Niklas Långström
About me
Professor (associate)
Professor of child &- adolescent psychiatry, Uppsala University, 2016-2018
Professor of psychiatric epidemiology, KI, 2010-2016
Child & - adolescent psychiatrist &
- Medical officer, National Board of Health &
- Welfare
Research
I study developmental pathways, correlates and outcomes of mental disorder in children and adults. I am particularly interested in causal mechanisms, risk assessment, and the prevention of interpersonal violence.
I am interested in how to conduct optimally correct and informative systematic reviews of the effectiveness of medical and psychosocial interventions against psychiatric disorder, violent and sexual offending.
Some current research projects address pedophilic disorder, the evaluation of new interventions against violent and coercive or abusive sexual behaviour, and inpatient child psychiatric treatment (including coercion).
In addition to colleagues at Karolinska Institutet: MEB and the Dept of Clinical Neuroscience/Centre for Psychiatry Research, I collaborate with professionals at the Dept of Forensic Psychiatry at Oxford University, UK.
Articles
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Article: BMC PSYCHIATRY. 2024;24(1):102
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Article: JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 2023;84:102009
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Article: INTERNET INTERVENTIONS-THE APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN MENTAL AND BEHAVIOURAL HEALTH. 2022;30:100590
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Article: JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 2022;82:101935
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2022;17(5):e0267941
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Article: NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR. 2021;5(9):1251-1258
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Article: ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA. 2021;143(4):363-374
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Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY. 2021;12:670957
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Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2021;26(1):341-349
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Article: NORDIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2020;74(7):489-496
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Article: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2020;20(1):307
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Article: JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS. 2020;34(1):22-39
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Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2020;11:571775
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Article: SCIENCE. 2019;365(6456):882
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Article: JOURNAL OF SEX RESEARCH. 2019;56(2):203-212
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Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY. 2019;10:715
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Article: CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR AND MENTAL HEALTH. 2018;28(6):476-491
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Article: JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY. 2018;59(9):957-965
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Article: BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR. 2018;8(7):e00998
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Journal article: BMC GENOMICS. 2018;19(1):494
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Article: COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY. 2018;1:163
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Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2017;82(9):634-641
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS. 2017;50(9):1095-1103
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Article: JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE. 2017;32(7):1027-1043
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;107(2):322-328
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Article: JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS. 2017;47(1):80-89
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2017;47(2):305-315
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Article: JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 2016;316(17):1798-1807
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART B-NEUROPSYCHIATRIC GENETICS. 2016;171(7):958-970
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Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2016;242:295-301
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Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2016;45(5):1163-1172
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Article: LANCET PSYCHIATRY. 2016;3(6):535-543
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Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2016;6(5):e796
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Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2016;77(3):342-347
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Journal article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2016;77(03):342-347
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART B-NEUROPSYCHIATRIC GENETICS. 2016;171B(2):153-159
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Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2015;35(5):535-543
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Article: COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRY. 2015;62:63-70
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Article: EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2015;24(9):1049-1059
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2015;45(8):1699-1707
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Article: BIPOLAR DISORDERS. 2015;17(3):340-344
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2015;44(2):713-720
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Article: SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN. 2015;41(2):494-502
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS. 2015;96(2):283-294
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Article: NATURE NEUROSCIENCE. 2015;18(2):199-209
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Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2015;44(1):67-79
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Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2015;44(1):149-156
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 2015;26(1):78-88
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Article: ADDICTION. 2015;110(1):100-108
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Article: JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS. 2014;44(11):2707-2716
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Article: EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR. 2014;35(6):481-488
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Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2014;75(10):1047-1053
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Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2014;205(4):286-290
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Article: LANCET. 2014;384(9949):1206-1214
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Article: JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY. 2014;55(8):878-885
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Article: JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY. 2014;55(8):897-904
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2014;44(9):1879-1887
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2014;44(9):1913-1925
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Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2014;71(6):657-664
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2014;43(3):835-842
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Article: JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY. 2014;55(5):428-435
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Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2014;71(3):326-333
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Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2014;75(2):127-132
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2014;43(1):83-90
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2014;9(9):e106676
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2014;44(1):71-84
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Article: DIABETOLOGIA. 2014;57(1):102-109
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2014;9(9):e106579
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Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH. 2014;48(1):128-130
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Article: LANCET. 2013;382(9905):1646-1654
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Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2013;70(11):1231-1240
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Article: NATURE GENETICS. 2013;45(9):984-994
