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Overview

Nina Lindberg is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research primarily spans the fields of medicine and psychology, with significant contributions to subfields such as clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, epidemiology, neurology, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including schizophrenia research and treatment, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, psychopathy, forensic psychiatry and sexual offending, bipolar disorder and treatment, healthcare decision-making and restraints, and alcoholism and thiamine deficiency.

They have published multiple articles in prominent academic journals. Some recent papers include:

  • Compulsory admissions of patients with mental disorders: State of the art on ethical and legislative aspects in 40 European countries (2020, European Psychiatry)
  • The impact of rare protein coding genetic variation on adult cognitive function (2023, Nature Genetics)
  • Incidence and mortality of alcohol-related dementia and Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome: A nationwide register study (2022, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry)
  • Criminal Behavior in the Four Years Preceding Diagnosis of Neurocognitive Disorder: A Nationwide Register Study in Finland (2020, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry)
  • The predictive capacity of AUDIT and AUDIT-C among adolescents in a one-year follow-up study (2020, Drug and Alcohol Dependence)

Frequent co-authors in their work include:

  • Jaana Suvisaari (20 joint publications)
  • Jari Tiihonen (14 joint publications)
  • Erkki Isometsä (12 joint publications)
  • Risto Vataja (10 joint publications)
  • Tiina Talaslahti (10 joint publications)

Nina Lindberg has published extensively in venues such as the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Brain Sciences, Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, European Psychiatry, and International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

Best Publications

  • Two years of gender identity service for minors: overrepresentation of natal girls with severe problems in adolescent development.

    Riittakerttu Kaltiala-Heino;Maria Sumia;Marja Työläjärvi;Nina Lindberg

  • Body dissatisfaction and body mass in girls and boys transitioning from early to mid-adolescence: additional role of self-esteem and eating habits.

    Mauno Mäkinen;Leena-Riitta Puukko-Viertomies;Nina Lindberg;Martti A Siimes

  • Insomnia is a frequent finding in adults with Asperger syndrome

    Pekka Tani;Nina Lindberg;Taina Nieminen-von Wendt;Lennart von Wendt

  • Looking for pyromania: characteristics of a consecutive sample of Finnish male criminals with histories of recidivist fire-setting between 1973 and 1993.

    Nina Lindberg;Matti M Holi;Pekka Tani;Matti Virkkunen

  • AUDIT and AUDIT-C as screening instruments for alcohol problem use in adolescents.

    Joni Liskola;Joni Liskola;Henna Haravuori;Nina Lindberg;Solja Niemelä

  • Finnish sexual homicides: offence and offender characteristics.

    Helinä Häkkänen-Nyholm;Helinä Häkkänen-Nyholm;Eila Repo-Tiihonen;Nina Lindberg;Stephan Salenius

  • Psychometric properties of the Symptom Checklist-90 in adolescent psychiatric inpatients and age- and gender-matched community youth

    Minna Rytilä-Manninen;Sari Fröjd;Henna Haravuori;Henna Haravuori;Nina Lindberg

  • Gender-Specific Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Homicide: A Nationwide Register-Based Study

    Ghitta Weizmann-Henelius;Matti Grönroos;Hanna Putkonen;Markku Eronen

  • Sleep in young adults with Asperger syndrome.

    Pekka Tani;Nina Lindberg;Taina Nieminen-von Wendt;Lennart von Wendt

  • Sleep among habitually violent offenders with antisocial personality disorder

    Nina Lindberg;Pekka Tani;Björn Appelberg;Dag Stenberg

  • Inverse correlation between severity of psychopathic traits and serum cortisol levels in young adult violent male offenders

    Matti Holi;Laura Auvinen-Lintunen;Nina Lindberg;Pekka Tani

  • MAOA Alters the Effects of Heavy Drinking and Childhood Physical Abuse on Risk for Severe Impulsive Acts of Violence Among Alcoholic Violent Offenders

    Roope Tikkanen;Francesca Ducci;David Goldman;Matti Holi

  • Human impulsive aggression: a sleep research perspective.

    Nina Lindberg;Pekka Tani;Björn Appelberg;Hannu Naukkarinen

  • Asperger syndrome, alexithymia and perception of sleep.

    Pekka Tani;Nina Lindberg;Matti Joukamaa;Taina Nieminen-von Wendt

  • Examination of psychopathy in female homicide offenders--confirmatory factor analysis of the PCL-R.

    Ghitta Weizmann-Henelius;Hanna Putkonen;Matti Grönroos;Nina Lindberg

  • Effect of a single-dose of olanzapine on sleep in healthy females and males.

    Lindberg N;Virkkunen M;Tani P;Appelberg B

  • The mortality of young offenders sentenced to prison and its association with psychiatric disorders: a register study

    Eila S. Sailas;Benjamin Feodoroff;Nina C. Lindberg;Matti E. Virkkunen

  • Compulsory admissions of patients with mental disorders: State of the art on ethical and legislative aspects in 40 European countries

    D. Wasserman;G. Apter;Chris Baeken;S. Bailey

  • Gender identities in adolescent population: Methodological issues and prevalence across age groups.

    Riittakerttu Kaltiala-Heino;Nina Lindberg

  • Forensic psychiatric perspective on criminality associated with intellectual disability: a nationwide register‐based study

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  • Quantitative electroencephalographic measures in homicidal men with antisocial personality disorder.

    Nina Lindberg;Pekka Tani;Matti Virkkunen;Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen

  • Higher plasma ACTH levels in adults with Asperger syndrome.

    Pekka Tani;Nina Lindberg;Vallo Matto;Björn Appelberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Mauri Marttunen
Mauri Marttunen University of Helsinki
Erkki Isometsä
Erkki Isometsä University of Helsinki
Aarno Palotie
Aarno Palotie University of Helsinki
Jari Lipsanen
Jari Lipsanen University of Helsinki
Olli Kiviruusu
Olli Kiviruusu Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin
Marjo-Riitta Järvelin Imperial College London
Alessandro Serretti
Alessandro Serretti Kore University of Enna
Mark J. Daly
Mark J. Daly Massachusetts General Hospital
Corine de Ruiter
Corine de Ruiter Maastricht University
Chris Baeken
Chris Baeken Ghent University

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