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Olli Kiviruusu is affiliated with the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare in Finland. Their research primarily spans the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a notable concentration in clinical psychology and related subfields.

Their work encompasses a variety of topics including child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, COVID-19 and mental health, general health psychology and well-being, health disparities and outcomes, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, child abuse and trauma, and workplace health and well-being.

Recent publications by Olli Kiviruusu include:

  • Mental health after the COVID-19 pandemic among Finnish youth: a repeated, cross-sectional, population-based study (2024) published in The Lancet Psychiatry
  • Factors contributing to psychological distress in the working population, with a special reference to gender difference (2021) published in BMC Public Health
  • Associations between relationship status and mental well-being in different life phases from young to middle adulthood (2021) published in SSM - Population Health
  • High-dose electronic media use in five-year-olds and its association with their psychosocial symptoms: a cohort study (2021) published in BMJ Open
  • Paternal perinatal stress is associated with children's emotional problems at 2 years (2022) published in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Kiviruusu has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Mauri Marttunen, Jaana Suvisaari, Noora Berg, Maarit Piirtola, and Tellervo Korhonen. These collaborations reflect an active engagement with peers in related research areas.

Their work has appeared in multiple publication venues where they have made significant contributions, such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • European Journal of Public Health
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Child Psychiatry & Human Development

Kiviruusu's expertise spans clinical psychology deeply, with additional interests in general health professions, sociology and political science, public health, environmental and occupational health, and education. Their research often intersects these domains, addressing complex health and psychological well-being issues across population groups and stages of life.

Best Publications

  • Factors contributing to psychological distress in the working population, with a special reference to gender difference.

    Satu Viertiö;Satu Viertiö;Olli Kiviruusu;Olli Kiviruusu;Maarit Piirtola;Jaakko Kaprio

  • Childhood adversities as risk factors for adult mental disorders: results from the Health 2000 study.

    Sami Pirkola;Erkki Isometsä;Hillevi Aro;Laura Kestilä

  • Depressed adolescents as young adults – Predictors of suicide attempt and non-suicidal self-injury during an 8-year follow-up

    Virpi Tuisku;Olli Kiviruusu;Mirjami Pelkonen;Linnea Karlsson;Linnea Karlsson

  • Homicide-suicide—An event hard to prevent and separate from homicide or suicide

    Outi Saleva;Hanna Putkonen;Olli Kiviruusu;Jouko Lönnqvist;Jouko Lönnqvist

  • Long-term impact of parental divorce on intimate relationship quality in adulthood and the mediating role of psychosocial resources.

    Ulla Mustonen;Taina Huurre;Olli Kiviruusu;Ari Haukkala

  • Trajectories of mothers’ and fathers’ depressive symptoms from pregnancy to 24 months postpartum

    Olli Hannu Kiviruusu;Olli Hannu Kiviruusu;Johanna T Pietikäinen;Anneli Kylliäinen;Pirjo Pölkki

  • Associations between relationship status and mental well-being in different life phases from young to middle adulthood.

    Jenna Grundström;Jenna Grundström;Hanna Konttinen;Noora Berg;Noora Berg;Noora Berg;Olli Kiviruusu

  • Suicidal ideation, deliberate self-harm behaviour and suicide attempts among adolescent outpatients with depressive mood disorders and comorbid axis I disorders.

    Virpi Tuisku;Mirjami Pelkonen;Linnea Karlsson;Olli Kiviruusu

  • Treatment of major depressive disorder in the Finnish general population

    Juha Hämäläinen;Erkki Isometsä;Sinikka Sihvo;Olli Kiviruusu

  • Psychometric properties and clinical utility of the Scale for Suicidal Ideation (SSI) in adolescents

    Matti M Holi;Mirjami Pelkonen;Linnea Karlsson;Olli Kiviruusu

  • Antidepressant utilisation patterns and determinants of short-term and non-psychiatric use in the Finnish general adult population.

    Sinikka Sihvo;Erkki Isometsä;Olli Kiviruusu;Juha Hämäläinen

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

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

  • Moclobemide and fluoxetine in atypical depression: a double-blind trial

    J. Lonnqvist;S. Sihvo;E. Syvälahti;O. Kiviruusu

  • Factors associated with deliberate self-harm behaviour among depressed adolescent outpatients

    Virpi Tuisku;Virpi Tuisku;Mirjami Pelkonen;Olli Kiviruusu;Linnea Karlsson

  • Current comorbidity among consecutive adolescent psychiatric outpatients with DSM-IV mood disorders

    Linnea Karlsson;Mirjami Pelkonen;Titta Ruuttu;Olli Kiviruusu

  • Sleep complaints among adolescent outpatients with major depressive disorder

    Anna S. Urrila;Linnea Karlsson;Olli Kiviruusu;Mirjami Pelkonen

  • A controlled follow-up study of adolescents exposed to a school shooting - Psychological consequences after four months

    L Suomalainen;L Suomalainen;H Haravuori;Noora Berg;O Kiviruusu

  • Use of health services for major depressive and anxiety disorders in Finland

    Juha Hämäläinen;Erkki Isometsä;Sinikka Sihvo;Sami Pirkola

  • Psychometric Properties of the Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ-40) in Adolescents

    Titta Ruuttu;Mirjami Pelkonen;Matti Holi;Linnea Karlsson

  • A 26-year follow-up study of heavy drinking trajectories from adolescence to mid-adulthood and adult disadvantage.

    Noora Berg;Olli Kiviruusu;Sakari Karvonen;Sakari Karvonen;Laura Kestilä

  • Factors contributing to psychological distress in the working population, with a special reference to gender difference - a population-based study

    Satu Viertiö;Olli Kiviruusu;Maarit Piirtola;Jaakko Kaprio

Frequent Co-Authors

Mauri Marttunen
Mauri Marttunen University of Helsinki
Erkki Isometsä
Erkki Isometsä University of Helsinki
Nina Lindberg
Nina Lindberg University of Helsinki
Raija-Leena Punamäki
Raija-Leena Punamäki Tampere University
Samuli I. Saarni
Samuli I. Saarni Tampere University
Kirsi Ahola
Kirsi Ahola Finnish Institute of Occupational Health

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