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Helinä Hakko is affiliated with Oulu University Hospital in Finland. Their research primarily addresses clinical and psychological aspects within adolescent and child mental health, with a strong focus on psychiatric disorders and developmental issues.

Their recent publication record includes studies on various topics related to mental health and psychiatric conditions. Notable papers are:

  • Familial Risk Factors in Relation to Recurrent Depression Among Former Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients, 2021, Child Psychiatry & Human Development
  • Synodic lunar phases and suicide: based on 2605 suicides over 23 years, a full moon peak is apparent in premenopausal women from northern Finland, 2020, Molecular Psychiatry
  • Dysfunctional family functioning in high socioeconomic status families as a risk factor for the development of psychiatric disorders in adoptees: the Finnish Adoptive Family Study of Schizophrenia, 2021, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • Profile of Substance Misuse among Adolescent and Young Adult Gabapentinoid Users: A Register-Based Follow-up Study of Former Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatients, 2021, Substance Use & Misuse
  • Misuse of prescribed psychotropic medication and drug crime offending: A follow-up case-control study of former adolescent psychiatric inpatients, 2022, Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health

Frequent co-authors associated with Hakko include:

  • Pirkko Riipinen
  • Sami Räsänen
  • Kaisa Riala
  • Mika Niemelä
  • Karl-Erik Wahlberg

Hakko has published extensively in several venues, prominently:

  • Nordic Journal of Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry Research
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Child Psychiatry & Human Development
  • Molecular Psychiatry

Their research fields span primarily across:

  • Psychology
  • Medicine

Within these broad fields, the subfields of particular focus include:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • General Health Professions
  • Speech and Hearing
  • Safety Research

Hakko's main research topics are centered on:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Schizophrenia Research and Treatment
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Child Welfare and Adoption
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment

Best Publications

  • A Systematic Review on Gender-Specific Suicide Mortality in Medical Doctors

    Sari Lindeman;Esa Läärä;Helinä Hakko;Jouko Lönnqvist

  • A comparison of clinical and research DSM-III-R diagnoses of schizophrenia in a Finnish national birth cohort. Clinical and research diagnoses of schizophrenia.

    M. Isohanni;T. Mäkikyrö;J. Moring;P. Räsanen

  • Vitamin D supplementation during the first year of life and risk of schizophrenia: a Finnish birth cohort study

    John McGrath;John McGrath;Kaisa Saari;Kaisa Saari;Helinä Hakko;Helinä Hakko;Jari Jokelainen;Jari Jokelainen

  • Maternal smoking during pregnancy and risk of criminal behavior among adult male offspring in the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort.

    Pirkko Räsänen;Helinä Hakko;Matti Isohanni;Sheilagh Hodgins

  • Seasonal variation in the occurrence of homicide in Finland.

    Jari Tiihonen;Pirkko Räsänen;Helinä Hakko

  • The association of preceding traumatic brain injury with mental disorders, alcoholism and criminality: the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study.

    Markku Timonen;Jouko Miettunen;Helinä Hakko;Paavo Zitting

  • Seasonal variation in suicide occurrence in Finland.

    H. Hakko;P. Räsänen;Jari Tiihonen

  • Decreased quality of life and depression as predictors for shorter survival among patients with low-grade gliomas: a follow-up from 1990 to 2003

    Arja Mainio;Arja Mainio;Satu Tuunanen;Helinä Hakko;Helinä Hakko;Asko Niemelä;Asko Niemelä

  • Depression in relation to survival among neurosurgical patients with a primary brain tumor: a 5-year follow-up study.

    Arja Mainio;Helinä Hakko;Markku Timonen;Asko Niemelä

  • Adverse childhood experiences and suicidal behavior of adolescent psychiatric inpatients

    Reetta Isohookana;Kaisa Riala;Kaisa Riala;Helinä Hakko;Pirkko Räsänen

  • Finnish adoptive family study: sample selection and adoptee DSM-III-R diagnoses.

    P. Tienari;L. C. Wynne;J. Moring;K. Läksy

  • Atopy and depression: results from the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort Study.

    M Timonen;J Jokelainen;H Hakko;S Silvennoinen-Kassinen

  • Depression and functional outcome in patients with brain tumors: a population-based 1-year follow-up study.

    Arja Mainio;Helinä Hakko;Asko Niemelä;John Koivukangas

  • Smoking and suicidality among adolescent psychiatric patients.

    Taru H Mäkikyrö;Taru H Mäkikyrö;Helinä H Hakko;Helinä H Hakko;Markku J Timonen;Jaakko A.S Lappalainen

  • Suicides in persons suffering from rheumatoid arthritis

    Markku Timonen;Kaisa Viilo;Helina Hakko;Terttu Sarkioja

  • Teenage smoking and substance use as predictors of severe alcohol problems in late adolescence and in young adulthood.

    Kaisa Riala;Helinä Hakko;Matti Isohanni;Marjo-Riitta Järvelin;Marjo-Riitta Järvelin

  • Gender difference in relation to depression and quality of life among patients with a primary brain tumor.

    Arja Mainio;Arja Mainio;Helinä Hakko;Helinä Hakko;Asko Niemelä;Asko Niemelä;John Koivukangas

  • Seasonal variation in specific methods of suicide: a national register study of 20,234 Finnish people.

    Pirkko Räsänen;Helinä Hakko;Jari Jokelainen;Jari Tiihonen

  • Is a child's risk of early onset schizophrenia increased in the highest social class?

    Taru Mäkikyrö;Matti Isohanni;Juha Moring;Hannu Oja

  • Comorbidity of hospital-treated psychiatric and physical disorders with special reference to schizophrenia: a 28 year follow-up of the 1966 Northern Finland general population birth cohort

    T Mäkikyrö;J T Karvonen;H Hakko;P Nieminen

Frequent Co-Authors

Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Jari Tiihonen
Jari Tiihonen Karolinska Institute
Matti Joukamaa
Matti Joukamaa Tampere University
Anja Taanila
Anja Taanila University of Oulu
Mauri Marttunen
Mauri Marttunen University of Helsinki
Matti Joukamaa
Matti Joukamaa Tampere University
Jouko Miettunen
Jouko Miettunen Oulu University Hospital
Sheilagh Hodgins
Sheilagh Hodgins University of Montreal
Annamari Tuulio-Henriksson
Annamari Tuulio-Henriksson University of Helsinki
Philip S. Holzman
Philip S. Holzman Harvard University

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