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Ahlborg MG, Morgan A, Svedberg P, Nygren JM, Eriksson M, Westberg KH. SoCap YMH - youth mental health, social capital and help-seeking: a study protocol. Front Public Health 2024; 12:1406649. [PMID: 38919916 PMCID: PMC11196961 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1406649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2024] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024] Open
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Background The increase in adolescents reporting mental health problems presents a major public health challenge. The complex association between mental health and social capital motivates further investigation of social capital as a crucial aspect in shaping adolescents' help-seeking knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours. Aim This protocol presents a project that aims to investigate social capital in relation to help-seeking and mental health in close collaboration with adolescents and key stakeholders in the school setting, in the southern part of Sweden. Methods A mixed-method design with three interconnected work packages (WP) will be undertaken with an emphasis on co-production where adolescents are involved throughout the process. WP1 is a development and validation of two questionnaire instruments for assessing social capital and help-seeking in adolescence. WP2 is a longitudinal quantitative study involving 1,500 adolescents from two regions representing rural and suburban/urban settings. Adolescents aged 15 will be asked to complete questionnaires concerning social capital, mental health, and help-seeking in a baseline and one-year follow-up, allowing for investigation of the role of social capital for help-seeking. WP3 is designed to elucidate experiences and knowledge of adolescents and key stakeholders via collaborative World Café workshops. These will be held along the project to evolve the generated knowledge and maximize it's applicability during and after the project is finalized. Conclusion The results are expected to further the understanding of the relationship between adolescents' social capital, mental health, and help-seeking, to contribute to a deeper understanding of the mechanisms behind the paradoxical help-seeking patterns among adolescents today and to narrow the gap between research and practice to produce sustainable and efficient strategies, which may facilitate help-seeking and improve the mental health of adolescents within existing organizational structures.
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- Department of Public Health, Glasgow Caledonian University in London, London, United Kingdom
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- School of Health and Welfare, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden
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- School of Health and Welfare, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden
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- Department of Social Work, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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Boonstra A, van Amelsvoort TAMJ, Klaassen RMC, Popma A, Grootendorst-van Mil NH, Veling W, de Winter RFP, Boonstra N, Leijdesdorff SMJ. Evaluating changes in functioning and psychological distress in visitors of the @ease youth mental health walk-in centres. BJPsych Open 2024; 10:e101. [PMID: 38699887 PMCID: PMC11094437 DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2024.58] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Revised: 03/08/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Highly accessible youth initiatives worldwide aim to prevent worsening of mental health problems, but research into outcomes over time is scarce. AIMS This study aimed to evaluate outcomes and support use in 12- to 15-year-old visitors of the @ease mental health walk-in centres, a Dutch initiative offering free counselling by trained and supervised peers. METHOD Data of 754 visitors, collected 2018-2022, included psychological distress (Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation 10 (CORE-10)), social and occupational functioning (Social and Occupational Functioning Assessment Scale (SOFAS)), school absenteeism and support use, analysed with change indicators (first to last visit), and mixed models (first three visits). RESULTS Among return visitors, 50.5% were female, 79.4% were in tertiary education and 36.9% were born outside of The Netherlands (one-time visitors: 64.7%, 72.9% and 41.3%, respectively). Moreover, 29.9% of return visitors presented with suicidal ideations, 97.1% had clinical psychological distress levels, and 64.1% of the latter had no support in the previous 3 months (one-time visitors: 27.2%, 90.7% and 71.1%, respectively). From visit 1 to 3, psychological distress decreased (β = -3.79, 95% CI -5.41 to -2.18; P < 0.001) and social and occupational functioning improved (β = 3.93, 95% CI 0.51-7.36; P = 0.025). Over an average 3.9 visits, 39.6% improved reliably and 28.0% improved clinically significantly on the SOFAS, which was 28.4% and 8.8%, respectively, on the CORE-10, where 43.2% improved in clinical category. Counselling satisfaction was rated 4.5/5. CONCLUSIONS Reductions in psychological distress, improvements in functioning and high counselling satisfaction were found among @ease visitors, forming a basis for future research with a control group.
