Niklas Långström
About me
Professor (associate), senior consultant in child and adolescent psychiatry, Region Stockholm
Professor of child and adolescent psychiatry, Uppsala University, 2016-2018
Professor of psychiatric epidemiology, KI, 2010-2016
Research
Briefly, I study developmental pathways, correlates and outcomes of mental disorders primarily in children and young adults. I am particularly interested in causal mechanisms, risk assessment, and the prevention of interpersonal, including sexual, violence.
I have a longstanding interest in extending our knowledge of mechanisms behind the development of serious norm-breaking or sexually harmful or abusive behaviours. And in improving multimodal selective and indicated interventions to support disadvantaged and at-risk children and youth in avoiding adverse outcomes.
I also work with projects studying incidence, risk factors and outcomes for people in inpatient child and youth psychiatric care (on a ward) with or without coercion. Or in compulsory social care (National Board of Institutional Care) or custodial sanctions due to serious crime (closed youth care or [youth] prison).
Last, I am interested in optimally correct and informative systematic reviews of the effectiveness of medical and psychosocial interventions against psychiatric disorders, and violent and sexually harmful or abusive behaviour.
At Karolinska Institutet, I work together with:
Clinical researchers at the Dept of Clinical Neuroscience/Centre for Psychiatry Research.
Epidemiologists and biostatisticians at the
- Dept of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics where I was previously (2010-2016) employed as a professor
I also collaborate with psychology and psychiatry professionals at:
Carleton University and the University of Ottawa, Canada
The University of Southern Denmark
Tampere University, Finland
Dept of Forensic Psychiatry, Oxford University, UK
Articles
- Article: BMC PSYCHIATRY. 2024;24(1):102
- Article: JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 2023;84:102009
- Article: INTERNET INTERVENTIONS. 2022;30:100590
- Article: JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 2022;82:101935
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2022;17(5):e0267941
- Article: NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR. 2021;5(9):1251-1258
- Article: ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA. 2021;143(4):363-374
- Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY. 2021;12:670957
- Article: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2021;26(1):341-349
- Article: NORDIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2020;74(7):489-496
- Article: BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH. 2020;20(1):307
- Article: JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS. 2020;34(1):22-39
- Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY. 2020;11:571775
- Article: SCIENCE. 2019;365(6456):882
- Article: JOURNAL OF SEX RESEARCH. 2019;56(2):203-212
- Article: FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY. 2019;10:715
- Article: CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR AND MENTAL HEALTH. 2018;28(6):476-491
- Article: JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY. 2018;59(9):957-965
- Article: BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR. 2018;8(7):e00998
- Article: BMC GENOMICS. 2018;19(1):494
- Article: COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY. 2018;1:163
- Article: BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2017;82(9):634-641
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EATING DISORDERS. 2017;50(9):1095-1103
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE. 2017;32(7):1027-1043
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;107(2):322-328
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2017;47(2):305-315
- Article: JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS. 2017;47(1):80-89
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (JAMA). 2016;316(17):1798-1807
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS, PART B: NEUROPSYCHIATRIC GENETICS. 2016;171(7):958-970
- Article: PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 2016;242:295-301
- Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2016;45(5):1163-1172
- Article: THE LANCET PSYCHIATRY. 2016;3(6):535-543
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL PSYCHIATRY. 2016;6(5):e796
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2016;77(3):342-347
- Journal article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2016;77(03):342-347
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS, PART B: NEUROPSYCHIATRIC GENETICS. 2016;171(2):153-159
- Article: COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRY. 2015;62:63-70
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 2015;35(5):535-543
- Article: EUROPEAN CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2015;24(9):1049-1059
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2015;45(8):1699-1707
- Article: BIPOLAR DISORDERS. 2015;17(3):340-344
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2015;44(2):713-720
- Article: SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN. 2015;41(2):494-502
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS. 2015;96(2):283-294
- Article: NATURE NEUROSCIENCE. 2015;18(2):199-209
- Article: ADDICTION. 2015;110(1):100-108
- Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2015;44(1):149-156
- Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2015;44(1):67-79
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 2015;26(1):78-88
- Article: JOURNAL OF AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS. 2014;44(11):2707-2716
- Article: EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR. 2014;35(6):481-488
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2014;75(10):1047-1053
- Article: THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. SUPPLEMENT. 2014;205(4):286-290
- Article: THE LANCET. 2014;384(9949):1206-1214
- Article: JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY. 2014;55(8):897-904
- Article: JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY. 2014;55(8):878-885
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2014;44(9):1913-1925
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2014;44(9):1879-1887
- Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2014;71(6):657-664
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2014;43(3):835-842
- Article: JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY. 2014;55(5):428-435
- Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2014;71(3):326-333
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2014;75(2):127-132
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2014;43(1):83-90
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2014;9(9):e106676
- Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH. 2014;48(1):128-130
- Article: DIABETOLOGIA. 2014;57(1):102-109
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2014;44(1):71-84
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2014;9(9):e106579
- Article: THE LANCET. 2013;382(9905):1646-1654
- Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2013;70(11):1231-1240
- Article: JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. 2013;41(5):318-323
- Article: NATURE GENETICS. 2013;45(9):984-994
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2013;178(4):543-550
- Article: THE BMJ. 2013;347:f4630
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2013;42(4):1057-1066
- Article: THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. SUPPLEMENT. 2013;203(2):103-106
- Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2013;70(7):709-717
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE. 2013;24(7):1309-1316
- Article: ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA. 2013;128(1):70-77
- Article: TWIN RESEARCH AND HUMAN GENETICS. 2013;16(3):679-689
- Article: JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH. 2013;52(5):606-612
- Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2013;70(5):516-521
- Article: PLOS GENETICS. 2013;9(4):e1003449
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2013;43(3):581-590
- Article: DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY. 2013;25(1):17-35
- Article: HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY. 2013;32(2):180-189
- Article: TWIN RESEARCH AND HUMAN GENETICS. 2013;16(1):317-329
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2013;8(7):e69140
- Article: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2013;70(1):22-30
- Article: JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH. 2013;47(1):83-90
- Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2013;42(1):35-44
- Article: NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 2012;367(21):2006-2014
- Article: ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY. 2012;69(11):1140-1150
- Article: ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY. 2012;69(11):1099-1103
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2012;42(9):1977-1983
- Article: DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY. 2012;24(3):739-753
- Journal article: NORDISK TIDSSKRIFT FOR KRIMINALVIDENSKAB. 2012;99(2)
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2012;42(7):1547-1557
- Journal article: NEUROPSYCHIATRIE DE L'ENFANCE ET DE L'ADOLESCENCE. 2012;60(5):s307
- Article: JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION. 2012;30(4):693-699
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(7):e41783
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2012;7(2):e31727
- Article: BEHAVIOR GENETICS. 2012;42(1):3-18
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2012;42(1):111-123
- Journal article: 2012A Novel Approach to Determining Violence Risk in Schizophrenia: Developing a Stepped Strategy in 13,806 Discharged Patients
- Article: TWIN RESEARCH AND HUMAN GENETICS. 2011;14(6):495-508
- Article: PLOS MEDICINE. 2011;8(12):e1001150
- Article: SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH. 2011;133(1-3):120-124
- Article: ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA. 2011;124(6):447-453
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2011;41(12):2527-2534
- Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2011;40(6):1309-1321
- Article: JOURNAL OF SEXUAL MEDICINE. 2011;8(12):3354-3362
- Article: THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. SUPPLEMENT. 2011;199(5):373-379
- Article: NATURE GENETICS. 2011;43(10):977-983
- Article: SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH. 2011;130(1-3):143-147
- Article: DIGESTIVE AND LIVER DISEASE. 2011;43(8):616-622
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION. 2011;94(1):142-148
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2011;72(6):775-779
- Article: SCHIZOPHRENIA BULLETIN. 2011;37(3):580-586
- Article: PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE. 2011;73(3):234-241
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2011;6(2):e16885
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2011;6(11):e27202
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2011;41(1):97-105
- Journal article: NATURE GENETICS. 2011;43(10):977-U162
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2010;39(6):1531-1540
- Article: PEDIATRICS. 2010;126(5):E1026-E1032
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2010;39(5):1193-1202
- Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2010;39(5):1161-1169
- Article: ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY. 2010;67(9):931-938
- Article: CHILD MALTREATMENT. 2010;15(3):219-228
- Article: THE BMJ. 2010;341:c3222
- Article: ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY. 2010;67(5):529-538
- Journal article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2010;49(5):514-523
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2010;49(5):514-523
- Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2010;39(2):317-324
- Article: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 2010;40(2):315-324
- Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2010;39(1):75-80
- Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2010;39(1):161-167
- Article: CHILD DEVELOPMENT. 2010;81(1):80-100
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE. 2009;24(8):1358-1370
- Article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (JAMA). 2009;301(19):2016-2023
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2009;70(3):362-369
- Article: THE BMJ. 2008;337:a2205
- Article: ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY. 2008;65(9):1034-1040
- Journal article: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2008;47(9):1010-1019
