Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
The research group in child and adolescent psychiatry studies how mental disorders develop, how they should be diagnosed and treated.
Description of our research
The research is based on a bio-psycho-social model where biological, psychological and social factors interact in the development of child psychiatric symptoms.
Risk and protective factors for mental disorders are investigated in both clinical and epidemiological studies. Psychological and biological mechanisms are studied, partly for the development of psychiatric symptoms, partly for the effect of treatment. The consequences of early-onset child psychiatric symptoms are investigated in long-term follow-ups. The research group works with development of diagnostic instruments and psychometrically evaluates these. We perform clinical trials and evaluate the effect of different treatments. The research is conducted in both international and national collaboration with other research groups.
Senior researchers within the group are Johan Isaksson, Ulf Jonsson, Vendela Zetterqvist, Matilda Frick, Vladislav Ruchkin and Mia Ramklint.
The group's research projects are presented based on relation to field of knowledge.
Group members
Publications
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Part of Personality and Individual Differences, 2027
- DOI for Structure and centrality of clinically meaningful psychopathology constructs across age groups in a Brazilian sample
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Part of BMC Psychiatry, 2026
- DOI for Reactivity and regulation of negative and positive emotions in child- and adolescent diagnostic and trait-level ADHD: a cross-sectional study.
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Adaptive and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation in child- and adolescent ADHD
Part of International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology, 2026
- DOI for Adaptive and maladaptive cognitive emotion regulation in child- and adolescent ADHD
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Part of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, p. 728-744, 2026
- DOI for Emotion regulation training for adolescents with ADHD: a multiple-baseline single-case experimental study
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Part of Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, p. 1051-1061, 2026
- DOI for Clinical Heterogeneity Among Preschoolers Recruited as Infants Due to Elevated Likelihood of Autism: A Sibling Study
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Part of Journal of Eating Disorders, 2026
- DOI for Impaired psychosocial functioning and emotion regulation difficulties in eating disorders: a cross-sectional study
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Part of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2026
- DOI for The impact of family and peer relationships on developmental trajectories of depressive and anxiety symptoms among young people: a person-oriented approach
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Part of BMJ Open, 2026
- DOI for ADHD and cardiometabolic risk profile in adults with type 2 diabetes: a longitudinal register-based study
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Part of BMC Medicine, 2026
- DOI for Major adverse cardiac events and mortality associated with ADHD and its treatment in adults with type 2 diabetes: a multi-national cohort study
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Part of Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2026
- DOI for Tissue-specific clustering of genetic correlations across autoimmune diseases in a nationwide sibling study
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Part of BMC Psychology, 2026
- DOI for Flying under the radar: a qualitative examination of self-diagnosed ADHD and identity formation in young women
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Part of Behavioural Brain Research, 2026
- DOI for Cerebellar gray matter volume changes across development: Posterolateral and vermal transient increases during adolescence
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Part of Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2026
- DOI for Between "normality" and diagnosis: strains between the I and the Me in undiagnosed adolescents with ADHD symptoms
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Comparing feedback learning and arousal responses in Down, Fragile X, and Williams syndromes
Part of npj Science of learning, 2026
- DOI for Comparing feedback learning and arousal responses in Down, Fragile X, and Williams syndromes
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Childhood emotion reactivity and regulation as predictors of sleep quality: A longitudinal study
Part of British Journal of Developmental Psychology, p. 382-396, 2026
- DOI for Childhood emotion reactivity and regulation as predictors of sleep quality: A longitudinal study
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Neurodevelopmental conditions and adaptive functioning - a co-twin control study
Part of Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, p. 777-787, 2026
- DOI for Neurodevelopmental conditions and adaptive functioning - a co-twin control study
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Part of Stress and Health, 2026
- DOI for The Association Between Posttraumatic Stress and Cigarette Smoking From an Ethnicity and Gender Perspective: Findings From a Longitudinal Study of US Adolescents
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Part of Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, p. 321-333, 2026
- DOI for Feasibility of the Psychoeducational Programme SKILLS for the Child's Social Network for Patients Newly Diagnosed With ADHD: A Mixed-Method Design Study
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Part of JCPP Advances, 2026
- DOI for Examining early inhibitory control and emotion regulation as predictors of childhood internalizing and externalizing problems: A longitudinal study
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Part of Frontiers in Psychology, 2026
- DOI for Effects of sex and age on the association of relational aggression with mental health problems and functional impairment in adolescents
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Part of Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, p. 27-34, 2026
- DOI for Diagnostic accuracy of the alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT) in Swedish young adult outpatients in general psychiatry
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Part of Sage Open Nursing, 2026
- DOI for Associations Between Participation in ProDeveloP and Newly Graduated Nurses' Stress and Professional Development When Transitioning into Practice
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Part of BMC Pediatrics, 2026
- DOI for Internalising problems and engagement among preschool children: trajectories of several functional outcomes in a Swedish longitudinal study.
