Emma Björkenstam

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PhD in Epidemiology and member of the research group MENTE (Mental Health and Social Integration).
I have a background in psychiatric and social epidemiology, public health, pharmacoepidemiology and statistics. My research interests include among
others the health and social consequences following exposure to early life adversity. My research involves large-scale population studies, used to
investigate links between adversities occurring in different sensitive childhood periods, the mediating role of factors in adolescence, and subsequent mental health, and also the role of parental socioeconomic factors.

Articles

Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2025;60(6):1421-1435
Trajectories of work disability and unemployment before and after a common mental disorder diagnosis among young private sector employees in Sweden-a register-based longitudinal study
Amin R; Bjorkenstam E; Helgesson M; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2024;54(16):4736-4746
Labor market marginalization in individuals with bipolar disorder: a Swedish nationwide register-based sibling comparison study
Armannsdottir B; Taipale H; Akhtar A; Kautzky A; Bjorkenstam E; Lieslehto J; Tiihonen J; Amin R; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2024;54(1):148-158
Labour market integration among young adults diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) at working age
Chen L; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Bjorkenstam E; Rahman S; Gustafsson K; Kjeldgard L; Ekselius L; Taipale H; Tanskanen A; Helgesson M
Article: SSM-POPULATION HEALTH. 2023;23:101444
Sustainable labour market participation among working young adults with diagnosed attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Helgesson M; Kjeldgard L; Bjorkenstam E; Rahman S; Gustafsson K; Taipale H; Tanskanen A; Ekselius L; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;51(3):391-402
Differences in labour market marginalisation between refugees, non-refugee immigrants and Swedish-born youth: Role of age at arrival and residency duration
Geirsdottir G; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Bjorkenstam E; Chen L; Dorner TE; Amin R
Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY. 2023;14:1152286
The role of sociodemographic and clinical factors in the initiation and discontinuation of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder medication among young adults in Sweden
Gemes K; Taipale H; Bjorkenstam E; Rahman S; Gustafsson K; Tanskanen A; Ekselius L; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Helgesson M
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;33(2):272-278
Time period effects in work disability due to common mental disorders among young employees in Sweden-a register-based cohort study across occupational classes and employment sectors
Amin R; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Bjorkenstam E; Virtanen M; Helgesson M; Gustafsson N; Rahman S
Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;33(2):264-271
Childhood adversity and risk of later labor market marginalization in young employees in Sweden
Bjoerkenstam E; Helgesson M; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2023;53(4):1224-1232
Labour market marginalisation in young adults diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): a population-based longitudinal cohort study in Sweden
Helgesson M; Bjorkenstam E; Rahman S; Gustafsson K; Taipale H; Tanskanen A; Ekselius L; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: PLOS ONE. 2022;17(12):e0279096
Differences in all-cause and cause-specific mortality due to external causes and suicide between young adult refugees, non-refugee immigrants and Swedish-born young adults: The role of education and migration-related factors
Stratmann M; Bjorkenstam E; Dorner TE; Chen L; Helgesson M; Cullen AE; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER AND EMOTION DYSREGULATION. 2022;9(1):25
Effect of comorbid ADHD on mortality in women with borderline personality disorder
Kouppis E; Gerdin B; Bjorkenstam C; Bjorkenstam E; Ekselius L
Article: BMC PSYCHIATRY. 2022;22(1):633
Resilience of people with chronic medical conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic: a 1-year longitudinal prospective survey
Tarsitani L; Pinucci I; Tedeschi F; Patane M; Papola D; Palantza C; Acarturk C; Bjorkenstam E; Bryant R; Burchert S; Davisse-Paturet C; Diaz-Garcia A; Farrel R; Fuhr DC; Hall BJ; Huizink AC; Lam AIF; Kurt G; Leijen I; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Morina N; Panter-Brick C; Purba FD; Quero S; Seedat S; Setyowibowo H; van der Waerden J; Pasquini M; Sijbrandij M; Barbui C
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;19(12):7254
Occupational Branch and Labor Market Marginalization among Young Employees with Adult Onset of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder-A Population-Based Matched Cohort Study
Gemes K; Bjorkenstam E; Rahman S; Gustafsson K; Taipale H; Tanskanen A; Ekselius L; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Helgesson M
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2022;12(5):e054351
Mental and somatic disorders and the subsequent risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in refugees, non-refugee migrants and the Swedish-born youth: a population-based cohort study in Sweden
Helgesson M; Bjorkenstam E; Filatova S; Rahman SG; Cullen A; Dorner T; Gemes K; Amin R; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2022;57(5):1097-1106
Sickness absence due to common mental disorders in young employees in Sweden: are there differences in occupational class and employment sector?
Bjorkenstam E; Helgesson M; Gustafsson K; Virtanen M; Hanson LLM; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2022;52(7):1365-1375
Differences in psychiatric care utilization between refugees, non-refugee migrants and Swedish-born youth
Bjorkenstam E; Helgesson M; Norredam M; Sijbrandij M; de Montgomery CJ; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: JOURNAL OF ATTENTION DISORDERS. 2022;26(5):723-734
Risk Factors for Disability Pension among Young Adults Diagnosed with Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Adulthood
Chen L; Mittendorfer-Rutz E; Bjorkenstam E; Rahman S; Gustafsson K; Taipale H; Tanskanen A; Ekselius L; Helgesson M
Article: PLOS ONE. 2022;17(2):e0263450
Labour market marginalisation in young refugees and their majority peers in Denmark and Sweden: The role of common mental disorders and secondary school completion
de Montgomery CJ; Norredam M; Krasnik A; Petersen JH; Bjorkenstam E; Berg L; Hjern A; Sijbrandij M; Klimek P; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2022;57(2):305-317
Trajectories of antidepressant use and characteristics associated with trajectory groups among young refugees and their Swedish-born peers with diagnosed common mental disorders-findings from the REMAIN study
Rahman S; Filatova S; Chen L; Bjorkenstam E; Taipale H; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2021;50(8):3563-3574
Psychological Distress, Suicidal Ideation, and Suicide Attempt Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Immigrants: Population-Based Findings from the Stockholm Public Health Cohort
Clark KA; Bjorkenstam C; Kosidou K; Bjorkenstam E
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Letter: LANCET PSYCHIATRY. 2021;8(2):e2
Associations between statin use and suicidality, depression, anxiety, and seizures
Ljung R; Koster M; Bjorkenstam E; Salmi P
Corrigendum: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2020;270:188
Common mental disorders among young refugees in Sweden: the role of education and duration of residency (vol 266C pg 563, 2020)
Bjorkenstam E; Helgesson M; Norredam M; Sijbrandij M; de Montgomery CJ; Mittendorfer-Rutz E
Corrigendum: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2018;236:316
Impact of childhood adversities on depression in early adulthood: A longitudinal cohort study of 478,141 individuals in Sweden (vol 223, pg 95, 2017)
Bjorkenstam E; Vinnerljung B; Hjern A
Doctoral thesis: 2013
Adverse life events, psychiatric morbidity, and mortality : epidemiological studies of socioeconomic inequalities from a life course perspective
Björkenstam E
Meeting abstract: SUCHTTHERAPIE. 2011;38
Applying the Swedish Performance Assessment Framework in practise: assessment of efficiency and quality of psychiatric care
Lindelius B; Bjorkenstam E; Dahlgren C; Ljung R; Stefansson C
Letter: PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES. 2008;59(1):116-117
Ethnic differences in antidepressant treatment preceding suicide in Sweden
Ljung R; Bjorkenstam C; Bjorkenstam E

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Affiliated to Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2025-2028

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Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 2013

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