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List of works by Riittakerttu Kaltiala-Heino

A 15-year national follow-up: legislation is not enough to reduce the use of seclusion and restraint

scientific article published on 27 June 2007

A comparison of two hospital districts with low and high figures in the compulsory care of minors: an ecological study

scientific article published on 22 May 2010

Adolescent development and psychosocial functioning after starting cross-sex hormones for gender dysphoria

scientific article published on 25 November 2019

Adolescent mental health promotion in school context

scientific article published in January 2010

Adolescents expressing school massacre threats online: something to be extremely worried about?

scientific article published on December 15, 2012

Adult and peer involvement in help-seeking for depression in adolescent population: a two-year follow-up in Finland

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Are eating disorders and their symptoms increasing in prevalence among adolescent population?

scientific article published on 14 September 2016

Assessing adolescents with school massacre threats

scientific article published in January 2013

Association of Income With the Incidence Rates of First Psychiatric Hospital Admissions in Finland, 1996-2014

scientific article published on 18 December 2019

Associations of social phobia and general anxiety with alcohol and drug use in a community sample of adolescents

scientific article published on 17 January 2011

Bulimia and impulsive behaviour in middle adolescence

scientific article published in January 2003

Commitment to psychiatric care: what justifies broader criteria for minors?

scientific article published on 19 December 2007

Comparison of involuntary hospitalization rates.

scientific article published on 19 December 2007

Correlation between bullying and clinical depression in adolescent patients

scientific article published on 25 March 2011

Current and recalled childhood gender identity in community youth in comparison to referred adolescents seeking sex reassignment

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Cyberbullying among Finnish adolescents--a population-based study

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Decrease in self-esteem mediates the association between symptoms of social phobia and depression in middle adolescence in a sex-specific manner: a 2-year follow-up of a prospective population cohort study

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Delinquency and sexual experiences across adolescence: does depression play a role?

scientific article published on 13 September 2017

Depression and school performance in middle adolescent boys and girls

scientific article published on 18 October 2007

Do seriously offending girls differ from their age- and offence type-matched male counterparts on psychopathic traits or psychopathy-related background variables?

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Does problem behaviour affect attrition from a cohort study on adolescent mental health?

scientific article published on 22 June 2010

Early pubertal timing is common among adolescent girl-to-boy sex reassignment applicants

scientific article published on 3 October 2016

Early puberty is associated with mental health problems in middle adolescence

scientific article published in September 2003

Experiences of sexual harassment are associated with high self-esteem and social anxiety among adolescent girls

scientific article published on 16 July 2019

Experiences of sexual harassment are associated with the sexual behavior of 14- to 18-year-old adolescents

scientific article published on 2 January 2018

Factors behind a remarkable increase in adolescent psychiatric inpatient treatment between 1980 and 2010 – a nationwide register study

Forensic psychiatric inpatient treatment: creating a therapeutic milieu

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Gender differences in first onset Schizophrenia spectrum psychoses

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Gender dysphoria in adolescence: current perspectives.

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Gender dysphoria in adolescent population: A 5-year replication study

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Gender identities in adolescent population: Methodological issues and prevalence across age groups

scientific article published on 31 October 2018

How can variations in civil commitment rates within and between countries be understood?

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How low is low? Low self-esteem as an indicator of internalizing psychopathology in adolescence

scientific article published on 7 August 2012

Increase in involuntary psychiatric admissions of minors. A register study

scientific article published in January 2004

Increase in involuntary psychiatric treatment and child welfare placements in Finland 1996-2003. A nationwide register study

scientific article published on 17 January 2007

Internet addiction? Potentially problematic use of the Internet in a population of 12–18 year-old adolescents

article by Riittakerttu Kaltiala-Heino et al published February 2004 in Addiction Research and Theory

Involuntary commitment and detainment in adolescent psychiatric inpatient care

scientific article published on 19 August 2009

Involvement in bullying and depression in a 2-year follow-up in middle adolescence

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Involvement in bullying and suicidal ideation in middle adolescence: a 2-year follow-up study

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Is pubertal timing associated with involvement in bullying in middle adolescence?

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Longitudinal concomitants of incorrect weight perception in female and male adolescents

scientific article published on 13 December 2010

Low perceived social support predicts later depression but not social phobia in middle adolescence

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Mortality of young offenders: a national register-based follow-up study of 15- to 19-year-old Finnish delinquents referred for forensic psychiatric examination between 1980 and 2010.

