Johan Franck
Professor/Senior Physician
| Docent
E-mail: johan.franck@ki.se
Visiting address: Norra Stationsgatan 69, plan 7, 11364 Stockholm
Postal address: K8 Klinisk neurovetenskap, K8 CPF Franck, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me
- - Professor at KI since 2008, firstly of Clinical Alcohol and Drug Addiction Research (adjunct) and, as of 2010, of Psychiatry (full professor).
- Clinical Director of the Stockholm Centre for Dependency Disorders, Stockholm County Health Care (SLSO), since 2011.
- Vice chair, Dept of Clinical Neuroscience 2007-2011. Director, Stockholm Centre for Psychiatry Research 2007-2011
- Member of the Karolinska Institutet Docentur Committee, 2003-2008 (vice chair 2006-2008).
- Docent in 1999 (Physiology - Psychiatry)
- Board Certified Specialist in Psychiatry (1998) - Addiction medicine (2018)
Commissions of trust
- Swedish Research Council - Chair, Review Panel D2 (psychiatry - neurology) 2016, 2018-2019
- Review Panel for Mental Health 2020
- Swedish Research Council - Elected member of the Scientific Council for Medicine and Health 2010-2012
- Swedish Society for Medical Research - Scientific Secretary and Board member 2001-2010 www.ssmf.se
- Member of the Stockholm County Council Panel for Evaluation of Pharmaceutical Drugs 2010-2012 - Chair of Psychiatry sub-committe 2004-2012
- European Medicines Agency (EMA) - member of Scientific Advisory Group on Psychiatry (since 2011) www.ema.europa.eu
- Scientific advisor to the Swedish Prison and Probation Service 2005-2018, and the National Board for Institutional Care (SIS) 2011-2016
- European College of Neuropsychopharmacology - member of Scientific Advisory Panel 2012-2017
- Review commissions for the Royal College of Physicians (UK), the MRC (UK), the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Norwegian Research Council, Helse Sör-Öst (Norway), Helse Vest (Norway), ZI Mannheim (Germany), Independent Research Fund Denmark, University of Helsinki
Member of Editorial Boards
- European Addiction Research
- Addiction Biology (Reviewing Editor)
Research
- The process leading up to addictive disorders is complex and several factors contribute to induce and maintain addictions to both drugs and natural rewards, including drug priming and exposure to drug related cues. My research group aims at evaluating novel psychological and pharmacological treatments for alcohol and amphetamine dependence, respectively. We also develop treatment for co-morbid ADHD and substance dependence. The research group includes various professions and competencies, and we collaborate with researchers in psychotherapy, epidemiology, genetics, and infectious diseases.
One main focus is the effects of pharmaceutical drugs on drug-craving, drug-seeking behavior and relapse to illicit drug use, in patients with addictive disorders. By combining human experimental models and placebo controlled clinical trials in natural settings we strive to shorten the gap between discovery, medication safety trials and efficacy trials.
We work with three distinct clinical populations: patients with amphetamine dependence, patients with alcohol dependence, and patients with a co-morbid diagnosis of ADHD and a concomitant substance use disorder. We collaborate with other researchers in areas such as opioid use disorder, alcohol consumption post liver transplant, novel ultrasound technology in alcoholic liver disease, and evaluation of novel drug testing in exhaled air.
Articles
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Article: BMC PSYCHIATRY. 2023;23(1):537
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Article: ADDICTION. 2023;118(6):1053-1061
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Article: PHARMACOGENOMICS JOURNAL. 2023;23(2-3):45-49
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2023;58(3):269-275
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Article: NORDIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2023;77(1):73-76
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Article: SPAN J PSYCHIATRY MENT HEALTH. 2023;16(1):11-15
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Article: DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE. 2022;239:109600
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Article: BMC PSYCHIATRY. 2022;22(1):625
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2022;37(8):815-826
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Article: BASIC & CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY. 2022;130(4):492-500
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Article: PEDIATRICS. 2022;149(3):e2020049750
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2022;52(4):757-769
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;19(2):697
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Article: BMJ OPEN SPORT AND EXERCISE MEDICINE. 2022;8(1):e001264
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Article: ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KINDER-UND JUGENDPSYCHIATRIE UND PSYCHOTHERAPIE. 2022;50(1):54-67
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Article: EUROPEAN ADDICTION RESEARCH. 2022;28(3):210-219
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Article: BMC PSYCHIATRY. 2021;21(1):458
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Article: JAMA PEDIATRICS. 2020;174(11):1048-1055
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Article: JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN SPORT. 2020;23(4):329-335
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Article: EUROPEAN ADDICTION RESEARCH. 2020;26(2):85-95
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Article: PSYCHIATRIA HUNGARICA. 2020;35(4):435-447
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Article: EUROPEAN ADDICTION RESEARCH. 2020;26(4-5):223-232
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Article: PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2020;237(1):69-82
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Article: PAIN. 2019;160(11):2464-2472
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Article: JOURNAL OF ATTENTION DISORDERS. 2019;23(12):1438-1453
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY. 2019;54(9):1146-1154
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Article: NORDIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2019;73(2):118-124
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Article: DRUG TESTING AND ANALYSIS. 2019;11(1):27-32
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Article: DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE. 2018;191:91-97
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Article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2018;15(8):e1002635
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Article: EUROPEAN ADDICTION RESEARCH. 2018;24(1):1-8
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Article: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2017;27(11):1144-1152
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Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2017;7(4):e1104
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Article: ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS. 2017;65:118-124
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Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2016;36(3):222-228
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Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2016;113:DSU6
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Article: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2015;25(12):2240-2251
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Article: ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS REPORTS. 2015;2:13-18
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Article: ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 2015;39(11):2189-2199
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Article: ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 2015;39(11):2200-2208
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Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2015;77(10):880-886
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Article: EUROPEAN ADDICTION RESEARCH. 2015;21(4):188-194
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Article: DERMATOLOGY. 2015;230(4):375-380
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Article: JOURNAL OF ATTENTION DISORDERS. 2015;19(1):44-52
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Article: THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING. 2014;36(4):528-534
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Article: DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE. 2014;134:158-166
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Article: DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE. 2013;132(3):587-596
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF METHODS IN PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH. 2013;22(3):232-244
