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My name is Jouko Miettunen. I am Professor of Clinical Epidemiology working in the Research Unit of Population Health, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland. For contact information, see my CV.
My current main research area is risk factor and outcome studies in psychotic and depressive disorders. I am doing actively research also on temperament and substance use, and I am involved also in several other projects. This homepage describes my current and previous research activities.
Selected latest publications
Jallow J, Halt A-H, Kerkelä M, Hurtig T, Miettunen J. Association of temperament and character traits with ADHD and its comorbidities. Nord J Psychiatry 2024; 78:64-70. doi: 10.1080/08039488.2023.2262994 (IF = 1.8, JUFO = 1)
Maj M, van Os J, De Hert M, Gaebel W, Galderisi S, Green MF, Guloksuz S, Harvey PD, Jones PB, Malaspina D, McGorry P, Miettunen J, Murray RM, Nuechterlein KH, Peralta V, Thornicroft G, van Winkel R, Ventura J. The clinical characterization of the patient with primary psychosis aimed at personalization of management. World Psychiatry 2021; 20:4-33. doi: 10.1002/wps.20809 (IF = 49.548, JUFO = 2)
Kehusmaa J, Ruotsalainen H, Männikkö N, Alakokkare A-E, Niemelä M, Jääskeläinen E, Miettunen J. The association between the social environment of childhood and adolescence and depression in young adulthood – a prospective cohort study. J Affect Disord 2022; 305:37-46. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.02.067 (IF = 4.839, JUFO = 1)
Kinnunen L, Nordström T, Niemelä M, Räsänen S, Whittle S, Miettunen J. Parental physical illnesses and their association with subsequent externalizing and internalizing symptoms in children. J Child Fam Stud 2021; 30:2677-89. (IF = 2.278, JUFO = 1)
Komasi S, Rezaei F, Hemmati A, Rahmani K, Amianto F, Miettunen J. A Comprehensive meta-analysis of association between the temperament and character traits of Cloninger’s psychobiological theory and mental disorders. J Int Med Res 2022; 50: 3000605211070766. doi: 10.1177/03000605211070766 (IF = 1.671, JUFO = 1)
Lassila M, Nordström T, Hurtig T, Mäki P, Jääskeläinen E, Oinas E, Miettunen J. School success in childhood and subsequent prodromal symptoms and psychoses in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1986. Psychol Med 2020; 50:948-55. doi: 10.1017/S0033291719000825 (IF =5.475, JUFO = 2)
Suvisaari J, Lönnqvist J, Markkula N, Miettunen J. Mielenterveyshäiriöiden epidemiologia (Epidemiology of mental disorders, in Finnish). In: Psykiatria. Eds. Lönnqvist J, Henriksson M, Marttunen M, Partonen T, pp. 846-61. Duodecim, Helsinki, Finland, 2021.