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- Anouk Boonstra
- Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNs) Research Institute, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry & Psychosocial Care, Amsterdam University Medical Center, The Netherlands
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- University Center for Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Mental Health and Neuroscience (MHeNs) Research Institute, Maastricht University, The Netherlands; Mental Health Institute Rivierduinen, Leiden, The Netherlands; and Section Clinical Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Healthcare, NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands; KieN VIP Metal Health Care Services, Friesland, The Netherlands; and Department of Psychiatry, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Potrebny T, Nilsen SA, Bakken A, von Soest T, Kvaløy K, Samdal O, Sivertsen B, Aase H, Bang L. Secular trends in mental health problems among young people in Norway: a review and meta-analysis. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 2024:10.1007/s00787-024-02371-4. [PMID: 38363391 DOI: 10.1007/s00787-024-02371-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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There is a growing concern that the mental health of recent generations of youth is deteriorating, yet the etiology of these secular changes is not fully understood. We aimed to review the evidence on trends in mental health problems among young people in Norway. Seven large-scale repeated cross-sectional studies were included in this study, comprising 35 cross-sectional data collections between 1992 and 2019, with a total sample of 776,606 young people. Our study found a clear increase in mental health problems among young females in Norway over the past few decades, while the trends were less marked for males. The proportion of individuals scoring above the problematic symptom score threshold increased on average by 11.2% (range 2.2% to 21.9%) for females and 5.2% (range - 0.9% to 11.1%) for males, based on data from the individual studies. The results from a meta-regression analysis showed that across all surveys, mean symptom scores increased by 17% (95% CI 12 to 21%) among females and 5% (95% CI 1 to 9%) among males from 1992 to 2019. Overall, mental health problems have increased continually since the early 1990s among young people, especially among young females. The cause of these secular changes remains unknown but likely reflect the interplay of several factors at the individual and societal level.Protocol registration: Open science framework, November 8, 2021 ( https://osf.io/g7w3v ).
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- Thomas Potrebny
- Department of Health and Functioning, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Bergen, Norway.
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- Regional Centre for Child and Youth Mental Health and Child Welfare, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, Norway
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- Norwegian Social Research (NOVA), Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway
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- Norwegian Social Research (NOVA), Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Psychology, PROMENTA Research Center, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, HUNT Research Centre, Norwegian University of Science and Technology NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Centre for Sami Health Research, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway
- Levanger Hospital, Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Levanger, Norway
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- Department of Health Promotion and Development, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Health Promotion, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Research and Innovation, Helse-Fonna HF, Haugesund, Norway
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- Department of Child Health and Development, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Child Health and Development, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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Befus EG, Mølland E, Helseth S, Hagen M, Stea TH, Nolte S, Haraldstad K. The use of youth healthcare services and its association with health-related quality of life, physical and mental health and over-the-counter analgesics use in 13-19-year-old adolescents: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 2024; 24:104. [PMID: 38183040 PMCID: PMC10770884 DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-17544-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Youth healthcare services in Norway include a public health nurse (PHN) at school and local youth health centres (YHCs). They provide health services for all adolescents free of charge, focusing on health promotion and disease prevention. The present study aimed to assess possible associations between health-related quality of life (HRQoL), physical and mental health, over-the-counter analgesics (OTCA) use and use of youth healthcare services among 13-19-year-old adolescents. METHODS This study was based on national, cross-sectional data from the Ungdata Survey conducted in 2022. The sample was comprised of 16 482 adolescents. Multiple logistic regression was used to analyse the associations between HRQoL, headaches, selected physical symptoms, psychological distress, use of OTCA, PHN availability, sociodemographic variables, and use of the PHN at school or at a YHC. The KIDSCREEN-10 was used to measure HRQoL, and the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist 10 was used to measure symptoms of psychological distress. RESULTS Girls used the youth healthcare services more frequently than boys. Better HRQoL was significantly associated with fewer visits to the PHN at school. Girls reported lower HRQoL and mental health, and more pain and frequent OTCA use than boys. When having symptoms of psychological distress, boys had greater odds of visiting the PHN at school than girls. For girls in senior high school, headaches and OTCA use were strongly associated with visiting the PHN at school and the YHC. In senior high school, boys with an immigration background had greater odds of visiting the YHC than native Norwegian boys, while girls with an immigration background were less likely to visit the YHC than native Norwegian girls. CONCLUSIONS Our results show that more girls than boys use youth healthcare services. When adolescents experience pain, have mental problems, use OTCA, or report low levels of HRQoL, they have greater odds of using youth healthcare services. Youth healthcare services offer excellent opportunities to support and follow up with adolescents. The findings provide important insights into youth healthcare services used by adolescents for various stakeholders, including PHNs and policy makers, with potential implications for future public health efforts.
