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Pirkko Räsänen
Researcher at University of Oulu
Publications - 133
Citations - 6375
Pirkko Räsänen is an academic researcher from University of Oulu. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Population. The author has an hindex of 44, co-authored 133 publications receiving 6129 citations. Previous affiliations of Pirkko Räsänen include Oulu University Hospital.
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Specific major mental disorders and criminality: a 26-year prospective study of the 1966 northern Finland birth cohort.
TL;DR: The results indicate that the risk of criminal behavior was significantly higher among subjects with psychotic disorders, even though the socioeconomic status of the childhood family was controlled.
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A comparison of clinical and research DSM-III-R diagnoses of schizophrenia in a Finnish national birth cohort. Clinical and research diagnoses of schizophrenia.
Matti Isohanni,Taru Mäkikyrö,Juha Moring,Pirkko Räsänen,Helinä Hakko,U. Partanen,M. Koiranen,Peter B. Jones +7 more
TL;DR: Despite the official use of DSM-III-R nomenclature, it appears that the clinical concept of schizophrenia in Finland, manifest within the register, remains very restrictive.
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Fish consumption and depression: the Northern Finland 1966 birth cohort study.
Markku Timonen,David F. Horrobin,Jari Jokelainen,Jari Jokelainen,Jaana Laitinen,Anne Herva,Anne Herva,Pirkko Räsänen,Pirkko Räsänen +8 more
TL;DR: A low frequency of fish consumption was statistically significantly associated with depression in women, but not in men, and possible background-theories behind the gender difference are discussed.
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Schizophrenia, Alcohol Abuse, and Violent Behavior: A 26-Year Followup Study of an Unselected Birth Cohort
TL;DR: To prevent the crimes being committed by people with schizophrenia, it is important that clinicians watch for comorbid alcohol abuse, as well as for nonalcoholic patients with schizophrenia.
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Maternal smoking during pregnancy and risk of criminal behavior among adult male offspring in the Northern Finland 1966 Birth Cohort.
Pirkko Räsänen,Helinä Hakko,Matti Isohanni,Sheilagh Hodgins,Marjo-Riitta Järvelin,Jari Tiihonen +5 more
TL;DR: Maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with violent offenses and persistent offenses, but not with nonviolent offenses, among male offspring in adulthood, according to an unselected, general population cohort.