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Paul Lichtenstein

Paul Lichtenstein

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Medicine
Sweden
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
162
Citations
111155
World Ranking
706
National Ranking
16

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Paul Lichtenstein is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Their research primarily spans the broad fields of medicine and psychology, with a particular focus on clinical psychology and psychiatry. The subfields of study emphasize clinical psychology, psychiatry and mental health, cognitive neuroscience, genetics, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare

Lichtenstein has been involved in a substantial number of publications, often appearing in venues such as UNC Libraries, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, JAMA Psychiatry, Molecular Psychiatry, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Henrik Larsson
  • Ralf Kuja-Halkola
  • Brian M. D'Onofrio
  • Sebastian Lundström
  • David Mataix-Cols

Examples of recent scholarly papers linked to Lichtenstein's research encompass:

  • "Violence and mental disorders: a structured review of associations by individual diagnoses, risk factors, and risk assessment" (2020, The Lancet Psychiatry)
  • "Etiology of Autism Spectrum Disorders and Autistic Traits Over Time" (2020, JAMA Psychiatry)
  • "Predicting mental health problems in adolescence using machine learning techniques" (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • "Risk of Subjection to Violence and Perpetration of Violence in Persons With Psychiatric Disorders in Sweden" (2020, JAMA Psychiatry)
  • "Mapping phenotypic and aetiological associations between ADHD and physical conditions in adulthood in Sweden: a genetically informed register study" (2021, The Lancet Psychiatry)

Best Publications

  • Environmental and Heritable Factors in the Causation of Cancer — Analyses of Cohorts of Twins from Sweden, Denmark, and Finland

    Paul Lichtenstein;Niels V. Holm;Pia K. Verkasalo;Anastasia Iliadou

  • Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

    Shaun M. Purcell;Shaun M. Purcell;Naomi R. Wray;Jennifer L. Stone;Jennifer L. Stone;Peter M. Visscher

  • Genome-wide association study identifies five new schizophrenia loci

    Stephan Ripke;Alan R. Sanders;Kenneth S. Kendler;Douglas F. Levinson

  • Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs

    S. Hong Lee;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Benjamin M. Neale;Benjamin M. Neale;Stephen V. Faraone

  • Common genetic determinants of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in Swedish families: a population-based study.

    Paul Lichtenstein;Benjamin H Yip;Camilla Björk;Yudi Pawitan

  • Large-scale genome-wide association analysis of bipolar disorder identifies a new susceptibility locus near ODZ4

    Pamela Sklar;Pamela Sklar;Stephan Ripke;Stephan Ripke;Laura J. Scott;Ole A. Andreassen

  • Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

    Aysu Okbay;Jonathan P. Beauchamp;Mark Alan Fontana;James J. Lee

  • Rare chromosomal deletions and duplications increase risk of schizophrenia

    Jennifer L. Stone;Jennifer L. Stone;Jennifer L. Stone;Michael C. O’Donovan;Hugh Gurling;George K. Kirov

  • Genomic Relationships, Novel Loci, and Pleiotropic Mechanisms across Eight Psychiatric Disorders

    Phil H. Lee;Verneri Anttila;Hyejung Won;Yen-Chen A. Feng

  • The familial risk of autism.

    Sven Sandin;Paul Lichtenstein;Ralf Kuja-Halkola;Henrik Larsson

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    Stephan Ripke;Naomi R Wray;Cathryn M Lewis;Steven P Hamilton

  • Genome-wide association study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

    Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Hunna J. Watson;Zeynep Yilmaz;Laura M. Thornton;Christopher Hübel;Christopher Hübel

  • Premature mortality in autism spectrum disorder.

    Tatja Hirvikoski;Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz;Marcus Boman;Henrik Larsson

  • GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment

    Cornelius A. Rietveld;Sarah E. Medland;Jaime Lane Derringer;Jian Yang

  • Prevalence, Heritability, and Prospective Risk Factors for Anorexia Nervosa

    Cynthia M. Bulik;Patrick F. Sullivan;Federica Tozzi;Helena Furberg

  • The Genetics of Autism Spectrum Disorders and Related Neuropsychiatric Disorders in Childhood

    Paul Lichtenstein;Eva Carlström;Maria Råstam;Christopher Gillberg

  • Schizophrenia, substance abuse, and violent crime.

    Seena Fazel;Niklas Långström;Anders Hjern;Martin Grann

  • Long-term follow-up of transsexual persons undergoing sex reassignment surgery: cohort study in Sweden

    Cecilia Dhejne;Paul Lichtenstein;Marcus Boman;Anna L. V. Johansson

  • The Swedish Twin Registry: a unique resource for clinical, epidemiological and genetic studies.

    P. Lichtenstein;U. De faire;B. Floderus;M. Svartengren

  • A mega-analysis of genome-wide association studies for major depressive disorder

    S. Ripke;N. R. Wray;C. M. Lewis;S. P. Hamilton

Frequent Co-Authors

Henrik Larsson
Henrik Larsson Karolinska Institute
Brian M. D’Onofrio
Brian M. D’Onofrio Indiana University
Catarina Almqvist
Catarina Almqvist Karolinska Institute
Niklas Långström
Niklas Långström Karolinska Institute
Sebastian Lundström
Sebastian Lundström University of Gothenburg
Nancy L. Pedersen
Nancy L. Pedersen Karolinska Institute
Mikael Landén
Mikael Landén University of Gothenburg
Ralf Kuja-Halkola
Ralf Kuja-Halkola Karolinska Institute
Patrik K. E. Magnusson
Patrik K. E. Magnusson Karolinska Institute
Christina M. Hultman
Christina M. Hultman Karolinska Institute

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