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- Eva-Grethe Befus
- Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder, P.O. Box 422, Kristiansand, 4604, Norway.
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- Department of Economics and Finance, School of Business and Law, University of Agder, P.O. Box 422, Kristiansand, 4604, Norway
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- Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder, P.O. Box 422, Kristiansand, 4604, Norway
- Faculty of Health, Oslo Metropolitan University, St. Olavs plass, P.O. Box 4, Oslo, 0130, Norway
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- Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder, P.O. Box 422, Kristiansand, 4604, Norway
- Faculty of Health, Oslo Metropolitan University, St. Olavs plass, P.O. Box 4, Oslo, 0130, Norway
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- Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder, P.O. Box 422, Kristiansand, 4604, Norway
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- Melbourne Health Economics, Centre for Health Policy, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder, P.O. Box 422, Kristiansand, 4604, Norway
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Leonhardt M, Granrud MD, Bonsaksen T, Lien L. Associations between Mental Health, Lifestyle Factors and Worries about Climate Change in Norwegian Adolescents. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph191912826. [PMID: 36232127 PMCID: PMC9565126 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191912826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 09/28/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Climate change is a serious global health threat that has an impact on young people's lives and may influence their mental health. Since the global climate strike movement, many adolescents have expressed worries about climate change. Thus, the aim of this study is to examine the prevalence of worries about climate change, and factors associated with worries about climate change, in a representative sample of Norwegian adolescents. Data were retrieved from Ungdata, an annual nationwide online youth survey. Adolescents (n = 128,484) from lower and upper secondary school participated in the study. Data were analysed descriptively and with logistic regression. Most of the adolescents were not worried or a little worried about climate change. Girls, pupils who had at least one parent with higher education and pupils from urban areas were more inclined to worry about the climate. Adolescents who worried about the climate had more symptoms of depression than those who were less worried. While worry about climate change may constitute an additional burden for adolescents experiencing depressive symptoms, such worry can also be seen to reflect climate-friendly values.
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- Marja Leonhardt
- Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Concurrent Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders, Innlandet Hospital Trust, 2381 Brumunddal, Norway
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- Faculty of Social and Health Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, 2418 Elverum, Norway
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- Faculty of Social and Health Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, 2418 Elverum, Norway
- Department of Health, VID Specialized University, Campus Stavanger, 4024 Stavanger, Norway
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- Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Concurrent Substance Abuse and Mental Health Disorders, Innlandet Hospital Trust, 2381 Brumunddal, Norway
- Faculty of Social and Health Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, 2418 Elverum, Norway
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Wan Mohd Yunus WMA, Kauhanen L, Sourander A, Brown JSL, Peltonen K, Mishina K, Lempinen L, Bastola K, Gilbert S, Gyllenberg D. Registered psychiatric service use, self-harm and suicides of children and young people aged 0-24 before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review. Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health 2022; 16:15. [PMID: 35216630 PMCID: PMC8874300 DOI: 10.1186/s13034-022-00452-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 02/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on psychiatric symptoms of children and young people, but many psychiatric services have been disrupted. It is unclear how service use, self-harm and suicide has changed since the pandemic started. To gain timely information, this systematic review focused on studies based on administrative data that compared psychiatric service use, self-harm and suicide before and during the pandemic among children and young people. METHODS AND FINDING A systematic review of studies published in English from 1 January 2020 to 22 March 2021 was conducted, using the Web of Science, PubMed, Embase and PsycINFO databases. Increases or reductions in service use were calculated and compared using percentages. Of the 2,676 papers retrieved, 18 were eligible for the review and they provided data from 19 countries and regions. Most studies assessed changes during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, from March to July 2020, and three assessed the changes until October 2020. Fifteen studies reported a total of 21 service use outcomes that were quantitively examined. More than three-quarters of the 21 outcomes (81%) fell by 5-80% (mean reduction = 27.9%, SD = 35%). Ten of the 20 outcomes for psychiatric emergency department (ED) services reduced by 5% to 80% (mean = 40.1%, SD = 34.9%) during the pandemic. Reductions in service use were also recorded for ED visits due to suicide ideation and self-harm, referrals to secondary mental health services, psychiatric inpatient unit admissions and patients receiving treatment for eating disorders. However, there were also some increases. Suicide rate and the number of ED visits due to suicide attempts have increased, and there was an increase in the number of treatment sessions in a service that provided telemedicine. CONCLUSION Most of the studies showed reductions in the use of psychiatric services by children and young people during the early phase of the pandemic and this highlighted potential delays or unmet needs. Suicide rate has increased during the second wave of the pandemic. Further studies are needed to assess the pattern of service use in the later phases of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Wan Mohd Azam Wan Mohd Yunus
- grid.1374.10000 0001 2097 1371Research Centre for Child Psychiatry, Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Lemminkäinenkatu 3, 3rd. floor, 20014 Turku, Finland ,grid.1374.10000 0001 2097 1371INVEST Research Flagship, University of Turku, Turku, Finland ,grid.410877.d0000 0001 2296 1505Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, Johor Malaysia
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- grid.1374.10000 0001 2097 1371Research Centre for Child Psychiatry, Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Lemminkäinenkatu 3, 3rd. floor, 20014 Turku, Finland
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- grid.1374.10000 0001 2097 1371Research Centre for Child Psychiatry, Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Lemminkäinenkatu 3, 3rd. floor, 20014 Turku, Finland ,grid.1374.10000 0001 2097 1371INVEST Research Flagship, University of Turku, Turku, Finland ,grid.410552.70000 0004 0628 215XDepartment of Child Psychiatry, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- grid.13097.3c0000 0001 2322 6764Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London, London, England, UK
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- grid.1374.10000 0001 2097 1371Research Centre for Child Psychiatry, Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Lemminkäinenkatu 3, 3rd. floor, 20014 Turku, Finland ,grid.1374.10000 0001 2097 1371INVEST Research Flagship, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- grid.1374.10000 0001 2097 1371Research Centre for Child Psychiatry, Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Lemminkäinenkatu 3, 3rd. floor, 20014 Turku, Finland ,grid.1374.10000 0001 2097 1371INVEST Research Flagship, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- grid.1374.10000 0001 2097 1371Research Centre for Child Psychiatry, Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Lemminkäinenkatu 3, 3rd. floor, 20014 Turku, Finland ,grid.1374.10000 0001 2097 1371INVEST Research Flagship, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- grid.1374.10000 0001 2097 1371Research Centre for Child Psychiatry, Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Lemminkäinenkatu 3, 3rd. floor, 20014 Turku, Finland ,grid.502801.e0000 0001 2314 6254Unit of Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- grid.1374.10000 0001 2097 1371Research Centre for Child Psychiatry, Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Lemminkäinenkatu 3, 3rd. floor, 20014 Turku, Finland ,grid.1374.10000 0001 2097 1371INVEST Research Flagship, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Research Centre for Child Psychiatry, Department of Child Psychiatry, University of Turku, Lemminkäinenkatu 3, 3rd. floor, 20014, Turku, Finland. .,INVEST Research Flagship, University of Turku, Turku, Finland. .,National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland. .,Department of Adolescent Psychiatry, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
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