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2013;42(4):1057-1066
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Article: JOURNAL OF BREATH RESEARCH. 2013;7(2):026006
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2013;16(4):763-769
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(4):e61242
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Article: BMC PSYCHIATRY. 2012;12:221
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Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2012;72(10):823-831
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Article: JOURNAL OF THE PANCREAS. 2012;13(6):654-659
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Article: JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL TOXICOLOGY. 2012;36(9):638-646
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(6):e39882
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Article: JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ANALYSIS. 2011;56(5):1024-1028
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Article: JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL TOXICOLOGY. 2011;35(8):541-544
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Article: ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM. 2011;46(5):553-557
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Article: JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL TOXICOLOGY. 2011;35(5):257-263
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Article: ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM. 2011;46(3):292-300
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Article: JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL TOXICOLOGY. 2011;35(3):129-133
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Article: ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM. 2011;46(2):170-176
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Article: ADDICTION BIOLOGY. 2011;16(1):20-29
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Article: JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY B-ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE BIOMEDICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES. 2010;878(24):2255-2259
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Article: THERAPEUTIC DRUG MONITORING. 2010;32(4):489-496
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Article: JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL TOXICOLOGY. 2010;34(5):233-237
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Article: BMC PHARMACOLOGY. 2010;10:5
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Article: DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE. 2010;108(1-2):130-133
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Article: BRAIN RESEARCH. 2009;1305 Suppl:S2-S6
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Article: PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2009;205(1):53-62
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Article: ADDICTION BIOLOGY. 2009;14(3):260-269
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Article: ADDICTION. 2009;104(3):413-419
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Article: BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 2009;197(1):219-224
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2009;41(9):679-684
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Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 2009;41(10):727-734
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2008;165(11):1442-1448
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Article: PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. 2008;45(5):356-360
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Article: NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2008;33(8):1856-1863
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Article: ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM. 2008;43(1):39-45
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Article: PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR. 2007;92(1-2):167-171
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Article: PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES. 2007;61(3):326-329
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Article: JOURNAL OF NEURAL TRANSMISSION. 2006;113(10):1519-1535
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Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2005;102(21):1633-1635
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Article: NORDIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2005;59(3):167-171
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Article: MICROSCOPY RESEARCH AND TECHNIQUE. 2004;65(6):292-294
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Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2004;24(6):665-669
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Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY. 2004;497(2):205-213
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Article: ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM. 2004;39(3):251-255
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Article: ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 2003;27(7):1142-1149
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Article: ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOLISM. 2003;38(1):71-78
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Article: ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 2002;26(9):1365-1367
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Article: BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 2002;133(2):301-308
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Article: BRAIN RESEARCH. 2001;915(2):176-184
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Article: BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 2001;120(2):137-146
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Article: NORDIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2001;55(4):271-278
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Article: ALCOHOL. 2000;22(3):165-171
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Article: ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 2000;24(10):1575-1582
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Article: PHARMACOLOGY BIOCHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR. 2000;66(2):449-453
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Article: NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. 1999;275(1):1-4
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Article: BEHAVIOURAL BRAIN RESEARCH. 1999;101(1):15-20
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Article: ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 1998;22(6):1185-1189
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Article: EUROPEAN ADDICTION RESEARCH. 1997;3(1):30-36
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Article: NEUROPHARMACOLOGY. 1996;35(6):743-749
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Article: REGULATORY PEPTIDES. 1996;61(1):37-44
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Article: BRAIN RESEARCH. 1995;699(2):231-241
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Article: NEUROPEPTIDES. 1995;28(6):317-324
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Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 1995;92(15):1593-1596
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All other publications
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Review: EUROPEAN ADDICTION RESEARCH. 2020;26(4-5):173-178
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Review: EUROPEAN ADDICTION RESEARCH. 2018;24(1):43-51
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Review: CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY. 2013;23(4):692-699
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Review: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2011;108(45):2304-2307
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Other: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2011;108(7):345-346
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Meeting abstract: EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2010;20:S69-S70
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Published conference paper: ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 2003;27(10):1645-1656
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Other: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2003;100(23):2080-2082
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Review: PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2002;26(2):303-306
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Review: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 1997;94(30-31):2645-2648
Employments
- Professor/Senior Physician, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2010-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 1999
Supervisor
- Amir Sariaslan, Exploring the causal nature of neighborhood influences on violent criminality, substance misuse and psychiatric morbidity.