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Article: JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 2013;41(5):318-323
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2013;178(4):543-550
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Article: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2013;347:f4630
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2013;42(4):1057-1066
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Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2013;203(2):103-106
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Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2013;70(7):709-717
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Article: ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA. 2013;128(1):70-77
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 2013;24(7):1309-1316
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Article: TWIN RESEARCH AND HUMAN GENETICS. 2013;16(3):679-689
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Article: JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH. 2013;52(5):606-612
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Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2013;70(5):516-521
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Article: PLOS GENETICS. 2013;9(4):e1003449
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2013;43(3):581-590
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Article: DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY. 2013;25(1):17-35
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Article: TWIN RESEARCH AND HUMAN GENETICS. 2013;16(1):317-329
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Article: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY. 2013;32(2):180-189
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Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2013;70(1):22-30
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Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH. 2013;47(1):83-90
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Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2013;42(1):35-44
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(7):e69140
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Article: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2012;367(21):2006-2014
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Article: ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY. 2012;69(11):1099-1103
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Article: ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY. 2012;69(11):1140-1150
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2012;42(9):1977-1983
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Article: DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY. 2012;24(3):739-753
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Journal article: NORDISK TIDSSKRIFT FOR KRIMINALVIDENSKAB. 2012;99(2)
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2012;42(7):1547-1557
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Journal article: NEUROPSYCHIATRIE DE L'ENFANCE ET DE L'ADOLESCENCE. 2012;60(5):s307
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Article: JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. 2012;30(4):693-699
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(2):e31727
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(7):e41783
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Journal article: 2012A Novel Approach to Determining Violence Risk in Schizophrenia: Developing a Stepped Strategy in 13,806 Discharged Patients
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Article: BEHAVIOR GENETICS. 2012;42(1):3-18
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2012;42(1):111-123
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Article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2011;8(12):e1001150
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Article: SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH. 2011;133(1-3):120-124
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Article: ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA. 2011;124(6):447-453
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2011;41(12):2527-2534
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Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2011;40(6):1309-1321
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Article: JOURNAL OF SEXUAL MEDICINE. 2011;8(12):3354-3362
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Article: TWIN RESEARCH AND HUMAN GENETICS. 2011;14(6):495-508
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Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2011;199(5):373-379
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Article: NATURE GENETICS. 2011;43(10):977-983
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Article: SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH. 2011;130(1-3):143-147
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Article: DIGESTIVE AND LIVER DISEASE. 2011;43(8):616-622
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Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2011;94(1):142-148
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Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2011;72(6):775-779
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Article: SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN. 2011;37(3):580-586
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Article: PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE. 2011;73(3):234-241
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2011;6(2):e16885
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Article: PLOS ONE. 2011;6(11):e27202
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2011;41(1):97-105
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Journal article: NATURE GENETICS. 2011;43(10):977-U162
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2010;39(6):1531-1540
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Article: PEDIATRICS. 2010;126(5):E1026-E1032
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2010;39(5):1193-1202
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Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2010;39(5):1161-1169
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Article: ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY. 2010;67(9):931-938
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Article: CHILD MALTREATMENT. 2010;15(3):219-228
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Article: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2010;341:c3222
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Article: ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY. 2010;67(5):529-538
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Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2010;49(5):514-523
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Journal article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2010;49(5):514-523
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Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2010;39(2):317-324
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Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2010;40(2):315-324
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Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2010;39(1):75-80
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Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2010;39(1):161-167
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Article: CHILD DEVELOPMENT. 2010;81(1):80-100
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Article: JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE. 2009;24(8):1358-1370
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Article: JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 2009;301(19):2016-2023
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Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2009;70(3):362-369
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Article: BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL. 2008;337:a2205
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Article: ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY. 2008;65(9):1034-1040
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Journal article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2008;47(9):1010-1019
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Journal article: EVIDENCE-BASED MENTAL HEALTH. 2008;11(3):95
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Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2008;43(4):319-324
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Journal article: SEXUAL ABUSE-A JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND TREATMENT. 2007;19(2):135-153
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Article: SEXUAL ABUSE-A JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND TREATMENT. 2007;19(2):135-153
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Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2007;68(4):588-596