- Journal article: EVIDENCE-BASED MENTAL HEALTH. 2008;11(3):95
- Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2008;43(4):319-324
- Journal article: SEXUAL ABUSE. 2007;19(2):135-153
- Article: SEXUAL ABUSE. 2007;19(2):135-153
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY. 2007;68(4):588-596
- Article: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND BEHAVIOR. 2007;34(1):22-36
- Article: SEXUAL ABUSE. 2006;18(4):357-372
- Article: PSYCHOLOGY, CRIME & LAW : PC & L. 2006;12(5):453-462
- Article: ASSESSMENT. 2006;13(3):356-367
- Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2006;35(4):427-435
- Article: SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2006;41(7):532-540
- Article: PSYCHOLOGY, CRIME & LAW : PC & L. 2006;12(3):221-230
- Article: SEXUAL ABUSE. 2006;18(2):159-167
- Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2006;35(1):37-52
- Article: NORDIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2006;60(6):438-446
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW AND PSYCHIATRY. 2005;28(4):442-456
- Article: JOURNAL OF SEX AND MARITAL THERAPY. 2005;31(2):87-95
- Article: NORDIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2005;59(6):431-440
- Article: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND BEHAVIOR. 2004;31(5):609-623
- Article: CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND BEHAVIOR. 2004;31(4):367-391
- Article: SEXUAL ABUSE. 2004;16(2):107-120
- Journal article: SEXUAL ABUSE. 2004;16(2):107-120
- Article: JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS. 2003;17(4):293-305
- Article: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2002;31(4):343-350
- Journal article: PSYCHOLOGY, CRIME & LAW : PC & L. 2002;8(1):25-40
- Journal article: PSYCHOLOGY, CRIME & LAW : PC & L. 2002;8(1):41-58
- Article: PSYCHOLOGY, CRIME & LAW : PC & L. 2002;8(1):41-58
- Article: PSYCHOLOGY, CRIME & LAW : PC & L. 2002;8(1):25-40
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE. 2000;15(8):855-871
- Article: JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENCE. 2000;23(3):319-329
- Article: LAW AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR. 2000;24(1):45-58
- Article: NORDIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 2000;54(2):113-120
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE. 1999;8(3):175-180
- Article: LAW AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR. 1999;23(2):205-217
- Article: NORDIC JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 1999;53(1):61-67
- Article: BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES AND THE LAW. 1999;17(2):219-225
- Article: JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT. 1998;70(3):416-426
- Journal article: NEUROCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL. 1990;16(2):147-156
- Journal article: BRAIN RESEARCH. 1989;5(4):259-269
- Journal article: PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY. 1989;13(3-4):469-479
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All other publications
- Review: THE LANCET PSYCHIATRY. 2024;11(10):839-852
- Corrigendum: NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR. 2021;5(9):1259
- Review: JOURNAL OF CONSULTING AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 2021;89(6):514-527
- Editorial comment: SCIENCE. 2021;371(6536):eaba5693
- Letter: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2021;60(2):203-204
- Review: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2021;60(1):46-60
- Letter: SCIENCE. 2019;366(6472):1461-1462
- Letter: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2017;46(4):867-868
- Letter: THE LANCET PSYCHIATRY. 2016;3(9):809-810
- Letter: THE LANCET. 2014;384(9959):2025-2026
- Letter: JAMA PSYCHIATRY. 2014;71(7):840
- Editorial comment: EXPERT REVIEW OF NEUROTHERAPEUTICS. 2013;13(4):345-348
- Letter: THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. SUPPLEMENT. 2012;200(4):348
- Book chapter: BIOSOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF FAMILY PROCESSES: NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON FAMILY ISSUES. 2011;p. 149-159
- Letter: ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY. 2010;67(12):1325-1326
- Letter: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (JAMA). 2009;302(11):1168-1169
- Editorial comment: PSYCHOLOGY, CRIME & LAW : PC & L. 2009;15(6):525-529
- Letter: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2009;48(3):340-341
- Letter: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2009;48(3):340-341
- Editorial comment: CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR AND MENTAL HEALTH. 2009;19(5):281-285
- Review: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY. 2008;47(9):1010-1019
- Letter: ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 2006;35(6):643-644
- Published conference paper: ADDICTION. 2006;101(1):100-108
- Published conference paper: SEXUAL ABUSE. 2004;16(2):139-150
- Review: TRAUMA, VIOLENCE, AND ABUSE. 2003;4(4):341-362
- Published conference paper: ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA, SUPPLEMENT. 2002;106(412):86-92
- Published conference paper: LAW AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR. 2001;25(6):629-645
- Thesis / dissertation: 1999
- Book chapter: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF SENILE DEMENTIA. 1989;p. 45-53
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Grants
- Swedish Research Council1 December 2021 - 30 November 2024
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2012 - 31 December 2013
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2012 - 31 December 2016
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2010 - 31 December 2011
Employments
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2025
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska institutet, 2002
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet, 1999
- University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 1992
Supervisor
- Amir Sariaslan, Exploring the causal nature of neighborhood influences on violent criminality, substance misuse and psychiatric morbidity.
- Vide Ohlsson Gotby, Register-based studies of sex steroid hormones and psychiatric disorders.
- Ralf Kuja-Halkola, Twin and family studies on the development of cognitive and externalizing problems.