• Clinical Decision Support Systems for Child Neuropsychiatric Disorders: The Time Has Come? 

      Koposov, Roman A; Frodl, Thomas; Nytrø, Øystein; Leventhal, Bennett; Sourander, Andre; Quaglini, Silvana; Molteni, Massimo; de la Iglesia Vayá, María; Ulrich Prokosch, Hans; Barbarini, Nicola; Milham, Michael Peter; Skokauskas, Norbert; Castellanos, Francisco Xavier (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-04-10)
      Great advances in molecular biology, genetics and imaging serve to enhance the desire to develop multi-level and multi-scale models for "personalized medicine" but they remain very challenging for high prevalence, high impact childhood onset neuropsychiatric disorders. We currently have the capacity to develop innovative, effective and efficient clinical decision support models, while also creating ...
    • Feeling Unsafe at School Among Adolescents in 13 Asian and European Countries: Occurrence and Associated Factors 

      Mori, Yuko; Tiiri, Elina; Lempinen, Lotta; Klomek, Anat Brunstein; Kolaitis, Gerasimos; Slobodskaya, Helena R.; Kaneko, Hitoshi; Srabstein, Jorge C.; Li, Liping; Huong, Mai Nguyen; Praharaj, Samir Kumar; Ong, Say How; Lesinskiene, Sigita; Kyrrestad, Henriette; Wiguna, Tjhin; Zamani, Zahra; Sillanmäki, Lauri; Sourander, Andre (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-25)
      Background: Research on perceived school safety has been largely limited to studies conducted in Western countries and there has been a lack of large-scale cross-national studies on the topic.<p> <p>Methods: The present study examined the occurrence of adolescents who felt unsafe at school and the associated factors of perceived school safety in 13 Asian and European countries. The data were based ...
    • Psychosocial factors associated with becoming a young father in Finland: a nationwide longitudinal study 

      Lehti, Venla; Sourander, Andre; Sillanmaki, Lauri; Helenius, Hans; Tamminen, Tuula; Kumpulainen, Kirsti; Almqvist, Fredrik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Little is known about the characteristics of boys who become fathers at young age. Some studies have suggested that antisocial adolescents are more likely to be young fathers. The aim of this study was to examine the associations of psychosocial factors in childhood with becoming a young father, and to assess if they are independent of criminal behavior in adolescence. The baseline assessment in ...
    • 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) 

      McGrath, Patrick J.; Sourander, Andre; Lingley-Pottie, Patricia; Ristkari, Terja; Cunningham, Charles; Huttunen, Jukka; Filbert, Katharine; Aromaa, Minna; Corkum, Penny; Hinkka-Yli-Salomaki, Susanna; Kinnunen, Malin; Lampi, Katja; Penttinen, Anne; Sinokki, Atte; Unruh, Anita; Vuorio, Jenni; Watters, Carolyn (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Background: Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) is characterized by angry and noncompliant behaviour. It is the most common disruptive behaviour disorder (DBD), with prevalence estimates of 6-9% for preschoolers and is closely linked to several long-term difficulties, including disorders of conduct, mood, anxiety, impulse-control, and substance abuse. ODD in children is related to parental ...
    • Victimization by traditional bullying and cyberbullying and the combination of these among adolescents in 13 European and Asian countries 

      Chudal, Roshan; Tiiri, Elina; Brunstein Klomek, Anat; Say How, Ong; Fossum, Sturla; Kaneko, Hitoshi; Kolaitis, Gerasimos; Lesinskiene, Sigita; Li, Liping; Nguyen Huong, Mai; Kumar Praharaj, Samir; Sillanmaki, Lauri; Slobodskaya, Helena; Srabstein, Jorge; Wiguna, Thjin; Zamani, Zahra; Sourander, Andre (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-04-21)
      There has been a lack of studies on bullying in non-western low-income and middle-income countries. This study reported the prevalence of traditional victimization, cybervictimization, and the combination of these, in 13 European and Asian countries, and explored how psychiatric symptoms were associated with victimization. The data for this cross-sectional, school-based study of 21,688 adolescents ...