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Tarja Melartin
Researcher at University of Helsinki
Publications - 83
Citations - 4282
Tarja Melartin is an academic researcher from University of Helsinki. The author has contributed to research in topics: Major depressive disorder & Bipolar disorder. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 81 publications receiving 3862 citations. Previous affiliations of Tarja Melartin include Helsinki University Central Hospital & Jorvi Hospital.
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Suicidal Ideation and Attempts Among Psychiatric Patients with Major Depressive Disorder
T Petteri Sokero,Tarja Melartin,Heikki Rytsälä,Ulla S Leskelä,Paula S Lestelä-Mielonen,Erkki Isometsä +5 more
TL;DR: Suicidal ideation is prevalent and appears to be a precondition for suicide attempts among psychiatric patients with MDD, and substance use disorders and severity of depression may be of particular importance in predicting suicide attempts.
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Current Comorbidity of Psychiatric Disorders Among DSM-IV Major Depressive Disorder Patients in Psychiatric Care in the Vantaa Depression Study
Tarja Melartin,Heikki Rytsälä,Ulla S Leskelä,Paula S Lestelä-Mielonen,T.P. Sokero,Erkki Isometsä +5 more
TL;DR: Most psychiatric patients with MDD have at least 1 current comorbid mental disorders, including anxiety disorder, alcohol use disorder, and personality disorder, according to the Vantaa Depression MDD Cohort Study.
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Incidence and Predictors of Suicide Attempts in DSM-IV Major Depressive Disorder: A Five-Year Prospective Study
TL;DR: In the Vantaa Depression Study, a longitudinal 5-year evaluation of psychiatric patients with major depressive disorder, prospective information on 249 patients (92.6%) was available as discussed by the authors.
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Prospective study of risk factors for attempted suicide among patients with DSM-IV major depressive disorder.
T Petteri Sokero,Tarja Melartin,Heikki Rytsälä,Ulla S Leskelä,Paula S Lestelä-Mielonen,Erkki Isometsä +5 more
TL;DR: Suicide attempts among patients with major depressive disorder are strongly associated with the presence and severity of depressive symptoms and predicted by lack of partner, previous suicide attempts and time spent in depression.
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Major depressive disorder and white matter abnormalities: A diffusion tensor imaging study with tract-based spatial statistics
Tuula Kieseppä,Mervi Eerola,Riitta Mäntylä,Tuomas Neuvonen,Veli-Pekka Poutanen,Katariina Luoma,Annamari Tuulio-Henriksson,Pekka Jylhä,Outi Mantere,Tarja Melartin,Heikki Rytsälä,Maria Vuorilehto,Erkki Isometsä +12 more
TL;DR: A novel observer-independent DTI method showed decreased FA in the middle-aged major depressive disorder patients in white matter regions that have previously connected to the emotional regulation, which might imply underlying structural abnormalities that contribute to the dysfunction detected in the limbic-cortical network of depressive patients.