Yvonne Forsell
1983 Läkarexamen, Karolinska Institutet
1993 Specialist i Geriatrik
1994 Medicine doktor
1995 Specialist i Psykiatri
2000 Docent
Kort presentation av nuvarande forskning
Det huvudsakliga forskningsområdet är depressiva sjukdomar och involverar biologiska mekanismer såväl som behandlingsstudier.
Ansvarig för en pågående longitudinell befolkningsbaserad studie av mental ohälsa som sedan 1998 pågår i Stockholms län, PART-studien ("Psykisk hälsa, Arbete och RelaTioner"). Studien innefattar 10400 personer, 20-64 år och fokuserar bl.a. på skydds och riskfaktorer.
- Länk till Part-studien
- Studier av genmiljöinteraktioner inom PART-studien pågår i samarbete med Centrum för Molekylär Medicin, KI.
- Studier av arbetsliv och mental hälsa pågår i samarbete med Arbets- och Miljömedicin, Uppsala Universitet.
Utvalda referenser
Determinants of non-participation, and the effects of non-participation on potential cause-effect relationships, in the PART study on mental disorders.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2005;40(6):475-83.
This study confirms that a longitudinal population based study can be used for analysis of associations between environmental factors and psychiatric disorders.
The Major Depression Inventory versus Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry in a population sample.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2005;40(3):209-13.
Validated a screening scale for depression that includes DSM-IV symptoms. Showed a high validity and reliability of a screening scale that can be used in questionnaires in population based studies.
An approach to measure compliance to clinical guidelines in psychiatric care.
BMC Psychiatry. 2008;25;8:64.
One of the first studies of psychiatric clinical guidelines.
Association between financial strain, social network and five-year recovery from first episode psychosis.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2008;43(12):947-52.
Shows that financial strain has an association with outcome in psychosis independent of social network.
A multifactorial developmental model for the etiology of major depression in a population-based sample.
J Affect Disord. 2009;113(1-2):66-76.
A multifactorial model of depressive episode was applied to a population-based material and explained more than half of the variance.
A three-year follow-up of major depression, dysthymia, minor depression and subsyndromal depression: results from a population-based study.
Depress Anxiety. 2007;24(1):62-5.
Challenges the concept of depressive disorders being distinct entities.
