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
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 Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 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 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 Behavioural Brain Research, 2026
- DOI for Cerebellar gray matter volume changes across development: Posterolateral and vermal transient increases during adolescence
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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
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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 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 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
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
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Relational Aggression in Russian Adolescents: Gender, Age, and Behavior and Emotional Correlates.
Part of Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2026
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Part of The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, p. 1718-1724, 2026
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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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 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, p. 1-17, 2025
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
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 Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2025
- DOI for Challenges with shifting, regardless of disengagement: attention mechanisms and eye movements in Williams syndrome
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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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Part of Journal of Adolescent Health, p. 105-114, 2025
- DOI for Pathways From Early Life Adversities to Youth Marginalization: A Longitudinal Study of Youth Not in Education, Employment, or Training
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Part of Psychiatry Research, 2025
- DOI for Psychotic-like experiences in young offenders: Prevalence, psychiatric comorbidity and personality traits
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Part of Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, p. 399-410, 2025
- DOI for The Path to Loneliness for Psychiatric Patients: A Qualitative Study of a Journey Marked by Pain, Hopelessness, Prosocial Signaling Deficits, and Coping Strategies That Are Not Effective
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Part of Behavior Research Methods, 2025
- DOI for Introducing the kollaR package: A user-friendly open-access solution for eye-tracking analysis and visualization
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Part of Psychiatry Research, 2025
- DOI for The implementation of internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy for adolescents with insomnia comorbid to psychiatric conditions at two child and adolescent psychiatry clinics.
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Part of Journal of Interprofessional Care, p. 479-486, 2025
- DOI for Navigating consensus, interprofessional collaboration between nurses and psychiatrists in hospital care for patients with deliberate self-harm
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Part of Disability and Rehabilitation, p. 5101-5114, 2025
- DOI for Feasibility of the TRANSITION program as an add-on to regular daily living support for young adults: an open mixed-methods study
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Part of Journal of autism and developmental disorders, p. 3140-3153, 2025
- DOI for 'If I Don't Have My Support Worker in the Room…': A Multi-perspective Mixed Methods Study of Remote Daily Living Support for Neurodivergent Young Adults
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Part of BMC Psychiatry, 2025
- DOI for Sociodemographic predictors of mental health service utilization among young adults with support in daily living in Sweden: a register-based study
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Psychometric Evaluation of the Swedish Version of the Child Behaviour Check List (CBCL) 1.5-5
Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 1926-1934, 2025
- DOI for Psychometric Evaluation of the Swedish Version of the Child Behaviour Check List (CBCL) 1.5-5
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A registry study on nonsyndromic craniosynostosis: Long-term associations with academic achievement
Part of Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, p. 104-111, 2025
- DOI for A registry study on nonsyndromic craniosynostosis: Long-term associations with academic achievement
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Part of Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2025
- DOI for Differential susceptibility effects of the 5-HTTLPR and MAOA genotypes on decision making under risk in the Iowa gambling task
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Part of JCPP Advances, 2025
- DOI for Posttraumatic stress, perceived hostile intention and reactions to peer provocation: A longitudinal study in US inner-city youth
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Part of Schizophrenia Research, p. 59-65, 2025
Food Insecurity and Loneliness in the Former Soviet Countries
Part of International Journal of Public Health, 2025
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