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Part of Psychiatry Research, 2026
- DOI for Parental support moderates the interaction of COMT and BDNF genotypes with early life adversity on problem gambling severity index scores among young adults
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Part of Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, p. 35-41, 2026
- DOI for Influence of sex and depressive symptoms on diagnostic delay of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adolescent psychiatric patients
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Part of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2026
- DOI for The Electronic Psychiatric Semi-structured Interview for Children and Adolescents (EPSI-C): development and psychometric evaluation of an open-access DSM-5-based diagnostic instrument
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Part of Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, p. 324-325, 2026
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Academic achievement in children with orofacial clefts: A nationwide study in Sweden
Part of Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, p. 300-312, 2026
- DOI for Academic achievement in children with orofacial clefts: A nationwide study in Sweden
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Does Camouflaging Cause Reduced Quality of Life? A Co-Twin Control Study
Part of Journal of autism and developmental disorders, p. 709-721, 2026
- DOI for Does Camouflaging Cause Reduced Quality of Life? A Co-Twin Control Study
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Part of Frontiers in Physiology, 2026
- DOI for Touch, temperature, and relief: a multilevel integrative model of hedonic regulation in massage and thermal therapies
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Relational Aggression in Russian Adolescents: Gender, Age, and Behavior and Emotional Correlates.
Part of Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2026
- DOI for Relational Aggression in Russian Adolescents: Gender, Age, and Behavior and Emotional Correlates.
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Part of The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, p. 1718-1724, 2026
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Loneliness and its associations with anger and aggression in Russian adolescents
Part of International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 2026
- DOI for Loneliness and its associations with anger and aggression in Russian adolescents
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ADHD symptoms and financial debt among adults
Part of BMC Psychiatry, 2026
- DOI for ADHD symptoms and financial debt among adults
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Part of Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, p. 313-321, 2026
- DOI for Bilateral orofacial clefts are associated with increased risk of psychiatric morbidity relative to unilateral clefts
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Part of Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, p. 158-166, 2026
- DOI for The perspectives of previous young adult psychiatric patients regarding mental health recovery and the influence of received psychiatric care: a qualitative 20-year follow-up study
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Part of BMC Medical Education, 2026
- DOI for Further psychometric evaluation of the Swedish version of the Interdisciplinary Education Perception Scale (IEPS) using Rasch analysis
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2026
- DOI for A twin study of employment uncertainty and sickness absence due to mental disorders accounting for familial factors and personality
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Trajectories of sickness absence and disability pension in young working-age adults in Sweden
Part of Scientific Reports, 2025
- DOI for Trajectories of sickness absence and disability pension in young working-age adults in Sweden
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Part of European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, p. 1649-1659, 2025
- DOI for Adult mental health outcomes of adolescent depression and co-occurring alcohol use disorder: a longitudinal cohort study
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Part of Läkartidningen, 2025
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Does Mind-Wandering Explain ADHD-Related Impairment in Adolescents?
Part of Child Psychiatry and Human Development, p. 346-357, 2025
- DOI for Does Mind-Wandering Explain ADHD-Related Impairment in Adolescents?
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Part of Journal of Psychiatric Research, p. 248-253, 2025
- DOI for Are adolescent males or females more proficient self-raters of symptoms of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder?
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Part of Journal of Attention Disorders, p. 541-553, 2025
- DOI for ADHD and Identity Formation: Adolescents' Experiences From the Healthcare System and Peer Relationships
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Part of Frontiers in Psychology, 2025
- DOI for Identity work among girls with ADHD: struggling with Me and I, impression management, and social camouflaging in school
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Part of Child Psychiatry and Human Development, p. 595-604, 2025
- DOI for Community Violence Exposure and Eating Disorder Symptoms among Belgian, Russian and US Adolescents: Cross-Country and Gender Perspectives
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Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms and Anger and Aggression in Russian Adolescents
Part of JAACAP Open, p. 126-136, 2025
- DOI for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms and Anger and Aggression in Russian Adolescents
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Part of Nordic Social Work Research, p. 17-28, 2025
- DOI for Me & my family: a programme for children and parents in families with parental substance use problems – an outcome study
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Part of BMC Psychiatry, 2025
- DOI for Low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for adolescent treatment resistant depression - a feasibility study
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2025
- DOI for 'Navigating a lonely road to adulthood with an ever-changing map'; a framework and case study protocol exploring the transition to adulthood, mental health literacy and occupational balance among Swedish young adults
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