The research group on Adolescent Psychiatry is focused on aggression and violence in adolescent mental disorders; puberty, sexual behavior and gender identity in adolescence; and adolescent mental health epidemiology and health services research.
The Adolescent Psychiatry Group is a research community with expertise from the field of adolescent and forensic psychiatry, social psychiatry, psychology and social psychology. A number of PhD students complement the research group. The research group is located at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology.
Research focus and goals
– Pubertal development, sexual behavior, gender identity and mental health in adolescence
– Aggressive behavior, violence and mental health in adolescence
– Adolescent mental health epidemiology and adolescent psychiatric health services research
Contact persons
Group leader Riittakerttu Kaltiala, MD, PhD, Professor of Adolescent Psychiatry
Tampere University, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology
riittakerttu.kaltiala [at] tuni.fi (riittakerttu[dot]kaltiala[at]tuni[dot]fi)