm Babies Are More Likely to Be Diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder

12.03.2020

Premature birth, low birth weight, and neonatal intensive care are associated with the risk of being diagnosed with reactive attachment disorder (RAD) showed a study by the Research Centre for Child Psychiatry of the University of Turku, Finland. Reactive attachment disorder causes problems in emotional bonding, social interaction, and expression of emotions, and it can lead to severe and expensive consequences later in life.

Professorship of Implementation Research Donated to University of Turku by Itla Children’s Foundation

24.02.2020

The Itla Children’s Foundation donates two professorships, one to the University of Turku and the other to the University of Oulu. The research field of the donated professorships is intervention and implementation research. The professorships are unique in the research of children’s well-being in Finland and are also globally significant.

Vitamin D Deficiency during Pregnancy Connected to Elevated Risk of ADHD

10.02.2020

According to a study conducted in Finland, the risk of ADHD was 34 percent higher in children whose mother had a vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy than in those children whose mother’s vitamin D level was sufficient during the first and second trimesters. The result was adjusted for maternal age, socioeconomic status and psychiatric history. The study was done in collaboration between researchers from the University of Turku, Finland, and Columbia University, New York.

Biostatistics and Data Management at the Research Centre for Child Psychiatry

Our Biostatistics and Data Management (BDM) team has strong experience in digital intervention studies (from RCT to implementation studies), clinical- and epidemiological surveys and register-based research. The team is responsible for the center's BDM functions and participates in the center's projects throughout their life cycles, ensuring the best possible quality and scientific credibility. We are determined to do continuous developmental work to improve our research processes related to various BDM aspects of the projects.

Professorship of Implementation Research Donated to University of Turku by Itla Children’s Foundation

03.01.2020

The Itla Children’s Foundation donates two professorships, one to the University of Turku and the other to the University of Oulu. The research field of the donated professorships is intervention and implementation research. The professorships are unique in the research of children’s well-being in Finland and are also globally significant.

Research Centre for Child Psychiatry

Research Centre for Child Psychiatry focuses on research of the pre- and perinatal factors in the development of mental health disturbances in childhood and adulthood as well as finding keys to the development of selective interventions focused on children at risk. We aim at transferring knowledge from epidemiological risk studies into intervention studies.