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Obesity and eating disturbances are common in 15-year-old adolescents. A two-step interview study

scientific article published in April 2010

Overweight, perceived overweight and involvement in bullying in middle adolescence

scientific article published on 15 March 2016

Paternalism and autonomy: a presentation of a Nordic study on the use of coercion in the mental health care system

scientific article published in March 2002

Peer victimization and social phobia: a follow-up study among adolescents

scientific article published on September 29, 2012

Perceived financial difficulties and maladjustment outcomes in adolescence

scientific article published on 26 April 2006

Perceived rather than actual overweight is associated with mental health problems in adolescence

scientific article published on 10 November 2017

Predicting use of coercive measures in Finland

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Predictive validity of the structured assessment of violence risk in youth: A 4-year follow-up

scientific article published on 5 July 2014

Psychiatrists' views of compulsory psychiatric care of minors

scientific article published on 10 November 2009

Psychological distress and risk for eating disorders in subgroups of dieters

scientific article published in July 2010

Psychometric properties of the 20-item toronto alexithymia scale and prevalence of alexithymia in a finnish adolescent population

scientific article published in March 2007

Psychometric properties of the 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7) in a large representative sample of Finnish adolescents

scientific article published on 03 December 2018

Psychosocial functioning needs attention in adolescent eating disorders

scientific article published in January 2007

Pubertal Timing and Substance Use in Middle Adolescence: A 2-Year Follow-up Study

scientific article published on April 30, 2011

Puberty, sexual development and eating disorders in adolescent outpatients

scientific article published in October 2003

Relationship between social phobia and depression differs between boys and girls in mid-adolescence

scientific article published on April 16, 2011

Schizophrenia among young people first admitted to psychiatric inpatient care during early and middle adolescence

School shooting threats as a national phenomenon: comparison of police reports and psychiatric reports in Finland

scholarly article by Atte Oksanen et al published 3 July 2015 in Nordic Journal of Criminology

Self-assessed limited prosocial emotions do not distinguish community youth with psychosocial problems from those without them

scientific article published on 14 October 2016

Self-rated psychopathic traits in a sample of treatment-seeking adolescent girls with internalizing and externalizing disorders: comparisons to girls in the community

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Self-reported depression is increasing among socio-economically disadvantaged adolescents - repeated cross-sectional surveys from Finland from 2000 to 2011

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Self-reported psychopathic traits among non-referred Finnish adolescents: psychometric properties of the Youth Psychopathic traits Inventory and the Antisocial Process Screening Device

scientific article published on 6 June 2015

Severe mental disorder as a basic commitment criterion for minors

scientific article published on 5 December 2006

Sexual experiences of clinically referred adolescents with features of gender dysphoria

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Sexual harassment and emotional and behavioural symptoms in adolescence: stronger associations among boys than girls

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Sexual harassment victimization in adolescence: Associations with family background

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Short report: self-reported psychopathic traits in Finnish and Dutch samples of non-referred adolescents: exploration of cultural differences

scientific article published on 8 February 2016

Significance of family life events in middle adolescence: a survey on Finnish community adolescents.

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Social Phobia and Educational and Interpersonal Impairments in Adolescence: A Prospective Study

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Social phobia in Finnish general adolescent population: prevalence, comorbidity, individual and family correlates, and service use.

scientific article published on January 2009

Social phobia, depression and eating disorders during middle adolescence: longitudinal associations and treatment seeking

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Socioeconomic trends in school bullying among Finnish adolescents from 2000 to 2015

scientific article published on 28 September 2018

Staff's perception of adolescent aggressive behaviour in four European forensic units: A qualitative interview study

scientific article published on July 10, 2012

Subclinical bulimia predicts conduct disorder in middle adolescent girls

scientific article published on 16 April 2012

The Mini-Social Phobia Inventory: psychometric properties in an adolescent general population sample

scientific article published on September 22, 2011

The copycat phenomenon after two Finnish school shootings: an adolescent psychiatric perspective

scientific article published on July 28, 2012

The effect of adolescent- and parent-induced family transitions in middle adolescence

scientific article published on 4 November 2011

The involuntary psychiatric treatment and child welfare placements in Finland 1996–2003: a nationwide register study

scientific article published on 19 December 2007

The prevalence, incidence and development of eating disorders in Finnish adolescents: a two-step 3-year follow-up study

scientific article published in May 2009

The reasons for using restraint and seclusion in psychiatric inpatient care: A nationwide 15-year study

scientific article published on April 2010

Time trends in referrals to child and adolescent gender identity services: a study in four Nordic countries and in the UK

scientific article published on 26 September 2019

Transparent criteria for specialist level adolescent psychiatric care

scientific article published on 14 December 2006

Trends in Alcohol Use among Adolescents from 2000 to 2011: The Role of Socioeconomic Status and Depression

scientific article published on 9 August 2016

Two years of gender identity service for minors: overrepresentation of natal girls with severe problems in adolescent development

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Who are the restrained and secluded patients: a 15-year nationwide study

scientific article published on 21 October 2009