Scientific publications 2018-2019

Previous studies show that ADHD medication reduce the risk of unintentional injuries and we show that these beneficial effects also include individuals with co-occurring neurodevelopmental disorders.

While Swedish youth clinics successfully have targeted risk of unplanned pregnancies in adolescents, young ADHD might not be reached by these interventions. We found that they had a 6 times higher risk of becoming teenage mothers compared with unaffected…

We established, in a previous study, that ADHD and Borderline (BPD) share genetic factors, but how much of the overlap is explained by genes and how much can be attributed to other factors.

In this study we show that many of the adolescent and young adult visitors at Swedish youth clinics use alcohol and drugs in a risky way often associated to sexual risk-taking and suggest that youth clinics are an important arena for alcohol prevention.

Children with Hirschsprung disease are usually subjected to many treatments during infancy and may struggle with consequences from this even after surgery. We show that they also are at higher risk for depression compared to controls.

Even though previous studies have shown an association between Hirschsprung disease and maternal SSRI use during pregnancy, our population-based Swedish cohort study could not find any increased risk.

ADHD is a prevalent deficit that more often than not remains into adulthood. A lot of elders gain knowledge - and understanding - of lifelong neuropsychiatric vulnerability when their children or grandchildren are diagnosed.

Children with Hirschsprung disease need more special education services despite normal intelligence, but do they also have ADHD more often than others? Not according to our register-based study of 739 Hirschsprung cases and 7390 controls.

Why is borderline personality disorder (BPD or EIPS) more common in ADHD? We show that it could be due to shared genetic factors.

How is risky sexual behavior and alcohol- and drug use associated? We discuss potential barriers to develop and implement prevention policies at Swedish youth health clinics.