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Article: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND BEHAVIOR. 2007;34(1):22-36
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Article: SEXUAL ABUSE-A JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND TREATMENT. 2006;18(4):357-372
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Article: PSYCHOLOGY CRIME & LAW. 2006;12(5):453-462
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Article: ASSESSMENT. 2006;13(3):356-367
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Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2006;35(4):427-435
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Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2006;41(7):532-540
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Article: PSYCHOLOGY CRIME & LAW. 2006;12(3):221-230
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Article: SEXUAL ABUSE-A JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND TREATMENT. 2006;18(2):159-167
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Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2006;35(1):37-52
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Article: NORDIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2006;60(6):438-446
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW AND PSYCHIATRY. 2005;28(4):442-456
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Article: JOURNAL OF SEX & MARITAL THERAPY. 2005;31(2):87-95
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Article: NORDIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2005;59(6):431-440
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Article: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND BEHAVIOR. 2004;31(5):609-623
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Article: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND BEHAVIOR. 2004;31(4):367-391
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Article: SEXUAL ABUSE-A JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND TREATMENT. 2004;16(2):107-120
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Journal article: SEXUAL ABUSE-A JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND TREATMENT. 2004;16(2):107-120
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Journal article: TRAUMA VIOLENCE & ABUSE. 2003;4(4):341-362
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Article: JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS. 2003;17(4):293-305
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Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2002;31(4):343-350
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Journal article: PSYCHOLOGY CRIME & LAW. 2002;8(1):25-40
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Journal article: PSYCHOLOGY CRIME & LAW. 2002;8(1):41-58
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Article: PSYCHOLOGY CRIME & LAW. 2002;8(1):41-58
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Article: PSYCHOLOGY CRIME & LAW. 2002;8(1):25-40
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Article: JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE. 2000;15(8):855-871
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Article: JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENCE. 2000;23(3):319-329
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Article: LAW AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR. 2000;24(1):45-58
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Article: NORDIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2000;54(2):113-120
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Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE. 1999;8(3):175-180
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Article: LAW AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR. 1999;23(2):205-217
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Article: BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES & THE LAW. 1999;17(2):219-225
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Article: NORDIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 1999;53(1):61-67
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Article: JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT. 1998;70(3):416-426
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Journal article: NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL. 1990;16(2):147-156
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Journal article: BRAIN RESEARCH. 1989;5(4):259-269
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Journal article: PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 1989;13(3-4):469-479
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All other publications
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Corrigendum: NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR. 2021;5(9):1259
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Review: JOURNAL OF CONSULTING AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2021;89(6):514-527
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Editorial comment: SCIENCE. 2021;371(6536):eaba5693
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Letter: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2021;60(2):203-204
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Review: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2021;60(1):46-60
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Letter: SCIENCE. 2019;366(6472):1461-1462
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Letter: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2017;46(4):867-868
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Letter: LANCET PSYCHIATRY. 2016;3(9):809-810
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Letter: LANCET. 2014;384(9959):2025-2026
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Letter: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2014;71(7):840
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Editorial comment: EXPERT REVIEW OF NEUROTHERAPEUTICS. 2013;13(4):345-348
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Letter: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2012;200(4):348
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Book chapter: BIOSOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF FAMILY PROCESSES. 2011;p. 149-159
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Letter: ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY. 2010;67(12):1325-1326
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Letter: JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 2009;302(11):1168-1169
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Editorial comment: PSYCHOLOGY CRIME & LAW. 2009;15(6):525-529
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Letter: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2009;48(3):340-341
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Letter: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2009;48(3):340-341
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Editorial comment: CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR AND MENTAL HEALTH. 2009;19(5):281-285
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Review: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2008;47(9):1010-1019
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Letter: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2006;35(6):643-644
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Published conference paper: ADDICTION. 2006;101(1):100-108
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Published conference paper: SEXUAL ABUSE-A JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND TREATMENT. 2004;16(2):139-150
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Published conference paper: ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA, SUPPLEMENT. 2002;(412):86-92
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Published conference paper: LAW AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR. 2001;25(6):629-645
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Book chapter: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF SENILE DEMENTIA. 1989;p. 45-53
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Grants
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Swedish Research Council1 December 2021 - 30 November 2024
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Swedish Research Council1 January 2012 - 31 December 2016
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Swedish Research Council1 January 2012 - 31 December 2013
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Swedish Research Council1 January 2010 - 31 December 2011
Employments
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2021-2024
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska institutet, 2002
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 1999
- University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 1992
Supervisor
- Amir Sariaslan, Exploring the causal nature of neighborhood influences on violent criminality, substance misuse and psychiatric morbidity.
- Vide Ohlsson Gotby, Register-based studies of sex steroid hormones and psychiatric disorders.
- Ralf Kuja-Halkola, Twin and family studies on the development of cognitive and externalizing problems.