Valentina Kieseppä
valentinakieseppa.bsky.social
Valentina Kieseppä
@valentinakieseppa.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at University of Oulu & University of Edinburgh working in Youth-GEMs study on youth mental health
Reposted by Valentina Kieseppä
Concerns have been raised that stimulant medications could increase risk of psychotic experiences in young people. Our new research shows no evidence for such a causal relationship 💊🧠

Paper 👇
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Stimulant Medication Use and Risk of Psychotic Experiences
10.1542/6370189324112Video AbstractPEDS-VA_2024-0691426370189324112BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES. The prescription of stimulant medications for young people with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder i...
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May 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Reposted by Valentina Kieseppä
Adolescents hospitalised for non-psychotic disorders have a high risk of psychosis in adulthood. But do (attenuated) psychotic symptoms predict later psychotic illness? The answer isn’t necessarily what you might expect…

Open access in #PsychologicalMedicine
Do psychotic symptoms predict future psychotic disorders in adolescent psychiatry inpatients? A 17-year cohort study | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
Do psychotic symptoms predict future psychotic disorders in adolescent psychiatry inpatients? A 17-year cohort study - Volume 55
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April 3, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Reposted by Valentina Kieseppä
New research shows >50% of specialist adult mental health service use comes from former #CAMHS patients

We need early intervention in childhood to change these poor long-term outcomes

That's why we need much more research on mental illness prevention in #CAMHS

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February 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM